David Breneman wrote:
> A town near where I live is going roundabout crazy. There is no
> accepted protocol for using these things in this part of the
> country. You have people cutting each other off, changing
> lanes, etc. Some roundabouts have two lanes both turning right
> into them with no indication of who is to go where. I'm afraid
> to take my MGA anywhere near them. The Wall Street Journal
> published an article about the roundabout craze a couple years ago
> and determined that the average US traffic light or 4-way-stop
> controlled intersection that is replaced by a roundabout
> suffers a 700% increase in accidents.
We have had a roundabout here in the Tulsa area since the 1930's. They
call it the Mingo traffic circle.
http://www.rocky-frisco.com/MingoCircle.jpg
The fact that it's dead simple might explain why there are rarely any
serious accidents there.
-Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com
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