[Nik Naym]

Why kill roundabouts?

They work better than intersections, they save time and fuel.

They are also safer than intersections.

The only reason to hate them is if you don’t know how to use them.

They are easy to use, really. Just remember:

When entering the roundabout yield to the traffic already in the roundabout. You don’t stop before entering except to yield to traffic already in the roundabout.

If you are IN the roundabout you don’t stop at each entrance/exit point (unless some idiot pulls out in front of you, of course) you have the right of way and the traffic that is waiting to enter the roundabout is supposed to yield to you.

If you miss your turn out, just go around again!

Really, if somebody can’t handle something as simple as a roundabout then they really should reconsider their fitness to be behind the wheel.

[SierraWasp]

"Just remember:"

No, you remember. We live in The United States of America. We also don't drive on the wrong side of the road. We don't use the metric system. We use farenheit, not celcius. We speak english, not some foreign language. We love God and our exceptional country and we're not apologetic, or embarrassed about it!!!

Furthermore we have our own culture and traditions, mores and taboos. As long as we are good upstanding citizens we shouldn't be irritated by our government of, for and by we the people to endure anymore of this obsessive, compulsive nonsense!!!

[logic101.net]

I know how to use roundabouts, try getting through one in a big truck; we can't go from 0 to 30 in a couple of seconds.

If they limited them to residential areas I wouldn't care but WI DOT wants them at every intersection. Plus, if they are so wonderful, why does DOT have to hide their plans by calling them “...broad, looping, free flowing...”?

[Little Ray]

I don't like Roundabouts because you have to drive a bit more aggressively than I like to in order to enter one. I was in a really nasty accident (not my fault...) and, to put it mildly, I'm a bit of an old lady on the road. Surging into a roundabout (esp. when you are not very confident about the other drivers...) is a bit of challenge.

Some of them do make right turns easier, though.

[dixiechick2000]

“(It’s not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)”

It might be better if you revert back to that.

I know how to use roundabouts, and I hate them.

I drive defensively, as we are taught, and there are too many aggressive drivers in roundabouts.

And...no...I don’t need to consider my fitness behind a wheel.

I’ve driven cars much more aggressively than anyone in a roundabout has.