Roundabouts are great. I like them with one exception. There’s one in Maryland where the roundabout starts and immediately the ramp to a northbound highway is there. when you are there the first time and are concentrating on the ramp to the right, you may not realize that you’re getting onto a roundabout and might just cut off a member of the local constabulary that you didn’t see, who turns on all kinds of pretty red and blue lights to ask you kindly to stop so he can let you know of your malfeasance.
Don’t ask how I know, but it ended with some laughs and a handshake and no citation.
There used to be a nasty traffic circle right in downtown Trenton, NJ. I believe it’s gone now. It was a very small, tight circle with high steep walls around it.
Every time I went through there, I felt like I was swirling around a toilet bowl.
Now, I stay away from Trenton at all costs.
I was just in the Burbank area and was happy to see a roundabout, until I noticed that every person entering it was facing a stop sign. It misses the whole point.