I hate those roundabouts, accidents waiting to happen
The most hilarious “roundabouts” are outside Sedona, AZ.
They were built at a time when traffic was light.
However, tourism has exploded over the years. Much of that tourism is folks using RVs, big, bigger, and bigger RVs.
The traffic circles were designed for standard cars.
It only takes three or four large RVs to cause amazing traffic jams.
You have to see it to believe it.
I hate those roundabouts, accidents waiting to happen.
I agree to an extent. Not only is there a learning curve for drivers who have never used them before, traditional drivers inclined to unnecessarily stop before entering them, but roundabouts can be poorly interfaced with the roads, drivers not sure which lane they need, or if they need to yield.
But when they’re designed correctly then everybody’s happy imo, later if not sooner.
The old style traffic circle (especially with traffic lights) were a horrific hazard, as you would enter at full speed, then suddenly have to stop if a light was red. Not safe at all. Modern roundabouts have NO lights on them. Instead, everyone entering the circle must yield (give way) to traffic already in the circle. Traffic in the circle has right of way.
It works remarkably well, and traffic flow is much smoother.
Watch a couple of these videos to see what I'm on about.