I am used to “roundabouts” (NJ) and I have no problem with them.
I do find that many of the intersections that have them have a more efficient traffic flow that if the same intersection had fourway traffic lights.
Just wait till you see the roundabouts in Carmel! They aren’t the usual kind, and one loops directly into another in some places. I have to use my GPS app to keep from getting lost when I go there. Carmel is the only place I do mind roundabouts. They are all over the Indy suburbs now. So you do have to know how to drive in them, and you can bet there are lots of people who don’t.
Like you, I think the roundabouts serve a useful purpose, and are safer. Carmel has gone overboard with them, IMHO. They do have some nice restaurants there, and as I mentioned, I’ll bet $5 that the cost of living here is more reasonable than in NJ. I’m basing that on what my son in law says, when he visits. He was born and raised in NJ. I’ll take him at his word.