until you get behind the moron who stops, even though there is not another car in sight!
I hate them...Sterling Heights cops say the highest rate of accidents is at the roundabout located on Van Dyke north of 18 1/2 mile......It’s ok tho, they’re just accidents, nobody gets killed. /s
That is why you should always watch the car in front of you. My driving teacher told me that 54 years ago.
Yep. I’m OK with roundabouts, but not with the idiots who can’t drive.
And there lies the problem. About ten years ago, the State constructed three successive traffic circles on a one-mile stretch of road that used to take 10 minutes to drive with a stop light at each intersection. I drive the road several times a day, and I have seen the same morons year-after-year come to a complete stop when they have the right-of-way or even worse, when there are no other car entering the circle. And every time, I yell, "Its not a f'n stop sign."
With that said, the traffic circles "calm" the flow of traffic, so that the ten minute drive with traffic lights now takes two minutes, and we no longer have a-hole drivers who think that red lights are optional.
I have also driven all over Scotland and Ireland, where traffic circles are the norm, and they can range from a small, painted circle at the village center with three or four entry points, to multi-ring circles with four or many more points of entry. They do work well to keep traffic moving, particularly since the locals grew up with traffic circles and know how to drive them.