I love roundabouts, but goddamn are they annoying when you’re stuck in a route starvation situation. I’ve had bad days when I’m stuck for close to 5 minutes at one near my house depending on time of day and approach route.
It’s already a 2/2.5 lane roundabout, but if you’re on entrance 3, while 1 and 2 are busy as hell, you may not have a window to safely go through.
This roundabout is at a major intersection just off of a freeway and between like 3 different shopping centers, so it’s awful to go through at rush hour. I’ve gotten good at eyeballing windows that scare the piss out of my wife in that roundabout.
At least at a long red I can run it safely if there’s no one around (I had to do that at my last apartment complex because the secondary road had stupid long lights overnight, and mine regularly skipped my direction).
I love roundabouts, but goddamn are they annoying when you’re stuck in a route starvation situation. I’ve had bad days when I’m stuck for close to 5 minutes at one near my house depending on time of day and approach route.
There’s quite a few roundabouts near us that have traffic lights that only function during busy traffic. Usually only installed on the busy sides.
Sounds like you need a 2-laner and drivers who understand how they work
It’s already a 2/2.5 lane roundabout, but if you’re on entrance 3, while 1 and 2 are busy as hell, you may not have a window to safely go through.
This roundabout is at a major intersection just off of a freeway and between like 3 different shopping centers, so it’s awful to go through at rush hour. I’ve gotten good at eyeballing windows that scare the piss out of my wife in that roundabout.
I mean sure, but I’ve been stuck at lights that long too
At least at a long red I can run it safely if there’s no one around (I had to do that at my last apartment complex because the secondary road had stupid long lights overnight, and mine regularly skipped my direction).