How is a roundabout more disruptive than a 4 way junction with stop signs.
In terms of brain processing, you get used to it and it becomes second nature. It is a skill.
In terms of brain processing, you get used to it and it becomes second nature. It is a skill.
Ones with multiple layers stress me out, there are more ways to screw up and more demands on your defensive-driving attention.
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=O============O=Ours is much simpler, with a round-a-bout on either side of a regional highway. One of the difficult parts about it is everybody is already jacked the fuck up (on account of 2 of the 5 input/outputs being extremely steep grade to enter/exit a river-crossing, with speeds averaging 65-70mph ["55mph" posted, oklol).
That wouldn't raise an eyebrow here in the UK, it's very normal for highway junctions to have on/off ramps that end in 2-3 lane roundabouts, one each side of the highway.
Yeah, if my driver’s ed class (both content and classmates) are any indication, a four way stop is anything but intuitive or brainless.
There’s a lot of time spent covering the right of way order, and a lot of people failing their driving test on it.
Roundabouts are only disruptive because of a lack of familiarity… the only way to build that familiarity is with practice. Sucks that you have to learn a new concept after a decade or two or four ~~in the industry~~ on the road, but seems necessary for progress.