01-22-2015, 09:35 AM
Maybe they should put signs up prior to entering the roundabout reminding drivers to watch for pedestrians and cyclists.
In my experience roundabouts would improve far more if people would signal their exits and slowdown inside the roundabout. The signalling issue is something the police should really crackdown hard on one weekend, handing out a billion warnings, and then enforcing aggressively for awhile after that to get people to start doing it. The speed is also an issue; people are simultaneously reluctant to claim space in a roundabout, and then once they're in it, pour on the gas to get out. Slower speeds would make it easier for other drivers to get into the roundabout and also make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Maybe they need to install speed bumps on the exits to the roundabouts.
In my experience roundabouts would improve far more if people would signal their exits and slowdown inside the roundabout. The signalling issue is something the police should really crackdown hard on one weekend, handing out a billion warnings, and then enforcing aggressively for awhile after that to get people to start doing it. The speed is also an issue; people are simultaneously reluctant to claim space in a roundabout, and then once they're in it, pour on the gas to get out. Slower speeds would make it easier for other drivers to get into the roundabout and also make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Maybe they need to install speed bumps on the exits to the roundabouts.