03-18-2017, 03:51 PM
(03-18-2017, 12:39 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:Not sure what roundabouts you have been watching but I haven't seen a large truck go through a round about without straddling the lines at a crawl. I don't think I have seen once go through at anything that might be considered a normal speed.(03-18-2017, 10:37 AM)darts Wrote: maybe it is so the roundabout can accomodate larger trucks, buses, firetrucks.
There are plenty of options to allow this without making the circle larger. Mountable medians, lane straddling, and the like. Even then, I think we're still oversize. Trucks can maneuver through most of our roundabouts at near full speed without even straddling lane.