filtherton

I like them. There are only a few in my city. They make sense to me. Maybe it's kind of snobby of me, but I'd hope that if someone wasn't able to deal with a roundabout that they'd hand in their license.

A year or two ago, my city was redoing one of its lamer intersections and was planning on putting in a roundabout. Unfortunately, residents of the intersection's neighborhood complained about how difficult it was going to be to use. So the city just put in a normal stop light. Now, instead of being able to pass through this intersection at a speed dictated by traffic levels a la roundabout, drivers must submit to a one-way-at-a-time, super-long light at a five-way intersection. Thanks, roundabout nimbys.