Armed with mounting data showing that roundabouts are safer, cheaper to maintain and friendlier to the environment, transportation experts around the country are persuading communities to replace traditional intersections with them.
adiNigel wrote:...and we're taking backward steps by putting more and more traffic lights on them! Bizarre!
adiNigel wrote:Armed with mounting data showing that roundabouts are safer, cheaper to maintain and friendlier to the environment, transportation experts around the country are persuading communities to replace traditional intersections with them.
and we're taking backward steps by putting more and more traffic lights on them! Bizarre!
Big Err wrote:Signalisation on roundabouts is often done as a retro fit safety feature to improve lane discipline and to handle flow characteristics that cannot be catered for under normal roundabout rules.
jont wrote:Big Err wrote:Signalisation on roundabouts is often done as a retro fit safety feature to improve lane discipline and to handle flow characteristics that cannot be catered for under normal roundabout rules.
And while it might make sense at weekday rush hour, it's still utterly ridiculous that lights aren't turned off outside of these times to allow traffic to flow as roundabouts were designed
jont wrote:And while it might make sense at weekday rush hour, it's still utterly ridiculous that lights aren't turned off outside of these times to allow traffic to flow as roundabouts were designed
fungus wrote:Here in Poole we have a large roundabout with lights that were initialy only switched on at rush hours only, as the intersection was very busy at those times. This was fine, but then the council decided to make them permanently switched on, which is ok when it's busy, but absolutely rediculous at 9pm when there's very little traffic.
fungus wrote:Incidently it is Poole council who are raking in a fortune in speeding fines at the red light/speed camera
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