Do Americans Know What A Roundabout Is?

[Solly]

Depends on your definition of "a few".

[Ming]

Originally posted by Boddington's
Depends on your definition of "a few".

Just admit the guy has no clue what he is talking about.
I've seen thousands of them in small towns across the midwest, besides the MANY in the Chicago land area.

That would be more than a "FEW"...

[Skanky Burns]

We have millions of roundabouts in Australia. The best way to handle them is to drive straight over them.

[redbaron]

Originally posted by Ming


Then he is either blind, an idiot, ...

Sounds about right for a Du Pont manager.


(From an ex Du Pont employee).

[Az]

Roundabouts are far superior in cases of handling lower capacities , because they let traffic from all directions pass, while the intersection is free , and have a clear rule about it ,( priority is given to the vehicle already in the traffic circle ) but in case of jammed intersections , they tend to get filled up , and create a slow moving mess. It's all from personal experience , btw.

[Q Classic]

i like brit terms for traffic things.

"roundabouts", and "rumblestrips".

"rumblestrips" is far superior to the ami term, "speed bump". same with "roundabouts" instead of "traffic circles".

[Solly]

Sleeping policeman..

[Sava]

I haven't seen large roundabouts anywhere in the US. But I have seen the smaller traffic circles. There are about 7 of them in my town (a suburb of Chicago). The smaller ones are everywhere. Ming

[Az]

"speed bumps" hate the damn things.

[Ming]

Originally posted by redbaron
Sounds about right for a Du Pont manager.
(From an ex Du Pont employee).

Well... you know the truth even if Boddy won't admit it

[Sava]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
i like brit terms for traffic things.

"roundabouts", and "rumblestrips".

"rumblestrips" is far superior to the ami term, "speed bump". same with "roundabouts" instead of "traffic circles".

BAH! A bump to reduce speed... rumblestrip? A circle to ease the flow of traffic... roundabout? How can anyone like Brit terms, seriously. You'd think the country that spawned the language (English) would at least learn how to speak it

[drake]

The term used in Mass is "Rotary" and they're all over the place here. I go through about 5 just on my daily commute.

Great method of controllin traffic...assuming everyone knows how to drive in them (it's amazing how many don't however).

[Q Classic]

i didn't say that the terms were more efficient... they just sound better.

[redbaron]

A bump to reduce speed... rumblestrip?

No, they're two completely different things. A rumblestrip is the strip by the side of the road which is supposed to wake you up if you doze off. A speed bump (aka Sleeping Policeman) is the hump across the road which takes off your exhaust pipe.

[drake]

Oh and rumblestrips and speed bumps are two very different things. Speed bump is just that, a bump. It's meant to slow people down.

Rumble strips are grooves cut into the road with a machine. Their purpose isn't to deter speed but rather keep people awake and alert, particulalry at night. Many highways have them on the shoulder, so if a car passes onto the shoulder, while say, falling asleep, the rumble strip creates a vibration that is very loud, and would jolt most people wide awake.

I've also seen them in the road ahead of toll booths.