We had two put in my town recently. After a while I was like, OK people are just getting used to them, but no. People can’t seem to wrap their heads around it.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO YIELD ONCE YOU ARE ON THE ROUNDABOUT!

We have them now in Misssouri and at first I thought they were confusing as hell. Now that I understand them I see how they save money on traffic lights.

We starting getting ours a few years ago. I love them.

If you can't understand "yield" and "15 mph", you shouldn't be driving. It's that simple.

Had them in the UK for years. it's not rocket science

Don't try to understand them... Just go around them if no one is already there. One you're in, you could stay there going around all day if you don't have anything better to do.....

Roundabouts are fine, but have you ever been on a Diverging Diamond interchange? Driving on the left side on a multi-lane road should be reserved for the Commonwealth. Click on the picture an you will see what I mean.

Because they're better for traffic flow.

If you can't figure it out, go back back to Texas or call an Uber.

Benefit of having lived in Massachusetts - rotary ? No problem, blast on through.
People learn.

1. Apparently they are very environmentally friendly...no idling at stop signs.
2. Also much safer once you get used to them...no being T-boned when you think you have the green, or rear-enders.
3. Depending on where you are going, shortens the time of your journey.
   4 Saves the state money...once installed, maintainence of the (former)lights is over....not to mention paying the crew & police slowing down traffic while they work on the lights
   Connecticut too is going to themselves as much as possible...you will grow to love them!

Because right turns are the easiest turns to make. That is literally all you have to do. Mythbusters proved that they are the fastest intersections and require the least maintenance.

Near Liverpool is a town called Skelmersdale. The guy who designed it was a roundabout fan big time (he went on to design Milton Keynes). People who live there have a mobile tyre rotation service.

They have started adding them where I live in the gulf coast of Florida which has a large elderly population and it’s getting ”interesting”. The most Older folks have driven for decades never having used them and many are on medications too which adds to the adventure. Most are easy to deal with but there are about three of them locally I avoid just for self preservation due to the massive amounts of accidents that occur.

Interesting that you brought that up...I have been driving since I was 15, that is 63yrs and I am I believe that I am a good driver AND I can't get those 'roundabouts!' Lol there was talk, of putting one in here at a 4 way stop area and I can believe that it would be a disaster for these people. They sometimes have problems at the 4way stop! No mention of it now. But, I cannot get clear in my head how it works! Lol

Wouldn't you get a bit dizzy driving in a circle while smoked up?

I remember those from when I had lived in South Carolina. I wonder if they mess up the GPS?

i think it was a good idea that was implimented poorly. driving is already a dangerous endevor, i think that by throwing something so completely new to us into the mix, with no attempt to educate folks about how to use it, was stupid. to me its like if you woke up one day and they changed all the traffic light colors, if they told you what the new colors indicated, that would be fine, but if you just wake up and its all wonkey, someone will probably mess up. and i know they have many signs to direct you in these things, but it can be hard to navigate a new twist in the road while also trying to read all the different signs and watch out for other cars. idk, i just think they could have put a bit more thought into it.

They generally are not common at all in the U.S., and so U.S. drivers find them confusing. I think many places where they exist int eh U.S. is where several raods coverged and were established befrore traffic signals existed. Any city planner who puposefully puts one in is an idiot, because U.S. drivers don't knowhow to use them.

It is all about Money! These types of intersections are the cause of many more accidents for just the reason you mention. Trafic lights cost the municipalities for software and hardware where if the road is a state road then the State pays for the "roundabout" and the municpality pays nothing for electric or maintance. No one cares what the costs to the motorists is! Drive Wise!

We have the same situation here in FL, along with a lot of other nonsense.

They are cheaper to install and maintain than putting in traffic lights.

You should see them in Florida with its high level of seniors, yes I am one, it's like a demolition derby

We here in the Verde Valley in Az have the same problem. I think it has to do with money (surprise, surprise). I believe that if you do a roundabout, the feds pay for it, but if you do traffic lights, then the state is on the hook. At least that is the scuttlebut here. At any rate, your point about people not knowing how to use them is well taken. Our area has a lot of elderly people (full disclosure...one of which is me), and I am filled with trepidation every time I enter one of these mazes. We even have one that includes a school crossing. I stay away from that one altogether during certain times of the day. I wish you Godspeed (so to speak) in your endeavor to negotiate your roundabouts.

This is a world wide problem. People just don't want to know !

I'm in CO too. I don't see them very much here in CO Springs.