1 Of My Pet Hates And The Solution

[TurboDewd]

Is it just me or do you hate having to stop at red lights when there's no traffic around?

Thankfully here in Canberra we have quite a few roundabouts and I think theyre awesome.

* If there's no traffic you dont have to stop. This benefits the driver and the environment (better fuel economy).

* They are efficient and regulate traffic proportionately.

* They dont require maintenance.

* I believe theyre safer. They have their share of minor bingles but I believe less of the serious kind.

I say more roundabouts, less intersections!

[tab]

I myself prefer roundabouts, but you have to remember that most motorists are thick.

At least with a set of traffic lights there isn’t a great deal to remember – if it’s green then go; if it’s red then stop; if it’s amber then speed up. But roundabouts on the other hand open up an entirely different can of worms that most seem to struggle to comprehend - lanes; indicators; giving away etc. – it’s all too much.

Trent.

[crisso]

yeah, good point. We had a HUGE intersection, in Miranda, NSW called the '5-ways'. It was the traffic accident hot spot and has since been replaced with lights. Obviously very few accidents now, but does take a lot longer to get to where you are going.

[BlueXR6Turbo]

I don't mind stopping at red lights if there's nobody around, as long as they change straight away. Some lights in Adelaide are good in that respect, others are shocking and you have to wait for a minute or 2 while nobody goes past.

I'm not very keen on roundabouts though. Here in Adelaide we have the infamous Britannia roundabout. Too many people seem to have trouble working out what the hell they're supposed to do at multi-lane roundabouts.

Not to mention that it's pretty hard to have races from roundabouts!

[TurboDewd]

tab,

I agree they open an element of driver error, Ive been cut off on roundabouts 2 or 3 times in 11 yrs of driving, close calls, but no bingle. Overall I think theyre better.

crisso,

that area you describe doesnt sound suitable for a roundabout.

Basically if u have a standard 4-way intersection with 2 lanes going in each direction then u have an ideal candidate for replacement by a roundabout in my opinion.

[sixfan]

I read somewhere that there are more accidents at roundabouts then traffic lights, however they are almost always much less severe.,

roundabouts, not traffic light drags...

[TurboDewd]

I'm not very keen on roundabouts though. Here in Adelaide we have the infamous Britannia roundabout. Too many people seem to have trouble working out what the hell they're supposed to do at multi-lane roundabouts.

Not to mention that it's pretty hard to have races from roundabouts!

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Yes, big downfall of the roundabout is lack of traffic light "encounters".

Well Canberra is full of roundabouts so the punters here are used to them...

[turb06]

I dont mind round abouts, except the double lane ones, I cant stand the f*ckers for one reason. The elderly. I live in toowoomba which is in the top 5 most desirable places to retire in the world, so old people are everywhere, I'm not talking 40 - 50 but 70+. People in this age group and younger people for that matter would have never learnt to drive on round abouts and havnt ever bothered to check the proper rules for approaching entering and exiting them, so you have old biddies turning right from the outside lane and cutting accross the people going straight in the inside lane, I see them panic in the middle and stop nearly every day causing mayhem behind them, its a pain in the ass.

Single lanes YES, Multiple lanes HELL NO.

Dazza.

[Blown BA]

The most annoying thing with Roundabouts is it creates a bottleneck....here in Melb your've got idiots who don't what to do when they come to it, and then your've got others that pullout in front of you when your half way across it.

[Guest]

Once again, after reading this,It comes down to driver education,or lack of it!!!

OZ is way to soft at giving out licences to kill

Change speedo readouts,yea that's a real cure

Slow us down... dont start me...

Roundabouts are the best thing,its just the stupid kents that havent got a fcuken clue

Wake up australia,give me back my guns and take the idiots off the road

vik for roundabouts