What do you think about roundabouts?

@snowy22315 (198114)
United States
October 29, 2025 2:22pm CST
There is one in this area where the confluence of two highways are There were several accidents there over the years several serious. The problem was studied by VDOT and a roundabout was decided on to help the flow of traffic. Of course people being people have complained about the roundabout several times with various complaints..legit or not. I don't really care for this roundabout myself..but it has really alleviated the back up at that intersection which in the summer could be quite unwieldy..Roundabouts, blessing or curse, what do you think?
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (125102)
• United States
29 Oct
We have a few around here and I dislike them. But hey we also have no left turns at intersections. Driving in NJ is lit.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (198114)
• United States
29 Oct
Most states allow right turns at intersections.
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (125102)
• United States
29 Oct
@snowy22315 Right yes. Left mostly no in NJ
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Amber
@AmbiePam (105264)
• United States
29 Oct
I do not like them. There used to be one, just like the one you mentioned, between two highways, where I grew up. That’s pretty much the only one I encountered until I went to Australia, and they were much more prevalent. Of course, in Australia, I was not driving, which is good because I do not like those suckers at all.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (198114)
• United States
29 Oct
You have to really be careful when you are going through
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Anna
@LadyDuck (486141)
• Italy
30 Oct
Here in Italy we have roundabouts everywhere, a lot better than traffic lights in my opinion.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (198114)
• United States
30 Oct
They do keep the traffic flowing.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (486141)
• Italy
23h
@snowy22315 - Exactly, I think it's good for the traffic.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (66535)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Oct
No. I even literally ran into one in a residential neighborhood. It narrowed the street so even my little car's tire couldnt avoid the curb. I worried that I'd wrecked the suspension or a tire but everything turned out okay.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (198114)
• United States
29 Oct
That's good . Near the city they put one in a residential area .not clear on why..at all.. This state seems to be in love with them
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (66535)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Oct
@snowy22315 At the time I was about a 5 hour drive from my house so for a few minutes I was very unhappy. Roundabouts are very popular.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (204858)
• United States
30 Oct
I don't care for them. There is a funny scene in National Lampoon's European Vacation in which Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold) gets stuck in a roundabout.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (198114)
• United States
30 Oct
That sounds funny. Roundabouts are the resolving door of streets.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (198114)
• United States
30 Oct
@porwest I have gone around in a roundabout more than once. They are the revolving doors of the roadways.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (110304)
• United States
30 Oct
I had this experience in Green Bay. I went in numerous circles before I figured out how to get onto I-43. Not a joke. lol But that's a very funny scene.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (110304)
• United States
30 Oct
Personally I hate the damn things. Too many people don't know how to use them, and honestly, I am not sure they really save me that much time. Granted, no one seems to be able to figure out a four-way stop either, so, I guess we're damned if we do and damned if we don't.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (146260)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 Oct
We have one here in the middle of no where. Which is strange. In Wilsonville there was four in a row and I did not like them at all.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (124321)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Oct
I don't like them at all
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