It's because early US experience gave priority to traffic entering the
circle (like the French may still do - Priorité â droit) instead of
giving priority to traffic in the circle (See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_circles ) Note: driving on the
left and priority on the right gives priority to traffic in the circle -
so perhaps it was a cultural problem that made them 'accidentally' (pun
intended) successful in the UK!
Robert C
Douglas Roberts wrote:
It's because over there, they drive on the *other* side of the road,
and as a result the centripetal force of the earth's rotation works in
*favor* of the roundabout traffic, rather than against it.
You should know that, Robert...
--Doug
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Robert Holmes
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
So why don't they use roundabouts over here more frequently? In
the UK they prove to be much safer and have a higher throughput
than traffic light controlled junctions.
-- Robert
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