The city I live in, which is a suberb of Indianapolis, has been putting in roundabouts for a few years from what I understand. Recently the decision was made to utilize roundabouts in several major intersections in an attempt to decrease traffic issues.

Don't get me wrong, I think they are a great idea... it is nice to not have to sit at a light for 5 minutes when no traffic is coming. The problem is that people aren't taught how to drive on them properly. They cut you off, change lains without looking and fail to yield frequently... I know from my own experience that people are just plain roundabout stupid. Every morning when commuting to work there is a pretty good chance of watching somebody do something idiodic because they don't know how to drive on them properly.

So, results of opening a new roundabout? Not great. It opened at 6 AM and by 6:30 AM 2 people had been killed. Yeah. Okay. Great. I am so not looking forward to having these things in a ton of intersections around 5pm.

Not cool...

2 die in roundabout crash

Carmel defends roundabouts

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