It’s funny how perspective changes when you move to a new location. The roundabout (aka to americans traffic circles) used to be one of these weird anomalies that I never understood. Why in the world did they exist? In the two years I have lived in England I have also spent time driving around Ireland on holiday. I have a newfound respect for the roundabout, a.k.a. the traffic circle.
They can be a bit scary however the fact that you don’t need traffic light is pretty awesome. The bigger the exchange the bigger the circle is. In some remote roads I’ve seen traffic circles basically be this small post in the road, large enough just to have people drive around it. No need for a stop sign. Now that I’m living in Europe I wonder why it’s looked upon so oddly in the United States. I only know of a handful of them in the states yet in theory it makes perfect sense to have a lot of them. I guess I am slowly assimlating.