Retired Geezer at Blog Idaho put out this article on a traffic circle being proposed for Nampa County; the Geezer says:
Blog Idaho: Roundabouts: Good or Bad?
A Roundabout is a traffic circle that replaces an intersection. They are popular in Europe, which should be enough to make me question their value.
I don’t remember hearing anything positive about them from friends who had them installed in their neighborhoods. I think their complaint was that when trucks got in the middle, they had trouble getting out safely. Here in I-Dee-Ho, we have trucks pulling 2 and 3 trailers.
Not to mention ungainly farm equipment.How about all you Big-City-Folks telling us what you think.
Don’t do it! you might wind up with a circle-jerk like this one in Long Beach, California:
Damsel and I just HATE to drive through that mess, and avoid it if we can. We hated driving in Washington, D.C. for the same reason.
These things are nightmares! We have one here in Halifax, NS. At rush hours, it can be
backed up for miles. I’ve been less than a 1/2 mile from it and it took me an hour to get
through it. I’ll go miles out of my way to avoid the thing.