re: Roundabouts in the US (Offshoot of the Highway Exit Ramp Thread)

They're installing ramp meters on the Pontchartrain Expressway New Orleans soon. It'll be a sight to see once they're active.

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3. These are expensive as hell (there are accidents ALL the damned time)

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They're awesome if you know how to properly use one, and would do a great deal to speed of some of the congestion on BR's surface streets. However, you can't have a "prime corner" at a roundabout, so the real estate interests and developers would most likely kill any attempt to start using traffic circles at busy intersections. Also, just for the record, there used to be one at the intersection of Airline Highway and Florida Boulevard, hence the name "Circle Bowl."

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Even in Bahrain where, on the Muslim weekends, Allah let's completely covered Saudi women drive their massive SUVs.

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I haven´t been there since 2006 or so. I don´t recall seeing roundabouts then.

Have you seen any English women stuffed in the dashes of Rolls Royces in Saudi?

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They've had plans for one on Hwy 1077 and 1085

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That intersection was a death trap for years until they put up a stop light. There used to be a caution light at that intersection (Bootlegger and Turnpike), and folks were getting killed there all the time. There's one at Airport Road and Old Baton Rouge Highway just north of I-12 in Hammond.

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I haven´t been there since 2006 or so. I don´t recall seeing roundabouts then.

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They're all over the place, and for some strange reason, many of them have giant coffee pots in the center.

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Have you seen any English women stuffed in the dashes of Rolls Royces in Saudi?

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Never been to Saudi. It was off-limits to US Servicemen every time I was over there, but what you describe sounds funny.

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Pretty common on Army bases, or at least they were back in my day.

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Fort Lewis North still has one. Huachuca as well.

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LA431 and LA42 has one.

We will have 4 in Hammond soon. One is already completed on Airport Road @ Old covington.

They are currently building one on Veterans Bld @ Club Deluxe. That is the first of 3 planned on the same street in a row. As I-12 crossed Veterans / RailRoad Ave by the Mall. There is going to be one on each side of I-12. They will be part of the entrance and exit ramps for I-12. Traffic in that area will be a Charlie Foxtrot for years until they are completed.

Here's a proper UK roundabout. Note the pavement markings with the Highway Route Number to assist you on which lane you should be in to properly comply:

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Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that is the proper way to use a multi-lane roundabout. Once you are committed to using either the left or right lane depending on which exit you take, you never switch lanes once in the roundabout. You always maintain your lane position in the left lane until you exit.

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If you´re in the left, you have to enter the right to exit (unless it´s completely empty, then you could do a sharp right and exit, but that´s still kind of dodgey, isn´t it?). I meant to say, if you´re in the left lane, and can´t get right, then stay your course and try again, when you come around again (to your intended exit).