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re: Do Roundabouts work?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:20 pm to NotoriousFSU
Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:20 pm to NotoriousFSU
They are easy just always remember that traffic inside the roundabout always has the right of way and never change lanes inside the roundabout. Whichever lane you entered is the lane that you exit it.
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Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:24 pm to tigerpawl
I really would like to meet the person who decided a round about would work in Walker, LA
Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:30 pm to Ponchy Tiger
quote:Then how do you get in to and out of the inside lane?
and never change lanes inside the roundabout.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:42 pm to MountainTiger
quote:true. But getting off of the interstate, and making your first left is weird.
If diverging diamonds are designed well, you don't even notice anything's different until you're on the other side. Then you're like, wtf just happened?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:48 pm to Boss
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people use them correctly yes. But people come to complete stops before entering and people in them are dickheads not letting anyone in.
Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!!!!!
Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:51 pm to Geauxlden Eagle
Scott Louisiana does not need a roundabout.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 7:59 pm to MountainTiger
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Yeah that one had me scratching my head at first. It used to be fully signalized, didn't it?
Yes and you accessed the bridge from a traffic light by the hot springs. Now the street to Hotel Colorado is not a thru street and the bridge starts where the old dysfunction junction was then passes over the hot springs parking lot. There is a walking bridge where the old bridge was. The old bridge actually collapsed into the Colorado River while it was being taken down.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:22 pm to tigerpawl
Where I live, they replaced a traffic light with a roundabout and it has helped alleviate traffic tremendously. Previously, there were huge traffic backups at the light in the morning and evening rush hours.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:20 pm to MorbidTheClown
And when they are designed correctly. For example, don’t put a pedestrian crossing at the roundabout, move the crossing up the street a ways. If it’s a 2 lane roundabout make sure you make the diameter greater than the minimum (or else keep it single lane.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:24 pm to TimeOutdoors
They aren't my cup of tea. Have encountered a few lately, kind of foreign
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:53 pm to MorbidTheClown
Absolutely. 100% yes.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:54 pm to MorbidTheClown
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yes, when people understand how to use them.
I live in Oxford. They don't know how to fricking use them...
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:09 pm to tigerpawl
They don't fix stupid.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:14 pm to OysterPoBoy
But we lost to soccer.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:24 pm to tigerpawl
Sure
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:26 pm to tigerpawl
I can’t be the only one that read that this as roustabouts
Without reading a reply.
Eta: them baws work
Without reading a reply.
Eta: them baws work
This post was edited on 11/6/18 at 11:35 pm
Posted on 11/7/18 at 12:06 am to CCTider
I'm a big fan of roundabouts now that they seem to be popping up everywhere. The ones in Hammond have worked very well. I had not heard of this divergent diamond though....after some research and a few YouTube videos, I'm convinced this is what they should've gone with at the Walker exit. Those look awesome, I'm looking forward to seeing them start coming to Louisiana in the year 2059 
But for real, that's a genius idea. I'm really not sure why we haven't seen it implemented more in this area with the recent I-12/I-10 construction.
But for real, that's a genius idea. I'm really not sure why we haven't seen it implemented more in this area with the recent I-12/I-10 construction.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 5:15 am to tigerpawl
There was a high number of them in Wisconsin and they worked great when people knew how to use them.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 5:41 am to BamaMan45
quote:Just saw this (Diverging Diamonds): LINK Pretty slick. Don't try to understand the whole enchilada in one bite. When you break it down from an individual motorist's point of view navigating through it, it's a beautiful thing. Going out on a limb here and saying it's probably too expensive to retrofit an existing interchange with similar dynamics to the one in the video. Also assuming it works only for overpasses over interstates and not vice-versa.
I had not heard of this divergent diamond though....after some research and a few YouTube videos, I'm convinced this is what they should've gone with at the Walker exit.
This post was edited on 11/7/18 at 5:56 am
Posted on 11/7/18 at 5:43 am to tigerpawl
quote:
Do Roundabouts work?
I wish it were possible to replace every red light with one. Roundabouts are God’s answer to people like me who like to keep moving in traffic.
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