When roundabouts first began replacing traditional road intersections in our area several years ago, there was a good deal of grumbling and resistance. Nobody likes change, and our perception of roundabouts was greatly shaped by the scene from “European Vacation,” in which a family is hopelessly and eternally entangled in a roundabout in Europe.
From the start, the top goal of roundabouts was to increase safety, and the secondary goal was to increase traffic efficiency and flow— no more waiting for a red light to change to green when there was nary another vehicle in sight.
