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Originally Posted by kcladyz
What annoys me is the left turn lanes that turn to NOWHERE!
Also roundabouts. The figure 8 kind.
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First, as you guessed, the left turn into nowhere is to allow for Uturns. There might be a street there in 20 years, maybe never, but people need to be able to get across the street and this is generally safer (briefly knew a traffic engineer guy).
A figure 8 roundabout!! I've never heard of those and seeing one after googling it would indeed give me pause. I'm having a hard enough time trying to help my sis manage the regular roundabout near her shopping area. Where I grew up, roundabouts were pretty common (called rotaries), so easy peasy for me. I'm not sure Minnesotans would be up to the complexities of a figure 8 roundabout. We aren't known for our driving skills.