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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
I think it's familiarity. I know my uncle used to visit from Canada a number of years ago and he struggled with roundabouts here simply because there were very few, if any, where he lived. Personally, it's surely better to be able to cross a roundabout immediately when there's no cross traffic than wait at an unnecessary red light.
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Hmmm. I really don’t see what’s difficult about a roundabout. You enter it exactly as if you were at a junction waiting to turn left (right in the US) - ie the traffic on the roundabout has priority over that waiting to enter it. Once you’re on it, you turn left (right) off it like any normal left (right) turn.
Yes, they’re far better than traffic lights because there’s no delay when the road is quiet.