The UK is replacing roundabouts with traffic lights; US is doing the opposite

Re:The UK is replacing roundabouts with traffic lights; US i... by function_seven on Monday October 19, 2015 @05:47PM (#10416023)

Wait. Is that a 2-way stop? That looks dangerous as hell. If I come upon a stop sign with a island in the middle of the intersection, it is easy to assume that everyone has to stop.

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Re:The UK is replacing roundabouts with traffic lights; US i... by fryguy on Monday October 19, 2015 @05:54PM (#10416075)

There are a lot of 2-way stops in that area.

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Re:The UK is replacing roundabouts with traffic lights; US i... by function_seven on Monday October 19, 2015 @06:20PM (#10416193)

My wording is kinda of muddy. A 2-way stop isn't itself dangerous. I think seeing an island makes the intersection appear more like a roundabout, and makes drivers approaching from the side streets think that all entrances to that roundabout will have a stop sign.

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Re:The UK is replacing roundabouts with traffic lights; US i... by ScottRAB on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @07:15PM (#10422515)

DMV manual fail. All way stops have a small sign below the stop sign that says ALL WAY. Any stop sign without that rider sign is not at an all way stop intersection.

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Re:The UK is replacing roundabouts with traffic lights; US i... by function_seven on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @07:45PM (#10422652)

Yup. I am a fan of this sign (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cross_traffic_does_n...) instead of this one (http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/resources/casestudie...)

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Re:The UK is replacing roundabouts with traffic lights; US i... by fryguy on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @01:13AM (#10423833)

If you look a few blocks away there's that sign: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5676945,-121.4748759,3a,75y,...

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