Not talking about mini roundabouts here.Roundabouts need speed humps. Many time I have been ready to join aroundabout when suddenly a vehicle at speed comes around from the right. Ifall traffic on the roundabout moved at a reduced pace, then more people wou=ldbe able to safely join. The queues at the junctions would flow more freely =asthere would be less need to hesitate(or join at break neck speed) as thespeed of traffic from the right would be restricted.=20I'm not a thrilled about speed humps,cameras being everywhere but positivemeasures to restrict speed on a roundabout has got to be a good idea ? Lesscongestion and less risk of accident.Looking into road traffic simulation modelling to test out the idea.

Yes, that right - speed humps. They're great. All roads should have them.FFS - we spent 3000 years developing road surfaces, culminating in our current highly developed smooth, grippy and safe tarmac. Then geniuses such as yourself go round putting speed humps on them. Great.

Speed humps On large Roundabouts ?

Oct 31, 2003 22 Replies

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DervMan 22 years ago

Ahh, so it's not all bad news, then!

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IanDTurner 22 years ago

Why not go french, and have the joining traffic take priority over those already on the roundabout

Only joking - but it's as bad as speed humps

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Paul Giverin 22 years ago

In message , IanDTurner writes

That's only in relatively few parts of France mainly in the south and new built roundabouts follow the UK convention. The French still haven't figured out how to use roundabouts yet, particularly the concept of using the inside lane of the roundabout if they are going 3/4 way round it.

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