Yup, Wellington Circle in Medford and Belle Circle in Revere are notoriously bad where they both have multiple entry points and traffic lights. Always a shitshow driving through there.

I see your Wellington Circle and raise you the rotary on Morrissey Boulevard on the edge of Southie by the State Police barracks.

Rotary poker, this is fun! ; )

Neponset Circle further down Morrissey Blvd is even worse than that one.

Here in Arizona, they are becoming more common. I understand that they are safer than standard intersections, but many people here still don't know how to use them. They often stop before entering, even when the way is clear. This itself can cause accidents. I'm hopeful that people will learn to better use them.

Yes! I do the same double chicane treatment, aiming for smoothness throughout. And on a two lane setup, if empty, I work the tangents. :-)

* You across the pond? Where I am, traffic flows counter clockwise, so first flick is right, then left, then right...

Rotary poker, this is fun! ; )

Neponset Circle further down Morrissey Blvd is even worse than that one.

It is to be treated like a Stop Sign with a white ring around it, which means you treat it as optional with a slight tap of the breaks and proceed.

If that is what you are doing, you are doing it wrong. That is illegal. Stop signs mean stop. If it's optional, it's a YIELD sign.

EndlessH2O wrote:

Uhm, don't all Stop signs have white rings around them? I guess that joke was lost somewhere and I do know what STOP means. Unfortunately, in these here parts, drivers seem to think a YIELD sign also means STOP.

I have one close to where I live in Florida. Honestly, it's a complete sh!t show. Most people don't know how to use them. There's probably a "near miss" once every ten minutes during rush hour because people don't know when to merge, how to signal, etc. It's Florida though. We really should be first in line for autonomous cars on a "need" basis.[/quote

Agreed. Off the top of my head, I can only think of one spot here in San Diego that has a couple of them. They're controlled by yield signs. The key seems to be drivers using their turn signals to indicate whether they're coming all the way around or if they're going "straight."

Because drivers generally don't know what the f*ck they're doing (or just don't care), when entering a circle I err on the side of assuming the driver already in the circle is going to come all the way around regardless of their turn signal (which is almost always off).

Minor complaint: It is a little bit of a pain in the butt to have to hold my turn signal so that it doesn't cancel while negotiating the roundabouts.

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