Roundabouts replaced with traffic light based junctions?
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I need some help here people.
I just don't understand how the people who design our UK roads are ever increasingly replacing our roundabouts with traffic lights or a similar signaled design. Often I find myself sat at a red light waiting for somebody, i.e NO ONE to move, when the previous year where there used to be a roundabout, I could of passed through almost instantly.
How they could think it is more efficient. I mean, when the traffic lights fail and people have to go through gingerly and have a huge risk of accident, it then requires repair and a call out. But a roundabout never breaks down and often doesn't rely on electricity to function.
It's similar to how, when an escalator stops working, it still can be used and walked over safely. But when a lift stops working you're not in great shape (kind of).
I get the use of traffic lights on the larger roundabouts coming off of motorways due to the amount of fast traffic that would be entering, but not this. Could someone please enlighten me or share their opinions?
I just don't understand how the people who design our UK roads are ever increasingly replacing our roundabouts with traffic lights or a similar signaled design. Often I find myself sat at a red light waiting for somebody, i.e NO ONE to move, when the previous year where there used to be a roundabout, I could of passed through almost instantly.
How they could think it is more efficient. I mean, when the traffic lights fail and people have to go through gingerly and have a huge risk of accident, it then requires repair and a call out. But a roundabout never breaks down and often doesn't rely on electricity to function.
It's similar to how, when an escalator stops working, it still can be used and walked over safely. But when a lift stops working you're not in great shape (kind of).
I get the use of traffic lights on the larger roundabouts coming off of motorways due to the amount of fast traffic that would be entering, but not this. Could someone please enlighten me or share their opinions?
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