Memo to DOTs: the point of a roundabout is not to make cars drive in a circle, it's to eliminate waiting when there's no cross-traffic
Literally all you need is something in the middle of the intersection--a pillar, let's say--for cars to drive around.
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As this example from suburban England shows, you don't even need a physical centerpiece at all--you can just use paint.pic.twitter.com/HUMlxy3j1m
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Here's a larger one--again, look at how little of the roundabout's area is taken up by the centerpiece!pic.twitter.com/xCsW21TrHU
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...that was one of the better ones around here, relatively small. This nightmare, on the other hand (sorry, no streetview)...pic.twitter.com/EfO9PvPIaR
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Compare with these English ones: notice how much of the roundabout's area is roadway vs centerpiecepic.twitter.com/c0UFHwFu8D
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spooky
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