alt Hacker NewsDo you want traffic circles? Because this is how you get traffic circles.
(I used to live in a neighborhood full of them and I liked them but very many people disagreed with me. If you make speed bumps not work then they will all be replaced with slaloms or circles.
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I'm confused, all of the traffic circles I drive through were just intersections before, no speed bumps. And all of the speed bumps I encounter are in parking lots, and can't be replaced by a traffic circle.
Are there traffic circles that are primarily about slowing traffic rather than managing intersections?
Yes I dream of them. Just imagine cars at 4 way intersection all being able to move!
I doubt most cars will be jacked up high off the ground like in the video, especially to fully handle speed bumps at higher speeds. There will be tradeoffs in such a thing.
IRL this is probably just handles small bumps and turns comfortably thing.
I had to look up what a traffic circle is, but apparently it just means roundabout. And yes, I do want roundabouts, who wouldn't?
Is there any serious argument against them? I've heard they aren't common in America.