Roundabouts?

NYSpeed Automotive
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Love 'em or hate 'em?

I love them. Everyone approaches them like they’re scarred and don’t know what to do, which leaves room for me to zoom on by.

This dual roundabout at Kensington & Harlem is my favorite:

[map]2002 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo, NY[/map]

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There was a research article that was posted a while back about how much safer they are than any other type of intersection.

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Some urban planner found out about this technology and started putting them everywhere.

There are the two on Harlem…one out by the hamburg fair grounds and then somewhere else.

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Maybe safer = less likely to die from accident

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I live right by that one and have had so many near misses from people not knowing WTF to do. Also at rush hour sometimes you end up either shoehorning your way in or waiting forever. However along with the one at Cleveland it did stop Harlem from backing up due to red lights, so I’m somewhere between love and hate.

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Based on my experiences with 4-way stops, I’d say they’re safer because it’s less likely someone is going to be an asshat/not pay attention and t-bone you.

Love 'em.

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there are 3 in hamburg. i love them, and i have soooo many stories about crazy shit i have seen while navigating them

here is a story i posted a while ago on another forum -

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That particular double one causes problems cause if someone is signaling right they could be talking about 4 different right turns. If you assume they’re taking one and pull out before you actually see their car commit, bad things happen.
Doesn’t help that one block down Kensington at the 290-Main St-Kensington intersection is crash central.

One cool thing: The sign for it made the NYS driver’s manual.

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There is a better round about over by Aero drive right past the tunnel…Its still under construction and people have noooo clue what do.

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i drive it every day, people in the roundabout stop and wave me on, i get so angry, youre fucking up the whole system!

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I prefer to view them as chicanes.

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I have 2 on the way to work…neither are very busy so it’s not like you really have to wait or worry about what other drivers are doing so usually they’re fun to fly around. On the other hand when they are busy they’re a cluster because most people don’t know what to do.

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Ha, I was thinking the same thing when I hit that new one behind UB the other day with no one around. Just a little flick/flick and you’re coming out the other side in a nice little drift. :slight_smile:

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+1 ahhah

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Lol, I take Harlem to my gfs house, I loveeeeeee taking the two roundabouts.

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my whole neighbourhood is full of them.

new houses ftw

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Love em, but they dont work in the states. People are far too thick.

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I LOVE it when they have soft curbs on the inside, really makes taking an aggressive line fun!

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Been through that double one on Harlem once, that thing is crazy. I drive through hamburg every day and they work really well. How about the big one on delaware in front of city hall? It actually has lights in the middle of it and stop signs at the entrances, kinda defeats the purpose. There is never traffic there either, I don’t know how rush hour is though.

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Shut up you wannabe Canadian.

People just have to adjust to them. The last couple times I’ve been to the Gun Center the one’s on Harlem are running really smooth now. It takes way less time to drive down Harlem than it did with the lights.

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So much better than sitting at a light.