• MBech@feddit.dk
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    22 hours ago

    I would like to add, that a roundabout where people who are trying to exit have to stop for pedestrians, make a very unsafe roundabout.

    Sure, people entering should stop, but if cars exiting have to stop, it makes too many points of failure. Cars exiting already have to watch for bikes over their shoulder, while also looking ahead to make sure the car in front of them isn’t stoppinh for some other reason. If they also have to look for pedestrians crossing, their attention will simply be too divided in too many different directions.

    Instead a pedestrian crossing needs to let cars exit, and cars entering need to give plenty room for pedestrians to cross.

    This is very possible to make intuitive and easy through design, that puts to crosswalk about a cars length away from the entrence to the roundabout. That way, cars about to enter can focus on other bad driver incapable of signaling, and cars waiting in line can focus on pedestrians.

    Unfortunately I have only seen about a handful roundabouts designed that way in my life here in Europe, but they make everything much better for pedestrians and cyclists.