Roundabouts?

[jazz4cash]

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Originally Posted by Midpack I agree they don't work as well when they are small (diameter), but they are still quicker than stoplights no?

I think the fact that they had to add a stoplight to the roundabout sorta speaks for itself. The roundabout was being used to regulate access/exit for a secondary highway. Without the stoplight, the exiting traffic was backing up onto the highway creating a major hazzard.

[alvarezg]

Angoulême streets are incredibly twisty. The old town, going back to the Bronze Age, is crammed on top of a sugarloaf hill. About 150 years ago they began dismantling the old defensive ramparts and putting in access ramps to the valley below. Many intersections are 5-way, and in more than one case the roundabouts are double, like a figure-8!

If one has to work for a living, a one-year assignment here is not a bad way to go. There is a classic race car weekend in September- Bugattis, Alfas, Bentleys, etc.; and a world-class comic art festival in January. From the ramparts you can see the Charente river where the Vikings once came to raid. Lascaux, Cognac, Bordeaux, and the Dordogne are withing easy driving distance. Returning to rural Tennessee is a pretty bleak prospect.