Seems like an accident waiting to happen
Why all the roundabouts in the Fulshear area?
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If drivers understand how to go through them (unlikely to ever be the case in the Houston area), it can allow more cars to make it through the same intersection faster than using stop signs or traffic lights.lancevance said:
Seems like an accident waiting to happen
I heard today that Doziers reopened.
Maybe it's for that.
Maybe it's for that.
txags92 said:If drivers understand how to go through them (unlikely to ever be the case in the Houston area), it can allow more cars to make it through the same intersection faster than using stop signs or traffic lights.lancevance said:
Seems like an accident waiting to happen
This. If people know how to use them theyre also safer than intersections. Fewer accidents and those that happen aren't high speed t-bones.
What's up with the weird flower bed roundabout at Kingsride and Benignus around Town and Country?
But people don't know how to use them because this isn't England. Hence the OP.Aggie71013 said:txags92 said:If drivers understand how to go through them (unlikely to ever be the case in the Houston area), it can allow more cars to make it through the same intersection faster than using stop signs or traffic lights.lancevance said:
Seems like an accident waiting to happen
This. If people know how to use them theyre also safer than intersections. Fewer accidents and those that happen aren't high speed t-bones.
It's repeated at Perthshire too. I have no specific knowledge, but it seems like a way to discourage heavy trucks from cutting down Benignus between I-10 and Memorial. That, or they started with roundabouts and it didn't work so they added the four way stop without taking them out.
There are several roundabouts in the Sugar Land area. As advertised, when people approach them properly, they work great. But too many drivers stop at the entrance regardless of whether they can enter safely or not.
A Houstonian, a Bostonian and a Guatemalan approach a roundabout. If a teenaged driver from Fulshear, a lady from Laredo and an old woman from Beijing are already in the roundabout, how my middle fingers will be thrown?
Keep your answer to two significant digits.
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Martin Q. Blank said:But people don't know how to use them because this isn't England. Hence the OP.Aggie71013 said:txags92 said:If drivers understand how to go through them (unlikely to ever be the case in the Houston area), it can allow more cars to make it through the same intersection faster than using stop signs or traffic lights.lancevance said:
Seems like an accident waiting to happen
This. If people know how to use them theyre also safer than intersections. Fewer accidents and those that happen aren't high speed t-bones.
They'll never learn if you don't build them. Roundabouts are better in 95% of traffic situations.
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well, then learn how. problem solvedMartin Q. Blank said:But people don't know how to use them because this isn't England. Hence the OP.Aggie71013 said:txags92 said:If drivers understand how to go through them (unlikely to ever be the case in the Houston area), it can allow more cars to make it through the same intersection faster than using stop signs or traffic lights.lancevance said:
Seems like an accident waiting to happen
This. If people know how to use them theyre also safer than intersections. Fewer accidents and those that happen aren't high speed t-bones.
Aren't these 8 or so roundabouts all on one road? Spirit of TX or something?
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Martin Q. Blank said:But people don't know how to use them because this isn't England. Hence the OP.Aggie71013 said:txags92 said:If drivers understand how to go through them (unlikely to ever be the case in the Houston area), it can allow more cars to make it through the same intersection faster than using stop signs or traffic lights.lancevance said:
Seems like an accident waiting to happen
This. If people know how to use them theyre also safer than intersections. Fewer accidents and those that happen aren't high speed t-bones.
Based on the number of red lights run and intersection accidents I see on my commute, they ain't very good with stoplights, either.
Or 4 way stops...BBRex said:Based on the number of red lights run and intersection accidents I see on my commute, they ain't very good with stoplights, either.Martin Q. Blank said:But people don't know how to use them because this isn't England. Hence the OP.Aggie71013 said:txags92 said:If drivers understand how to go through them (unlikely to ever be the case in the Houston area), it can allow more cars to make it through the same intersection faster than using stop signs or traffic lights.lancevance said:
Seems like an accident waiting to happen
This. If people know how to use them theyre also safer than intersections. Fewer accidents and those that happen aren't high speed t-bones.
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Cheaper to build and maintain than 4 way intersections and better with traffic flow, from pretty much every measurable statistic.
FB County was resistant at first, and now was grown to love them. They do take up more space than a traditional 4 way stop, one fairly big negative.
FB County was resistant at first, and now was grown to love them. They do take up more space than a traditional 4 way stop, one fairly big negative.
Roundabout do cause more accidents, but on average they are minor fender bender types.
Stop signs and stop lights have less total accidents but then tend to be more severe with someone running the light and t-boning people at full speed.
Stop signs and stop lights have less total accidents but then tend to be more severe with someone running the light and t-boning people at full speed.
isn't this just a roundabout way to say that they're safer?Caliber said:
Roundabout do cause more accidents, but on average they are minor fender bender types.
Stop signs and stop lights have less total accidents but then tend to be more severe with someone running the light and t-boning people at full speed.
I see what you did there...Diggity said:isn't this just a roundabout way to say that they're safer?Caliber said:
Roundabout do cause more accidents, but on average they are minor fender bender types.
Stop signs and stop lights have less total accidents but then tend to be more severe with someone running the light and t-boning people at full speed.
but yes. Everyone always wants to point out that roundabout are just accidents waiting to happen and I am pointing out that is 100% true. It's just not the only factor to consider.
I'm starting to come around to your way of thinking
I lived in the area when these were installed. The 4-way stops were always there. They added the mini-roundabouts to try and stop people from running the stop signs at high speeds. Lots of kids walking the streets in that area with MMS in the neighborhood.
Maybe we build some starter roundabouts, like the one on Vision Park in Shenandoah that only has one street.
FarmerJohn said:
It's repeated at Perthshire too. I have no specific knowledge, but it seems like a way to discourage heavy trucks from cutting down Benignus between I-10 and Memorial. That, or they started with roundabouts and it didn't work so they added the four way stop without taking them out.
They were trying to prevent kids from racing down Benignus when Gessner was a 2 lane road. There was an old guy that would put cones out in the street when he was in his driveway and caused issues because they were stopping traffic. Eventually the small group of complainers won out and installed road humps and round about.
Bondag said:FarmerJohn said:
It's repeated at Perthshire too. I have no specific knowledge, but it seems like a way to discourage heavy trucks from cutting down Benignus between I-10 and Memorial. That, or they started with roundabouts and it didn't work so they added the four way stop without taking them out.
They were trying to prevent kids from racing down Benignus when Gessner was a 2 lane road. There was an old guy that would put cones out in the street when he was in his driveway and caused issues because they were stopping traffic. Eventually the small group of complainers won out and installed road humps and round about.
Wow. Can't even imagine gessner being 2 lanes. Assuming this was back in the day when Westchester HS and Spring Branch HS we're open and you could duck hunt right past the reservoirs/Hwy 6!
Very interesting. Always love Houston development history etc. thanks for posting.
2 each direction. Before there were 4 lanes from 1-10 to Mall. It has been 30+ years since they were installed and it gets fuzzy going back that far.WestHoustonAg79 said:Bondag said:FarmerJohn said:
It's repeated at Perthshire too. I have no specific knowledge, but it seems like a way to discourage heavy trucks from cutting down Benignus between I-10 and Memorial. That, or they started with roundabouts and it didn't work so they added the four way stop without taking them out.
They were trying to prevent kids from racing down Benignus when Gessner was a 2 lane road. There was an old guy that would put cones out in the street when he was in his driveway and caused issues because they were stopping traffic. Eventually the small group of complainers won out and installed road humps and round about.
Wow. Can't even imagine gessner being 2 lanes. Assuming this was back in the day when Westchester HS and Spring Branch HS we're open and you could duck hunt right past the reservoirs/Hwy 6!
Very interesting. Always love Houston development history etc. thanks for posting.
I'm pretty sure its purpose is to keep 18 wheelers out of that neighborhood
We have one or two in Timbergrove and I'm pretty sure that's the purpose as trucks would cut through to get from 18th to the warehouse off of 12th.texagpilot said:
I'm pretty sure its purpose is to keep 18 wheelers out of that neighborhood
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I feel like there's a lot of talking in circles going on here.
That's a round-about way of saying it. Lots of circular logic and spin being applied. We should probably circle back to the original topic.Booma94 said:
I feel like there's a lot of talking in circles going on here.
I got used to roundabouts in North Carolina
I notice a ton in the new development in Fulshear south of I-10
As long as you aren't an idiot, the roundabouts are great
I notice a ton in the new development in Fulshear south of I-10
As long as you aren't an idiot, the roundabouts are great
Or surrounded by other idiots with no clue how to use them.Aggie Therapist said:
I got used to roundabouts in North Carolina
I notice a ton in the new development in Fulshear south of I-10
As long as you aren't an idiot, the roundabouts are great