Originally Posted by
canklecat
I know Europeans love roundabouts but Americans don't know how to use them. I hate 'em and avoid them whenever possible. There's one near the main drag of the popular MUP and if there's even a single vehicle approaching the roundabout you can bet the driver will manage to screw it up.
There are some older roundabouts in my area that are even worse. I'm sure the designer thought it would be an artsy way to spice up the old historical neighborhoods and maybe control the traffic. But it just makes things worse.
And if roundabouts really worked in Europe they wouldn't be resorting to these indecipherable paint schemes that supposedly "help" direct motor vehicle, cycling and pedestrian traffic. If the physical infrastructure doesn't already solve the problem, paint ain't gonna make it better.
What paint scheme? And which countries in Europe?
I have never had a problem with a car stopping for me, but the car arriving at the roundabout at the same time is always tricky. Because all behave differently, some ignore you completely, some see you suddenly and react weird, like randomly break hard for no actual reason, others are super careful but you also don't want to trust them fully, so... But the only danger I see is if you pull in behind a car, but the car next to you thinks they can also make it before the next car so also pull in.