I drive through the roundabout in front of the North Nashua High School, all I can say is go there when it's full of buses.
At least when there is no traffic, it only sucks a little bit.
Remember the purpose of a roundabout is to calm traffic, with no traffic you have to slow down because of the curve and the cobble stones. The purpose is to impede traffice so it slows down. The purpose is not to reduce accidents, but to make them happen at a slower speed and better angle.
I think it increases accidents, it is impossible to know if the guy coming around is going to turn or keep coming. The turns are too tight and close together to use directionals. So you either wait until the whole thing is empty or take a chance.
Now I know FFL like to talk about watering a garden in the middle, but that only lasts a few years. The Nashua one was so pretty when they built it with flowers and old style lamp posts. Now it's overgrown and dead, and the lamp post were wrecked by vehicles that missed the turns. It's a good place for yard sale signs. I'm sure it will look nice full of Romney and Obama signs this fall.
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