Roundabouts
Shapes fix traffic problems. Did you know that if you stick a circle in the middle of an intersection and put little red triangles on posts around the circle you reduce traffic accidents?
Pictured above, the Okemos roundabout in Ingham County, Michigan, USA. With roundabouts, traffic through intersections flow freely and the use of a courteous yeild sign keeps everyone polite.
In a recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study of 24 intersections in the USA where stop control and traffic signals were replaced with Modern Roundabouts, there was a: 39% overall crash reduction, 76% injury crash reduction, 90% fatal crash reduction.
Pictured above, the Okemos roundabout in Ingham County, Michigan, USA. With roundabouts, traffic through intersections flow freely and the use of a courteous yeild sign keeps everyone polite.
In a recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study of 24 intersections in the USA where stop control and traffic signals were replaced with Modern Roundabouts, there was a: 39% overall crash reduction, 76% injury crash reduction, 90% fatal crash reduction.
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