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Originally Posted by s211
This city's done a disservice with getting rid of some traffic circles. The most baffling was along Groat Road at 118th. A former circle was replaced with a really awkward signalized quasi circle/intersection. If volume dictated lights, then they should have just gone full lighted intersection.
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I vaguely remember Groat Road and 118 Ave being a signalized traffic circle in the early 90s.
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Originally Posted by Coldrsx
They are incredibly simple to use, but people seem to never understand how to drive within them.
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Originally Posted by 240glt
I like the traffic circles, they move vehicles very efficiently. Unfortunately it seems that many drivers don't understand how they work. There are mis-applications though, I drive through Clearwater often and the new circle they put there right on the highway at the north edge of town confuses everybody because instead of following the standard rules of use, they've incorporated a bunch of directional arrows that direct people, and actually make it a lot more confusing.
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It does make sense now that I read it. I'm just scared of the others misusing it maybe. What if someone is in the inside lane to make a right at the first exit? Or I'm in the inside lane to make a left turn (3rd exit) and I'm T-boned by someone on the outside lane?
The Clearwater roundabout is a single lane roundabout for all intents and purposes, they just added left turn lanes on the inside coming off Hwy 5.