There should be a throughabout at every intersection

submitted by trident765 from self.nonmorons

My city has a stupid and dangerous traffic structure called a "throughabout", which is like a roundabout except with the crucial difference that it has a pair of roads (one going in each direction - you always have to think about which road is going in which direction) that go straight through it. This is what it looks like:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Throughabout.svg

The roads going through the middle have the right of way. By looking at this picture, it is easy to see how the whole thing is a setup to get T-boned at high speeds.

I made a post on my city's subreddit complaining about how stupid, dangerous, and confusing this is, and criticizing the morons who designed it and the city officials who approved it. The most heavily upvoted replies to my post were comments saying that they love it and everyone they know loves it and that it's safe, and that the fact that I find it confusing means that I'm stupid.

After reading their comments, my opinion on throughabouts changed. I am actually a big supporter of throughabouts now. Anything that makes the road more dangerous for these stupid idolators can only be a good thing.

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[–]Pononimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The thing that shocks and astounds me most is that you wasted the time necessary to create your post. By the way... I'm going to find you and bill you at a rate of five dollars per minute for my time which you so glibly and thoughtlessly wasted!

[–]la_cues 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wow I've never heard of these before.

They seem useful. You always turn right into traffic. Have to turn left? : Go straight through, then turn right into traffic.

Turning left into traffic requires more time than going straight through. I have a left turn onto the highway for my work commute that is always a bitch to time. One of these would be nice, although it takes up a very large footprint.