The most important thing is to =stay= in the roundabout until you
=know=, with sufficient lead time, where you get out.

No, the most important thing is for taxpayers (AKA: "Users") to lynch
traffic "engineers" who insist on foisting such silliness as
"roundabouts", "left turn only" arrows, and other "traffic calming
devices" on the rest of us.

A couple of years ago, right here in Iowa City, a bunch of these
so-called "engineers" installed (without warning or local input)
"chicanes" on a straight length of residential street, in an effort to
slow traffic. (Apparently one of the neighbors had repeatedly
complained about speeders.)

These chicanes were asphalt blockades, essentially, put in every couple
of hundred yards, forcing traffic to make a sharp swerve to the left or
right, in an effort to slow people down.

Within days the neighbors went absolutely ballistic, followed by the
city snow plow drivers, followed by the area teenagers -- who promptly
turned the street into a Grand Prix race course. "Hey, let's see how
fast we can make it through the chicanes!"

Within a month the "engineers" quietly removed the chicanes -- at a
cost of several hundred thousand dollars. They've now re-directed
their efforts into installing "round-abouts" and more "left turn only"
arrows...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"