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Slow down when approaching the roundabout. Yield to pedestrians in the entry crosswalk. Look left, and yield to all traffic in the roundabout. Enter only when there is a safe gap in traffic.
Roundabouts can reduce delays for pedestrians compared to traffic signals, because pedestrians are able to cross during any safe gap rather than waiting for a signal. During peak flows when large gaps are infrequent, the slower speed of traffic entering and exiting can still allow crossing, despite the smaller gaps.
Traffic calming uses physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. It has become a tool to combat speeding and other unsafe behaviours of drivers. [ 1 ] It aims to encourage safer, more responsible driving and potentially reduce traffic flow.
Local law enforcement and state traffic officials have seen safety benefits in roundabouts installed throughout the county and state. Roundabouts can be a driver's worst nightmare. But officials ...
Roundabouts create crossings on an otherwise 50 or 50 km/h (31 mph) road that are slow enough, 30 km/h (19 mph), to permit pedestrians and cyclists to cross in safety. Mopeds, cyclists and pedestrians are kept away from cars on separate paths above 30 km/h (19 mph) in the built up area.
Statistics show the roundabout at Fourth and West Main streets in downtown Newark reduced traffic crashes, injuries in 2023, compared to 2013-17.
There is debate over the safety implications of cycling infrastructure (e.g. cycle tracks, protected intersections). Recent studies generally affirm that segregated cycle tracks have a better safety record between intersections than cycling on major roads in traffic. [ 1] Furthermore, cycling infrastructure tends to lead to more people cycling.
The S.C. Department of Transportation is installing a roundabout at the intersection of U.S. Highway 29 and Welcome Road to increase safety by slowing down traffic.