Automobile Enthusiasts

A lot depends on how busy the intersection is -- I understand that roundabouts are better as far as moving traffic up to a certain level of traffic, and then conventional intersections are better for higher traffic volumes.

Anyway, in my case, I rarely have to stop, or if I do, it's a short pause. Much better than waiting a minute for the traffic lights to change. No more hazardous left turns (in the conventional intersection it replaced, there were no left turn arrow traffic light, it was just a plain green orb. Not difficult, but some idiots don't know that left-turners are supposed to yield to oncoming traffic in that situation, or they try to get a jump on you.

In my case(s), the roundabout(s) are a one lane circle, so not complex, and all the 8 "lanes" leading into or out of the roundabout are one lane wide with the exception of two of them that are two laners.

As a pedestrian, I only have to look in one direction (though I always glance in the other direction for the drunk driver), and I only have to cross one narrow lane to get to an island, and another lane to finish crossing. Except for the occasional 2 lane crossing without an island, but the lanes are narrower and again only have to look in one direction.

Vastly much better than the conventional intersection it replaced where, as a pedestrian, I'd have drivers right-turning into me and left-turning into me, and then of course had to look for regular cross traffic too.