KIds DO NOT belong on lawn mowing equipment

[MossRoad]

Oh heck yes they are better than a 4-way stop and better than a traffic light, too. And it reduces the number of head-on accidents, and lowers injury rates as the cars usually collide while going in somewhat the same directions VS coming directly at each other or 90 degree T-bones. We have two roundabouts near us. There's probably a dozen in the county and more coming. The only problem we have so far is that pretty much EVERY sign in or near the roundabouts have been hit. The bricks are usually messed up, too, from cars hitting them. The trees they planted in the middle have all been topped by cars jumping over the roundabouts. Yes, I said jumping over the roundabouts. As one witness described the accident, "It looked like the Duke's of Hazard." It would be funny, but the driver was killed.

For some reason, roundabouts are much safer in pretty much every location in the world except South Bend, Indiana, where the accident rates have increased, almost doubling, since their installation. Officials are blaming old people and the learning curve.

 

[kidr]

Now i finally understand the saying " What comes around goes around".

 

[CobyRupert]

Can't we all just agree: "Kids do not belong on lawn mowing equipment in roundabouts!" ?

 

[NorTracNY]

Can't we all just agree: "Kids do not belong on lawn mowing equipment in roundabouts!" ?

I will agree with you on that, but I'm still going to mind my own business unless they are jepardizing the safety of others.

 

[k0ua]

IIRC, Mythbusters found them to be 20% more efficient than a 4 way stop. The Washington state DOT has a page about them claiming that they are about the same cost as an intersection, but $5-10k less per year to operate and they say that they are much safer. See: WSDOT - Roundabout Benefits

Aaron Z

The points they brought up make sense.

 

[k0ua]

Oh heck yes they are better than a 4-way stop and better than a traffic light, too. And it reduces the number of head-on accidents, and lowers injury rates as the cars usually collide while going in somewhat the same directions VS coming directly at each other or 90 degree T-bones. We have two roundabouts near us. There's probably a dozen in the county and more coming. The only problem we have so far is that pretty much EVERY sign in or near the roundabouts have been hit. The bricks are usually messed up, too, from cars hitting them. The trees they planted in the middle have all been topped by cars jumping over the roundabouts. Yes, I said jumping over the roundabouts. As one witness described the accident, "It looked like the Duke's of Hazard." It would be funny, but the driver was killed.

For some reason, roundabouts are much safer in pretty much every location in the world except South Bend, Indiana, where the accident rates have increased, almost doubling, since their installation. Officials are blaming old people and the learning curve.

We have an awful lot of "old people" here in Branson and we have several roundabouts now. I haven't heard or seen of any accidents or flying cars in them. Maybe it is just a south bend thing?

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Can't we all just agree: "Kids do not belong on lawn mowing equipment in roundabouts!" ?

Nice! :laughing:

 

[roadhunter]

We have an awful lot of "old people" here in Branson and we have several roundabouts now. I haven't heard or seen of any accidents or flying cars in them. Maybe it is just a south bend thing?

It's the Notre Dame fans.

 

[rockdrummindan]

My opinion is since when is it your business to tell anyone else how to raise their kids?? It's not like your new neighbor was asking for advice.....

I do however think it's certainly questionable to do what he was doing. I also know you can't fix stupid.

But in addition, there is a sort of law I think worth mentioning here- you can't express truth until trust is earned. If you do find it necessary to try to correct him, at least wait until you have some sort of friendship built with him... And then be very careful about how you say it, like Cat Fever said.

 

[hawkeye08]

My grand daughter likes riding with me on tractor and she loves roundabouts. Sometimes we go around a couple of times just to have fun (and confuse the cars sitting there stopped waiting for the whole roundabout to clear before they enter)...

Weeeee, go again papa