[driftless2]

If Mark's been tooling around Britain, he's certainly run into that bane of driving in Britain and Ireland, the roundabout. While on a recent trip to England's green and pleasant land, and another one into Scotland, when on the two-lane roads, we must have passed through what seem like an endless stream of roundabouts. Now I actually enjoy driving through roundabouts (in Ireland), but they're no less irritating than stop signs. In fact, my wife (who grew up in England) prefers four-way stops to roundabouts.

And if you're driving in the American west, as I have frequently in the last ten years, stop signs are pretty infrequent on many western two lane roads. But I also drive the two-lane roads around western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota, and I don't find the infrequent stop signs or other road signs that irritating. Maybe New England is different.

[CPOSharky]

Maybe New England is different.

Of course they are different. It's the only place I have seen with STOP signs on the exit of the roundabout.

[Little Ray]

My wife prefers roundabouts. She just plunges right in. They make me nervous as heck, but I can see her point.

[Brian Allen]

.... my wife (who grew up in England) prefers four-way stops to roundabouts ....

I’ve never really grown up but - an immigrant and therefore a hyphenated (AMERICAN-) American - was born in New Zealand — have lived in twenty other rapidly-spiralling-into-the-third-world former nations and/or states, England included — and am firmly with your wife!

Roundabouts are the bane of my life and I do a Mark Steyn every time I encounter one!

And, like Mr Steyn, am also waiting to hear any traffic engineer or any other roads scholar, who considers himself to be qualified for and/or up to the task, ever rationalize and/or justify one of the wretched abominations!

Brian Richard Allen

[Brian Allen]

.... In fact, my wife (who grew up in England) prefers four-way stops to roundabouts .....

Your wife presents with a Very Superior Intelligence.