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A couple of years ago I was riding in a car with my husband and in-laws near LaConner, Washington, when we approached a roundabout. My father-in-law remarked grimly on the novelty, “Oh, uh oh,” and my mother-in-law added, “They’re dangerous!” My husband, who is a real riot at parties, said, “They’re actually considerably safer than 4-way intersections,” putting an end to everyone’s roundabout-bashing fun. But was my nerd husband correct? Yes. But does everyone hate roundabouts? Yes.
Depending on where you live, it’s obligatory to cross the street within a crosswalk unless you want to risk a jaywalking ticket that comes with a hefty fine. Further, if someone enters a street on foot and winds up injured or worse, it’s the pedestrian that is seen as the offending party. Today’s citizens accept this as the status quo, but as Joseph Stromberg writes in an article on Vox, it wasn’t always this way.
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