It isn’t just Lethbridge – most of Canada is seeing a roundabout boom
Oct 13, 2016 | 10:09 AM
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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Canadian drivers are increasingly likely to run into roundabouts — those circular intersections that reduce accidents when used correctly.
Keith Boddy of the Transportation Association of Canada says they may seem intimidating, but roundabouts actually mean fewer decisions for drivers. Drivers must slow down, go counter-clockwise and yield to traffic as they enter.
There are now an estimated 400 roundabouts in Canada. About 100 of them are found in Quebec, which started building them in the late 1990s, and many can be found in B-C, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Canada and the U-S are slowly catching up to an intersection design that has been widespread for decades in France and the United Kingdom.
