>>>>>Here in New England we have many of them but they were always called "rotary".
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>>>>>I grew up in New England and am quite familiar with rotaries ... but, what I didn't realize, according to that article anyway, is that rotaries and roundabouts are not the same thing. I dunno ... they sure seem similar enough to me.
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>>>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>>I must have missed in the article of the difference between rotary and roundabout. I thought it was only the term used in different countries. The strangest rotary I know of is on Rt 1 in Brookline (a town in Boston). There is a traffic light for those who enter the rotary but no traffic light for those who go around the rotary. Which to me seems ridiculous. When you enter this rotary and see the green light you may think that you have a clear way to go but yet someone going around the rotary does not see your green light and it creates dangerous situations. I think one of these days they will have a serious accident, lawsuit, and then the town will remove this traffic light, as they should have long ago.
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>>>And here they are called 'traffic circles'
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>>This is what I thought they are called in London too.
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>If you said traffic circle to anyone living in London they would assume you meant a group who got together to discuss traffic.
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>One phrase you might hear is gyratory.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanger_Lane_gyratory

Doesn't look as if 'Ronudabouts' will catch on :-{