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<div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">23 Oct 2019, 18:25 by vojtech.filipec@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div style="16px" text-align="left">Hi guys, <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Reading the lively discussion about mini-roundabouts and their local specifics, I am adding two pieces of information from Czechia: <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">1) As in Poland, a small version of roundabout exists in Czechia. Although the central island is flat, the drivers are obliged to drive around it, as the legislation does not distinguish various kinds of roundabouts. The long vehicles must indeed pass over the inland as it is physically impossible to avoid it. Just like in Poland, right?<br></div></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">Yes. Not sure is it legislated that XXL<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">vehicles can drive over it, but for obvious<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">reasons noone complains.</div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div style="16px" text-align="left">2) They have been built with the intention to slow down the traffic. Many cross-juctions have been rebuilt into these miniature roundabouts with the goal to suppress a fast pass-through over the crossing. (The middle island is typically rough and it makes a scary sound if you exchange a smooth surface for, say, cobbles in a high speed.) The intention of slowing down is meaningful yet it often leads to traffic jams, and that is why I am interested in wheter my route goes over roundabout or a crossing; however, I do not care which type of roundabout it is, so I feel no need to distinguish them in Czechia. <br></div></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">In Poland center is is often made from <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">plastic raised element.<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">And one of reason for their use is<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">that it allows to balance incoming <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">traffic from different roads, without<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">traffic lights and with lower risk of <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">gridlock.</div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div style="16px" text-align="left">Ps: This is my first post to this mailing group - I hope it passes through correctly. <br></div></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">Welcome! Everything seems to be right.</div> </body>
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