@pimoore Thank you! It is, indeed, a roundabout. They seem suuuuper common both in Canberra and in regional NSW and Vic.

@pimoore Haha, they’re not that common where we live (although there are a few in the vicinity), and Vivian was getting really flustered encountering them at nearly every intersection in Canberra as a result. In theory they’re supposed to be really good (for drivers, not pedestrians of course), but you have to be used to them first…

@maique Yep, I never ended up getting my drivers licence but when I was doing lessons, the instructor would take me through routes with roundabout after roundabout after roundabout 😂 He was always raving about how amazing they were (lower collision rates, better traffic throughput, etc.)… personally I did not share his enthusiasm, although they’re OK I guess 😅 In Canberra they occur a lot even at very very busy intersections which was a bit new for us.

@jayeless @maique @pimoore Roundabouts are brilliant, when they’re used correctly. Most instructors teach them incorrectly: you don’t give way to the right, you give way to everybody already in the roundabout. Many roundabouts have a main thoroughfare and smaller ones adjoining, so as people speed through them, and everybody waits for the car to the right, they can easily get clogged up with traffic and eventually result in traffic lights replacing them. If everybody slowed down on the approach, gave way to whoever enters first, and indicated when leaving the roundabout, they flow very easily. In WA the police enforce the indicating when leaving the roundabout (well, they did so 15 years ago when I lived there) and everybody did so, making it flow very efficiently.