[jessaustin]

Properly sited roundabouts don't need lights. Anyone who "detests" them must not live or work near busy intersections governed by stop signs only. The town I'm working in now has two roundabouts and one 4-way stop. Morning and night, the 4-way stop backs up traffic for blocks, while traffic flows through the roundabouts without issue. The city council has set aside a million dollars to change the 4-way into a roundabout this coming spring.

There are lots of stoplights that should also be replaced by roundabouts. A solid line of traffic flows right through a roundabout, and most of it is delayed by a stoplight.

The only problem with roundabouts in USA is the 30% of drivers who don't know how to use them, and stop when they see the yield sign... don't be that driver.