Was driving around today & a fairly busy signalized intersection went to a 4-way flashing red and it was working out fairly well. Just curious if anyone knows of some intersections that are like this all the time. Can include 4-way flashing red, 2 red 2 yellow flashing, stop signs, yield signs, no signs at all, etc.
Show us what ya got :)
How about this: American Pkwy @ Hoepker Rd, Madison/Sun Prairie, WI (http://goo.gl/maps/CPzRJ). It's prepped for signals, but operates as an all-way stop. 3-4 lane approaches on all sides. It's a HUGE PITA when people arrive from all sides at slightly different times. :banghead: IMO, intersections like this should be banned. Signalize it from the get-go or don't even bother building it this big.
I'm sure most of the answers would lie in less developed nations.
Here is an example from Cambodia:
Charles de Gaulle Etoile will always win for me as the most dangerous, highest-traffic uncontrolled intersection in the world. And it's one of those beloved European roundabouts, at that.
What I'm surprised by is that traffic in that circle/roundabout doesn't have the right of way. It has to yield to traffic entering it. (or at least it appears that way in videos).
Quote from: Steve on January 29, 2013, 06:54:42 PM
Charles de Gaulle Etoile will always win for me as the most dangerous, highest-traffic uncontrolled intersection in the world. And it's one of those beloved European roundabouts, at that.
I thought it was controlled by law, just not by reality.
It's almost the opposite of a roundabout. It's twelve roads all converging at a single, wide expanse of pavement, with no traffic control devices or lane markings. Nobody would say that this would be a good design:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1092.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi410%2Fkphoger%2Fparis_zps06cd4757.png&hash=c4610a897d14faa9b126d739e7ef0cad2ee60e13)
...yet, if you change that square to a circle and stick a monument in the middle, that's basically the same thing.