What got me to post this is the cartoon that someone sent me - below.

Some people like the roundabout, and some people don't. I don't. We used to have a large traffic circle in Kingston at the Thruway exit. The state spent millions of dollars to turn it into a roundabout - the same thing, only much smaller. Why is smaller bad?

If I want to enter the roundabout, and I see a car entering on my left, I don't have time to enter. There is usually a line of cars entering, so I have a substantial wait. The old circle was large enough that I would have plenty of time to enter the traffic circle. Now, traffic backs up at all the entrances.

The circle is so small that an 18-wheller must use part of both lanes.

Contradicting all logic, cars in the left lane are allowed to make a right turn to enter the Thruway Interstate. I'm usually in that right lane so I can get on the local highway to go home. Every time I get to that point, I hit the brake and look left to see if the car next to me is going to cross in front of me. Yes, there is a big, white arrow in the left lane telling cars that they can cut across the right lane.

Kingston recently converted a regular redlight intersection into a roundabout. Traffic is heavier there, and entering can be a challenge. The pictures show it almost empty. I don't know how they did that.