Do you think traffic-calming devices are effective?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on February 28, 2006
“No. I think they're an inconvenience. Especially the roundabouts, because nobody knows how to use them or whose turn it is.”
— Summer Moore, filmmaker, Lawrence
“They would be, if people knew how to use them. People misuse them out of ignorance, not because they mean to.”
— Isaias Izquierdo, software engineer, Caracas, Venezuela
“I think people here have a problem with them because they're rare. Another problem is that the roundabouts here aren't really roundabouts. They're just an intersection with something in the middle.”
— Paul Scott, professor, Brampton, U.K.
“Yes, because you have to slow down when you come to one. Otherwise people would just fly down the road, and that's dangerous.”
— Allison Kapsner, Kansas University sophomore, Lawrence