As posted to the John Stossel YouTube Channel on 6/1/21

Run time: (4 minutes, 30 seconds)

Do you get frustrated when you’re the only car stopped at a traffic signal? John Stossel aims to show that roundabouts are a solution to that, and more.  In an interview with Carmel, Indiana mayor Jim Brainard, the mayor explains that roundabouts are safer, they save lives, and they cost less . . . and to prove that he’s put his money where his mouth . . . he’s replaced nearly every stoplight in his town with a roundabout. That means that his town now accounts for about 2% of all roundabouts in America.

“Roundabouts are safer.” A study in Wisconsin found that when roundabouts replaced typical intersections, deaths fell 38%. Crashes actually rose 12%, but they were more minor crashes. “Instead of a T-bone, you get a sideswipe,” Brainard explains. Roundabouts pass cars through intersections faster, they look nicer, save tax money, and pollute less. Yet America’s politicians have been slow to adopt them. Europe has about 200,000 roundabouts compared to America’s roughly 6,000. Why such a slow transition?

(This is Blog Post #1090)

John Stossel is an American consumer television personality, author, and pundit, reflecting a libertarian political philosophy and view on economics which are largely supportive of the free market.