[quote=eco][quote=chiaroscuro][quote=jamplu]probably that guys business doesn't involve moving around much. we waste so much man hours around these roundabouts.[/quote]
His argument is that
if we remove the roundabouts, we are likely to make things worse than they already are.
Secondly, he is wondering the point of building the overpass while the by-passes are expected to do exactly the same function, i.e., remove transit traffic from the city centre.[/quote]
This then would have more to do with the driving behavior and less with the infrastructure. Roundabouts are for small low population towns with few vehicles, not for Metropolis with heavy traffic. In western EU for e.g. you hardly encounter any Roundabout along the Highways and Motorways. You may find one in the Peri-urban or a Suburb road though, but still rare.
[/quote]@ Eco, I agree with you. Most of the issues we have on our roads have to do with how we drive. If only Kenyans adhered to traffic rules, we would not be experiencing some of the nightmares we have to go through on our roads.
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