>> Anne: LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM,
ROUNDABOUTS ARE HERE TO STAY.
MORE COMMUNITIES ARE BUILDING
THEM.
BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO
USE THEM AND THAT CAN BE
FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS.
TONIGHT, JULIA MOFFITT JOINS US
FROM HAMILTON COUNTY WITH AN
EXPERT'S ADVICE.
DON'T ADJUST YOUR TV.
IT IS STILL 6:00 P.M.
RIGHT?
>> Reporter: I'M A LITTLE FOGGY
ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I'M GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.
THIS IS A TOPIC IMPORTANT TO ME.
I'M COMING TO YOU FROM A
ROUNDABOUT ON ILLINOIS.
CARAMEL HAS TURNED THIS STRETCH
OF MAIN STREET INTO ROUNDABOUTS.
IT'S PERFECT TO EASE THE
CONGESTION FOR THE BUSINESSES
AND PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT EVERY TIME I GO AROUND A
ROUNDABOUT WITH EAST I JUST AS
OFTEN RUN INTO SOMEONE WHO IS
CLUELESS.
>> I LOVE THEM.
THEY'RE VERY CONVENIENT.
THEY MAKE THINGS FASTER.
BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE
AREN'T ROUNDABOUTS EVERYWHERE
AND NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO
DRIVE THEM.
>> Reporter: TERESA APPLE HAS
HAD CLOSE CALLS.
>> AS I'M GOING LEFT THERE WAS A
VAN THAT WAS GOING TO SPEED
THROUGH.
I THINK HE ASSUMED THAT I WAS
EXITING PRIOR.
BUT I MADE NO INDICATION.
HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES.
>> Reporter: THEY STOPPED IN
TIME BUT TERESA POSTED ABOUT HER
EXPERIENCE ONLINE PROMPTING
DOZENS OF OTHERS TO POST THEIR
CLOSE CALLS AND CONFUSION ABOUT
ROUNDABOUTS.
>> IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE SO CONVICTED
ABOUT THEIR IDEAS.
>> Reporter: WHY SO MANY
ROUNDABOUTS?
CITIES ARE BUILDING THEM AT
RAPID SPEED.
THEY EASE CONGEST AND WHEN THERE
IS AN ACCIDENT THERE ARE FEWER
INJURIES AND NOT AS MUCH DAMAGE
TO THE VEHICLE.
>> IT'S A GREAT WAY TO MANAGE AN
INTERSECTION.
TRAFFIC FLOWS SMOOTHLY AND
THEY'RE SAFER.
>> Reporter: IN CARAMEL, AT
INTERSECTIONS WHERE THEY
REPLACED THE TRAFFIC SIGNS WITH
ROUNDABOUTS, INJURY ACCIDENTS
HAVE GONE DOWN BY 80% AND
OVERALL ACCIDENTS BY 40%.
>> WE HAVE SOME JERK DRIVERS,
RIGHT?
>> THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE OUT
THERE, YES.
>> Reporter: STEVE MOORE HAS
BEEN A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR FOR 14
YEARS.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE
TEACHES ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS, DON'T
RUSH.
>> IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD TO
STOP WHEN IF YOU SLOW DOWN AND
LET TRAFFIC PASS YOU MAY BE ABLE
TO GO IN BEHIND THE TRAFFIC
AFTER IT GOES AROUND.
>> Reporter: BUT DON'T TREAT IT
LIKE A STOP SIGN.
>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP
TRAFFIC FLOWING SMOOTHLY.
>> Reporter: AND USING TURN
SIGNALS HAS BENEFITS.
>> IT'S HELPFUL TO ENTER IF THEY
KNOW WHERE THE DRIVERS IN THE
ROUNDABOUTS ARE GOING TO EXIT.
>> Reporter: ALL LOOK LEFT
BEFORE ENTERING THE ROUNDABOUTS.
>> I TRANSITION TO THE OUTSIDE
LANE. AND THE SIMPLEST ADVICE.
>> WHEN YOU ENTER A ROUNDABOUTS
JUST ASSUME EVERYBODY IS FROM
OUT OF TOWN AND VISITING.
>> Reporter: SO EVERYONE IS
CLUELESS.
NOT AFTER TONIGHT, I HOPE.
THIS IS A TWO-LANE ONE.
THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE TIP AT
MAIN AND ILLINOIS, DO NOT CHANGE
LANES ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON
THE INSIDE.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT CUT
YOU OFF.
SO STAY IN YOUR LANE IN
ROUNDABOUTS.
THE OTHER THING I WANT YOU TO
KNOW TONIGHT, SCHOOL BUSES ARE
GOING TO BE ON THE ROADS IN THE
NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, SCHOOL BUSES
AND LARGE SEMITRUCKS HAVE THE
RIGHT OF WAY IN ROUNDABOUTS.
THEY'RE SO BIG, THEY NEED TO
SWING OUT AND NEED BOTH LANES
POTENTIALLY.
>> WHAT ABOUT SPEED LIMITS?
ROUNDABOUTS?
>> I'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF THEM
FOR THIS STORY.
SOME HAVE THEM POSTED AND SOME
DON'T.
BUT THE POLICE OFFICERS KINDLY
RECOMMEND 15 TO 20 MILES AN
HOUR.
CARAMEL HAS BUILT THEIRS SO YOU
HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AS YOU