Are we all forgetting that Kennecott swears that roundabouts, one way streets, and narrow streets make people drive safer? hmmm really? This happened again last night. My neighbor was coming home going westbound on 11400, passed the first roundabout, and about 100 feet up, a car leaves from in front of rio tinto heading towards oncoming traffic. Lets give him some slack, maybe it was his first day? Maybe he cant read? who knows!

I'm sure that roundabouts are safer and quicker than traditional intersections but only if drivers are willing to pay attention to their surroundings. It seems that visitors and others who come to Daybreak may be either too blinded by the unique architecture and colors or preoccupied with other items (ipod, etc) to care about seeing, understanding and following traffic signs. Really, it shouldn't be too hard.

Roundabouts are in fact safer... the accidents that do occur are much more minor than that of a traditional intersection (i.e. fender bender rather than head-on collisions). However, once again, road designs aren't what makes driving dangerous, it is the other drivers.
As for the narrow streets... it is a comfort factor. The less room people feel they have to drive, statistically they drive that much slower. It has been proven to be effective, same with one way roads. You can only do so much to help prevent accidents, nothing engineers do will ever prevent stupidity.

I agree that driving habits are abyssmal, here. Yesterday, I was going down Oakmond near the school approaching Firmont. I see a van coming east on Firmont as I am beginning a stop and it slows down, doesn't stop but proceeds to roll on through the intersection, accelerating. A dark KIA van to be exact.

Could it have been a worse spot to run a stop sign? They don't call it a "California roll" for nothing, do they?
STOP means STOP!!! (cease all forward motion)

Um, I was not driving my dark red Kia Van yesterday, my husband was it getting detailed.I was driving a gold car...so hmm maybe there is more than one dark KIA mini van out there.I personally know someone in the neighborhood with the same car and color. ... seriously. Feel free to attack, but I was no where near Firmont yesterday or my dark red mini van doing a california roll. The Oh Sweet Sadie show is my allibi... there ALLLLLLL DAY! Glad you know who I am though, and what make and model my car is.....Doesnt matter though...I wasnt driving it AT ALL yesterday

Ooh nice edit Sentinal....my name was there in your post, and then POOF its gone! Interesting!

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Roundabouts are in fact safer... the accidents that do occur are much more minor than that of a traditional intersection (i.e. fender bender rather than head-on collisions). However, once again, road designs aren't what makes driving dangerous, it is the other drivers.
As for the narrow streets... it is a comfort factor. The less room people feel they have to drive, statistically they drive that much slower. It has been proven to be effective, same with one way roads. You can only do so much to help prevent accidents, nothing engineers do will ever prevent stupidity.

To some extent I do agree that roundabouts are safer.... if people follow the rules within the roundabout. I lived in Provo for 4 years,and there were a few roundabouts by my apartment. Literally a few times a week, there were accidents at the roundabout. People going to fast while its snowing or the roads are icy, merges not being done properly etc etc. The point was/is... wrong way drivers. I am hoping people who live here know by now that daybreak parkway is a one way road on each side. It just makes me laugh and irritates me when I see drivers going down the wrong side of the road... it especially irritates me when the drivers of said cars belong to Kennecot land/Rio Tinto.