Re: “Cadboro Bay gets mini-roundabout with feature for big vehicles,” July 13.

The quote in the story, that “drivers don’t have to determine who has the right of way,” was given as a point of safety.

As a regular driver in the Amy Road/West Shore Parkway circle, I assure you that drivers not knowing or caring about who has the right of way is one of the most dangerous things about it.

I invite that engineer to sit and watch our roundabout during peak traffic and see what transpires when people do not have to determine the right of way.

Lyin Despres

Victoria

My husband, son and I were nearly in a serious collision last week in the Cook/Southgate roundabout.

We had just entered the empty space from Southgate when an enormous SUV came speeding north from Cook Street Village. My son and husband both yelled, “She’s not stopping!” and I braked to a stop.

The driver sailed into the intersection and continued up Cook without so much as a glance. So a near miss for us, just another statistic, a roundabout that is badly designed and a sure accident-about-to-happen.

I have driven all over Europe, England and Ireland and am familiar with and comfortable with roundabouts. In many cases, I love them. If lost, one can stay in a roundabout to figure out the best route to a destination!

I will avoid the Cook Street one as much as possible in future.

Ann Wilmut

Oak Bay

I feel like the decision-making process regarding public use is being approached from the wrong angle and the ideas from the wrong minds.

Why not ask the people being spoken of — the “street” people, the “homeless,” the “addicts” — what their opinion is on the issue of public usage, and how to solve it?

They are not stupid, nor are they deliberately trying to make any area uncomfortable for the rest of society. (A situation caused by society itself, but I’ll write about that another time.)

They just don’t really have any other choice except to be where they are.

Addicts are people, too. Humans like everyone else. So treat them like humans. Ask their opinions on what’s going to allow them to feel like they aren’t being shoved into a corner or a box or a wet building.

Sarah Bolton

View Royal

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