roundabouts

Maria Diaz/ZDNETHow often have you faced some type of obstacle or challenge while driving and didn't quite know how to handle it? Even with a navigation app guiding you, driving can be a difficult and demanding task, especially when you encounter something unexpected. To try to make your life behind the wheel a bit easier, Waze has unveiled a series of updates with safety in mind.The six new updates are designed to help you manage specific difficulties on the road from roundabouts to emergency vehicles to speed…

Google’s Waze is adding some quality-of-life navigation features in the coming weeks and months. New options can help you find parking garages (and learn how much they’ll cost), alert you when the speed limit is about to decrease and guide you through roundabouts.Partnering with the Flash parking app, Waze will soon provide information about nearby parking garages. It can show you prices, whether it’s covered or open-air, wheelchair accessibility options, valet services and EV charging stations. Waze says you can also…

This week, new research found that roundabouts are overrepresented in bike accidents.  Dutch traffic bureau VIA looked at registered accidents at intersections that involved cyclists between 2014 and 2021. It found most of the intersection bike crashes in the Netherlands occur at roundabouts. Specifically, 12% of the total bike crashes involved intersections or almost one in eight. Roundabouts are designed to improve traffic flow — particularly for car drivers…