So some like traffic circles and some do not. Some places, Dallas included, have taken out their traffic circles while others, such as Denton, TX, has a new one under construction at this time.
I'll never forget "The Circle" at Harry Hines Blvd and Northwest Highway. When I was a young patrolman, before the days of Interstate Highways, Harry Hines was THE highway in Dallas (U.S. 77) going to Oklahoma City, of course since replaced by I-35E. Now in the mid-60s there was almost no traffic on that highway after 1 a.m. at night. Although I'd been around the circle many, many times, I had no idea what it was like in the middle. There was a high berm all the way around the inside.
So one night after 2 a.m., I got a call on an accident at the circle. I drove there, went all the way around the circle and found nothing, no accident, no vehicles, and no people. I asked the dispatcher if he had anymore information and he said he did not; just an anonymous call reporting an accident. So I drove slowly around the circle until I noticed rubber marks where a tire had hit the inside curb on Harry Hines right at the circle, then I noticed a power pole IN the edge of the circle didn't look right. I got out and walked up for a closer look and found that a 4 door sedan had hit the curb approaching the circle, got airborn, went through the utility pole and the shattered ends simply came back together so the damage was hardly noticeable, and the car was upside down in the center of the circle; just couldn't be seen because of the berm around the inside of the circle.
No one in the car or anywhere around.:laughing: I did my report, and it was turned it over to the detectives.
