Per Garder, a civil engineering professor at the University of Maine, was cited in The Daytona Beach News-Journal article, “Florida studies show roundabouts safer than signals, signs.” Garder, who has been working on designing safe roundabouts since 1975, said lower and more predictable speeds needed to maneuver in roundabouts are the biggest reason they’re safer, read more Garder cited in Daytona Beach News-Journal article on roundabouts