And my observation has been that the damned roundabouts cause more issues than they solve. They sure as hell cause issues when icy streets are common...
I've personally seen two accidents at a roundabout, where no one was going over 10mph, but that needless curve and wet ice made predictable results.
Second, any vehicles longer than a car cause backups much in excess of what you get from a four-way stop.
Third, have fun sharing 'em with 18 wheelers who can't make that curve without cutting across two lanes.
And the habit of putting a raised mini-park in the middle means they've got needless blind corners.
They're great when you have a population that doesn't respect stop signs and has to be forced into sharing the road (which from what I've seen seems to well describe Europe). When you have sign-abiding drivers to start with (as is true in most of America), they're a step backwards in traffic flow.