Complex roundabout in Swindon, England.
Previously:
Skipping a roundabout - GIF
1967 Swedish bidirectional traffic reorganization - photo
Beijing traffic control room - photo
Complex roundabout in Swindon, England.
Previously:
Skipping a roundabout - GIF
1967 Swedish bidirectional traffic reorganization - photo
Beijing traffic control room - photo
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Rangi (Sep 29, 2022)
No wonder that's so crazy lookin'; they're all drivin' on the wrong side of the road! Still, I imagine it would just be one big automotive bonfire if someone built one of those in the States. Hell, we can't even figure out a regular roundabout. Or stop signs. Or traffic lights. Or pretty much driving, in general.
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The video makes that appear to be a lot more chaotic that it really is. If you slow the video buy a factor of 7 or 8 that make the video about 1:45 to 2:00 minutes. I realize it is not scientific but that speed appears to be about right, and it looks much more practical.
But, it would only take one idiot to mess up the whole process. As noted above, there are LOTS of those around.
schuylergrace (Sep 29, 2022)
When it comes to roundabouts I can either take them or leave them, I prefer to leave them though. It also seems to me that the more uncivilized a city or even a country becomes the more roundabouts they think they need. The problem there, though tends to be the total lack of intelligible signage, One used to be small town where I once called home now has a population of over 25,000 and appears to be constructing a roundabout at every other block on a couple of the off the main drag throughfares. Last week we had to go there to get some supplies like oxygen, C02, Argon, and some steel, the road I needed to drive down to get where I wanted to go now has 15 of the dang things. None of them were there 2 years ago. I almost wished I still had my old T shirt i got in Paris after driving around the Arc De Triomphe twice before escaping. on the back of the shirt it read I survived "The Étoile". Which for a first timer has to be the most horrifying driving experience you will ever encounter. If you've never been there and either ridden or driven on it there is no possible way to accurately describe it But I'll try, think of 500 cars and 10,000 scooters all attempting to compete for the same spot while at the same time desiring to be anywhere but where they are, while slowly rotating around the Island in the center with the Arc De Triomphe also known as The Place Charles De Gaulle. It's actually quite majestic structure to see if you are not driving that is.
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This roundabout is known locally as 'The silly Isles', it actually works quite well, it is a bit of a bugger the first time you encounter it. As an English driver, roundabout usage is comprehensively covered during your driving lessons as a learner driver. I have driven round this one many times. The silly isles is a bit more complex than the norm, but users (mostly) know where they should be and how it works. The signage is very clear and simple to read when driving. Roundabouts in general are safe, time saving and ease traffic flow, also there is no argument as to who has the right of way.
They really do work well once everyone knows how they work.
Not a big deal.
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