Mike Razor SEZ -
> My least favorite was the magic roundabout in Swindon. I never did figure
> out which way to get though. If memory serves there were five roundabouts
> circling a center round about. Also, lots of big trucks around Swindon. Of
> course, the roundabout is a great traffic idea, once you figure out how to
> use them. I miss my 58 MGA coupe and at the time brand new 1985 Mini.
Roundabouts are becoming quite a fad in some parts of the US.
A town near where I live is putting them in all over the place,
apparently to save on the cost of traffic lights. An article
in the Wall Street Journal a couple months back stated than on
average, accident rates go up 600-700% at intersections where
roundabouts are installed. The ones around here are usually
less than 100 feet in diameter - and some have two lanes!
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