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mookie89 wrote:

Interestingly enough, in a fast growing northern suburb of
Indianapolis, traffic circles are becoming quite common in new road
construction. Drivers seem a little tentative, not understanding
proper traffic circle protocol, but hopefully this will ease out
and we Americans can take a lesson from our British ancestors and
keep the traffic flowing instead of sitting at a red light wasting
gasoline while absolutely no one is using the cross street.

When you think you have mastered roundabouts, have a look at my
favourite, the Magic Roundabout at Swindon:
http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm

That's amazing! I think I might have to go to Swindon just to see that.

I had the misfortune to *see* the one in Colchester recently....
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Kat Me, Ambivalent? Well, yes and no.

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Kat wrote:

In message , Robin May
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"Richard J." wrote the following in:


mookie89 wrote:

traffic circles

When you think you have mastered roundabouts, have a look at my
favourite, the Magic Roundabout at Swindon:
http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm

I love that it's now _officially_ called The Magic Roundabout!

That's amazing! I think I might have to go to Swindon just to see that.

I had the misfortune to *see* the one in Colchester recently....

Hey, at least you haven't had to *cycle* across it on a regular basis ...

Actually, it's not that bad - the way it's laid out is a lot better than
in Swindon; there, it's one big expanse of tarmac with lines printed on it
a rather bizarre way (reminds me of the Nazca lines - AND SO CLEARLY BUILT
BY EXTRATERRESTRIALS IZERNTIT), whereas in Colchester, it's more like N
roundabouts connected by very short roads, so to a large extent, your
normal road sense handles it.

And apparently, it's officially called an Olympic Roundabout.

tom

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