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[sir moanalot]

theres a few people random drive around where i live...
take a look this one starts at what we call magic roundabout, its so badly planned and marked out its like driving in italy !!!  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJygL-YATWE

[Kevin Wood]

Don't totally see the point, but I have been meaning to stick a bullet cam on the nose of the Westfield (about 3" off the deck) and see how scary my commute to work looks.  

Kevin

[sir moanalot]

did you see the roundabout? its a bloody nightmare imagine it when all the hgvs, caravans and commuters are whizzing around it trying to zapp roung cos the lights are nearly always on red !!!

[Kevin Wood]

It did look a particularly cr@p bit of planning.

They seem to be narrowing down most of the 3+ lane roundabouts near us to 2 or 1 lane because people can't figure out what lane they need to be in.

Or perhaps they need to create some congestion so they can then charge for it.

Kevin

[haj]

Swindon has a pia roundabout too

[Kevin Wood]

I remember one of those in Colchester when I was a student there. What a nightmare!

Kevin

[cem_devecioglu]

Swindon has a pia roundabout too

 :-?

if it was here nobody survived through this  

including me  

[Taxi_Driver]

Swindon has a pia roundabout too

But as you can see from the diagram, theres 2 way's to get to the exit point, so helps the flow of traffic in rush hour, if you know how to use the roundabout  

[yatesDELTA]

i remember the one near Colchester

Imagine a friday evening rush hour. A tourist, having never come across such stupidity. Kids argueing in the back of the car. Towing a caravan.
It was a 1.8 mondeo in a caravan way to heavy for it.

It was such fun

[psychnurse]

i remember the one near Colchester

Imagine a friday evening rush hour. A tourist, having never come across such stupidity. Kids argueing in the back of the car. Towing a caravan.
It was a 1.8 mondeo in a caravan way to heavy for it.

It was such fun

  Sounds it!!

[Lazydocker]

I remember one of those in Colchester when I was a student there. What a nightmare!

Kevin

It's still there... And it's no better either!!!

[Growler]

Swindon has a pia roundabout too

But as you can see from the diagram, theres 2 way's to get to the exit point, so helps the flow of traffic in rush hour, if you know how to use the roundabout  

I got talking to a guy once who said that when they built the roundabout they had a bus parked up and inside there was a model explaining how the round a bout worked. Still didn't stop a few just freezing when they came to it the first time.

[Kevin Wood]

I remember one of those in Colchester when I was a student there. What a nightmare!

Kevin

It's still there... And it's no better either!!!

Just a darn sight more congested than it was in 1990 I bet!

Kevin

[albitz]

regularily gridlocked,with people driving round until they are dizzy,trying to work out what to do.i rode round it this morning at 9a.m.chuckling all the way. edit;there have been thousands of flats built in the old hythe area in the last 5 years kevin ,so you can imagine the affect on traffic volume in that end of town

[jereboam]

Where is this complex roundabout in Colchester?  My youngest needs some driving practice.  

He passed his test 9 months ago and hasn't driven since.  I went out with him on Sunday and I was scared.    

He wants to drive down to Bristol next week.  I don't think the A12, M25 and M4 are sensible places to be for someone with less than 15 hours solo experience.