handling question....

[callison]

Thank God we don't have ones like this jewel in England. Here in California, the SUV drivers aren't intelligent enough to understand the concept of stop signs and stop lights. We'd never be able to teach them how to handle this bizarre maze!!!

 

 

Swindon, England

[TX REDNECK (R.I.P.)]

Carl that picture makes me dizzy! Besides that these people is driving on the wrong side of the road.

[Guest dkgross]

now..THAT's the perfect place for a LIVE WEBCAM!!!!

[Admin Jaap]

Looks like popart... Or something from M.C. Escher.

[dlaing]

Crop circle from higher intelligence.

[Guest dkgross]

when we were in Rome, we sat at a little cafe for about 2 hrs one afternoon watching people negotiate the infamous circle in front of the Piazza Venezia. It was like ballet. Everyone knows the rules, and they all drive equally as insane (especailly the scooter people). We never saw a wreck.

 

I've looked at that Swindon thing, and can't for the life of me figure it out. Any photoshop person want to take a stab at some animation?? I even emailed the folks to suggest a live webcam

 

I need a life...

[callison]

Do some web surfing for Swindon roundabout or variations thereof. One site has diagrams on how to use the darn thing. There about 5 of these in England. Better there than here...

[dlaing]

It looks like the outer circle goes clockwise and the inner circle counter-clockwise??????

 

My big pet peeve is the lack of clover leafs in California. The traffic engineers know that a proper clover leaf requires NO Traffic lights and traffic problems from one direction should be less likely to cause problems for other directions

Instead they design most every off or on ramp to require a light if you are turning left or going straight. 14359289427373985 gallons of gasoline and hours of wasted time are spent putting up with these lights!!!!