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Your first thought upon seeing Swindon’s ‘magic roundabout’ might be: man, the Brits have really lost the plot lately. But this thing—which is actually seven roundabouts in one—has been working for 60 years.
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There are no accidents because so many people avoid using it. They are wasting time because they have to travel a longer way.
This would without a doubt cause an accident everyday in the US. Mainly because too many people don’t use their blinkers or yield to those already in the roundabout.
this is not something to be proud about. this is an absolute disaster of design.
I want you to explain the Swindon England roundabout where it has 7 circles if you haven’t already 😅
Swindon not Swinden lol
I love regular sized modern roundabouts. I don’t like mini roundabouts, the large spiral roundabouts, or these horrible magic ones. This is not magical, this is terrible!
ONLY one fatal accident in five years.
And that’s a good record?
Why not make a big multi lane roundabout? Why switch directions mid roundabout?
I lived in Fairford and Withington, sometimes going through this when visiting Swindon. At first, I always stayed on the outside. I drove a left-drive VW Transporter, which helped and hindered. The locals handled it with ease and seemed to be fine with it. I eventually got to where I didn’t get anxious approaching, though never really mastered all the possible routes.
“Working” is a strong word
Been there done that (as passenger only) in an AD VAN (!), yes that’s the one with 2 giant posters on the two sides 😉
I feel like there is a simpler way to do this
even here in europe we don’t have roundabout like this one !!!
So says seven, shows six.
0:26 mate
The reason Swindon doesn’t have any fatal crashes is because traffic speed is reduced to less than walking speed while drivers have to negotiate with each car they encounter who are all semi-randomly attempting to get through that maze.
i hate too see a parking garage designed by the same guy.
Yookay
The only circus I’d like to go to is Piccadilly …. on foot.
*Nah, that’s a “Road Pentagram”. I read about this at the DMV while waiting 3 hours to renew my license.*
_”Park a freshly junked vehicle in the center, pour motor oil in all 5 outer circles, and recite the relavent Motor Vehicle Act (varies by state). You will summon ‘Detouragor’, the demon of road construction. If he is pleased with the offering he will roll back your car’s odometer by 20,000 miles. If he is not satisfied he will curse your car with squeaky belts and endless dead batteries.”_
This is madness and terrible design😂