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The official name of the roundabout used to be County Islands, but it was changed in the late 1980s to match its popular name. In 2005, it was voted the worst roundabout in a survey of the general public by a UK insurance company. [7] In September 2007, the Magic Roundabout was named as one of the world's worst junctions by a UK motoring ...
The main topic of discussion is the architecture of the roundabouts, including their design and safety features. [1] Other topics have included the approaches people take when driving towards and around a roundabout, and the wildlife present on some of the larger junctions. Their aim is to promote safe driving and consideration towards other ...
The Greenstead roundabout is a large roundabout junction in Colchester, Essex, England. [1] It is a "magic roundabout", where traffic travels both directions around a central island. It is a ring junction comprising five mini roundabouts, with two lanes in each direction, joining each to its neighbour.
Constructed in 1973, the "Magic Roundabout" in Hemel Hempstead was voted the UK's second-worst roundabout in a 2005 poll held by an insurance company (the winner being its Swindon counterpart). [1] In 2011 the roundabout was voted the best in Britain by motorists in a competition organised by a car leasing service. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 ⇅ Left-hand traffic ⇵ Right-hand traffic Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side ...
Apleyhead Roundabout aka Five Lanes End [6] Grade Separated Dumbbell Roundabout Babworth, Nottinghamshire: A1 Worksop Road; A1 Blyth Road; A57; A614 Blyth Road; B6420 Mansfield Road; A conversion from a roundabout to a grade separated dumbbell arrangement opened on 20 May 2008. [7] The B6420 was routed north at this time to Apleyhead. Apple ...
Stop line in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan Give Way lines in the UK "Shark's teeth" yield lines (white isosceles triangles) as used in the US and many European countries. Stop and yield lines [1] are transverse road surface markings that inform drivers where they should stop or yield when approaching an intersection.
The Hotel Indonesia Roundabout in Jakarta, Indonesia A roundabout in Kent, UK on the A13 highway near Sadlers Farm. A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in ...