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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 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 roundabout is unusual in that traffic flows both clockwise (the standard flow direction of British roundabouts) and anticlockwise. Drivers approaching the roundabout from any junction can choose to turn left or right, and they are free to make U-turns using any of the mini roundabouts at the junction. Effectively, the junction should be ...
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 the junction.
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.
The roundabout marks the western end of the £7 million 4-mile (6.4 km) Market Deeping bypass, finished in July 1998. The A15 and A1175 roads are now merged in a 1-mile (1.6 km) dual-carriageway stretch. It meets the B1524 (former route) at a roundabout and heads to the left as Peterborough Road [15] Bourne Road and Deeping Road.
British roads are limited for most vehicles by the National Speed Limit.Road signs in the UK use imperial units, so speed limits are posted in miles per hour.Speed limits are the maximum speed at which certain drivers may legally drive on a road rather than a defined appropriate speed, and in some cases the nature of a road may dictate that one should drive significantly more slowly than the ...
Diagram of Broxden Junction. Broxden Junction (also known as Broxden Roundabout or Broxden Interchange) is one of the busier and more important road junctions in Scotland.It is located on the outskirts of Perth, and is one of the city's two major roundabouts – the other being Inveralmond Roundabout, where the A9 meets the A912 Dunkeld Road, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) to the north-northwest.