Challenge every Red Light Camera Ticket!

Swindon, UK. Google on "swindon magic roundabout" and you'll see lots
more information and pictures.

It's said that once you get used to it, it's actually fairly easy and
efficient to navigate.

 

And here is the description, with another picture showing the traffic
flowing in two directions(!!) around it, and some accident statistics
(low) for the 25+ years it's been in existence:

http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm

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Doesn't this defeat the whole purposes of a roundabout, which are that it's
simple to use and reduces conflicts?

 

God, what a cool intersection that is!

 

I like the part where they say:

"Though it may confuse or amuse new visitors and baffle American
tourists, the average Swindonian finds that his or her passage through
one of the town's busiest junctions is actually quite fluid, even at
peak times."

Holy cow! The idea *should be* that roads are simple and easy to
understand, and new users can find their way through without confusion!

....but I guess its 'coolness' outweighs that consideration.

It is an interesting shape...that belongs in a crop circle!

--Geoff

 

I read all replies here about those bastard unmarked cops. They
represent, along with politicians, beauroRats, world leaders, and
scuzbags a control over our lives day in and day out. WE must stop the
insanity, you do have a choice, no matter what it is, you have a choice.
We are weak against them, is what they want us to feel. Sure we are
free, but suppressed at the same time. In other words we are really not
that free. They arrange loans to us so we can have the nice 3 bedroom
house c/w white picket fence and eat home made apple pie. We ultimately
pay the price, most of us are living around the "too much month at the
end of the money" lifestyle as it is. But how many of the average
employees at your work place are getting any further ahead? Ask yourself
this If you could start your own business and never pay a dime of tax
again, WOULD YOU DO IT?) And because of the sudden found tax loopholes
those bastards have for themselves, you could take advantage of those
too! So what are you waiting for? Come on, you guys are smart? Or did
the public school system help tap in to less than about ten percent of
your potential? Did you buy a self help/motivational cassette tape? And
I don't mean to lose weight. Then obviously you have been suppressed.
The class of people your parents and their parents, parents were able to
hang out with would be in no doubt a long line of simple folk with
little means to better themselves too. You needed to be born with in the
stench of god given wealth, right? The bloodline of the guy/gal with a
doctorate from Yale(In any discipline)That's the family you want to
become part of, as your chances at true success is now ten times of
those of you and me who are reduced to axe grinding through life. This
is a true controlling effect. High fluting bankers love us, we make them
rich, they keep the interest at a rate that we can just bear, so we can
work ourselves to the bone.
Then we educate our children by those standards as set out in the public
school system so they too can repeat in life as we have. So pay as
little tax as possible, cheat if you have to, don't think the BeauroRats
don't. Challenge any of those carefully hidden tax grabs ie Red light
cameras, Photo-Radar if it returns Etc.
Folks these days it seems everyone's got their greedy F&*&^&& little
hands in our pockets.

dan h.

I apologize for the long winded post.

 

And how much of the US gov's money do you think they would fork over to
build all roads to be over top of each other? Further more what would
you hazard a guess that would actually cost? In answer to 1st Q. I guess
since the war is top priority, what with preserving oil rich countries
for themselves I'd say may $50.00 each LOL
then to answer 2nd, a trillion and a half USD LOL
Sorry many I couldn't help myself.

 

Bridges cost a fortune and don't work everywhere. They've been
plugging them in Davie, Florida, and they work great. It's a yield
sign, and you can pretty much just blow through the intersection if
your timing's right. It takes some getting used to, but once you do
they're great.