The magic roundabout - Doh !

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Wed 3 Sep 2008 21:39
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - Pugugly
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Wed 3 Sep 2008 23:53
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - rtj70
I thought the magic roundabout was in Swindon ;-) Tackled it for the first and only time in July. It works though.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 00:06
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - Bromptonaut
I thought the magic roundabout was in Swindon ;-)


Nah..... it's in Hemel Hempstead.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 00:08
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - darnsarf
According to Wikipedia (again) there are similar roundabouts in Colchester & High Wycombe as well as Hemel and Swindon.
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Edited by Pugugly on 04/09/2008 at 00:09

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Thu 4 Sep 2008 00:06
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - darnsarf
There's another in Hemel Hempstead which I remember well from when I lived there ages ago. When it opened in 1973 they had to station a police officer at each of the mini-roundabouts to 'prevent chaos' (according to Wikipedia). What would they use nowadays..?
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 00:07
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - Pugugly
PCSOs or Volunteers.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 00:12
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - Galaxy
There's another one in Benfleet, Essex. Modelled on the Hemel Hempstead one, apparently.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 00:42
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - Avant
"I thought the magic roundabout was in Swindon ;-) Tackled it for the first and only time in July. It works though."

I've tackled it a few times and I don't think it does work, at least not in heavy traffic. I try to avoid it now.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 01:16
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - mfarrow
I hear they've built a giant magic roundabout somewhere in Buckinghamshire and named it Milton Keynes.

Apparently it's just like the one in Swindon with lots of individual roundabouts all looking exactly the same, just on a much larger scale.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 08:11
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - jc2
The first was Hemel Hempsted-back in the 60's.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 08:47
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - ijws15
Best bit about Swindon is the roundabout in the middle that you go round the WRONG way.
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 10:01
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - b308
I can see why they put the yellow lines in the centre, though, it looks quite a nice picnic spot for car spotters!! ;)
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Thu 4 Sep 2008 10:04
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - daveyjp
Seems to be a trend heading south:

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Thu 4 Sep 2008 10:48
The magic roundabout - Doh ! - L'escargot
Seems to be a trend heading south:


Lincoln leads, other towns and cities follow.

Edited by L'escargot on 04/09/2008 at 10:48

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