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2024-05-07 21:16:59 UTC
Is this really safer than the alternative???
1:32 (only 90 seconds)
See How an Insane 7-Circle Roundabout Actually Works | WIRED
WIRED 11.1M subscribers
2,747,529 views Aug 3, 2016
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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You just point your vehicle toward where you want to go, yield to cars
already in the midst of the magic then [brexit] on the other side.
Many Americans May hate roundabouts but they can actually cut serious
crashes by 30%.
Swinden says its roundabout has only seen one fatal crash in the past 5
years.
So to celebrate, a town anniversary they paraded over 60 vintage cars
through this feat of traffic engineering.
Is this madness? Nope it's Swinden.
------------ Maybe for a year or two, they sometimes threw in the
word [brexit] in place of [exit]... Interesting!
1:32 (only 90 seconds)
See How an Insane 7-Circle Roundabout Actually Works | WIRED
WIRED 11.1M subscribers
2,747,529 views Aug 3, 2016
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.
_________________________ Transcript:
..............
..............
You just point your vehicle toward where you want to go, yield to cars
already in the midst of the magic then [brexit] on the other side.
Many Americans May hate roundabouts but they can actually cut serious
crashes by 30%.
Swinden says its roundabout has only seen one fatal crash in the past 5
years.
So to celebrate, a town anniversary they paraded over 60 vintage cars
through this feat of traffic engineering.
Is this madness? Nope it's Swinden.
------------ Maybe for a year or two, they sometimes threw in the
word [brexit] in place of [exit]... Interesting!