Roundabouts

[Solocle]

Couldn't these have gone in the thread you bike somewhere it really shouldn't be?

Only the last one. The rest I wasn't breaking any rules, or my bike isn't in it. But that last one certainly would fit the bill.

 

[Sallar55]

Interesting roundabouts ? Some people must have an extremely boring life looking at some of the posts .😲

 

[Sterlo]

Interesting roundabouts ? Some people must have an extremely boring life looking at some of the posts .😲

Well you started it

 

[Sallar55]

Well you started it

Well you could start posting interesting images on here. I think only a few out of the thousands of people on here are active😲 .
52000 of which how many just join to ask a question?

 

[Aravis]

 

[Sallar55]

If this roundabout was in the UK it would be another urban wasteland for the drivers who prefer not to slow down or stop. Also UK health and safety issue due to line of sight.

 

[lazybloke]

health and safety issue due to line of sight

Sounds like a rule that is applied inconsistently; I can think of plenty of roundabouts with bridges, trees/foliage blocking the view. Hell, there's even one at Farnham with a village in the middle!

Sometimes sightlines are deliberately blocked as you approach, presumably to 'calm' traffic

 

[Sallar55]

Why not post some images , did the local environmental group have some clout?

 

[lazybloke]

1) Roundabout with deliberately poor sightline on the approach to J9 of the M25 from Oxted. The fence blocks your view in a car or an SUV. Lots of trees on the roundabout itself too. Not that I have a problem with traffic being slowed.


2) My fave foundabout, containing houses, pub, allotments and a car dealership; near Farnham


3) Plenty of trees on this A24 roundabout. I used to cycle past every morning, and always fancied going camping between the trees. I figured no-one would ever notice a tent.

Ah, I see wild camping on roundabouts is a thing; this isn't me!

And a bit further afield; cute furze-pigs on this Truro roundabout

 

[Sallar55]

Why would anyone want to live inside a roundabout?

 

[classic33]

Why would anyone want to live inside a roundabout?

Why not?

 

[Alex321]

If this roundabout was in the UK it would be another urban wasteland for the drivers who prefer not to slow down or stop. Also UK health and safety issue due to line of sight.

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There are a lot of roundabouts in the UK with stuff in the middle you can't see round, quite often even trees and bushes.

An example of which is this one right outside my office. There are much nicer ones around, I just chose that because I am familiar with it.

 

[Mike_P]

It's not line of sight issues on UK roundabouts but often crazy highway authorities not wanting a tree anywhere near a road for fear of root damage to the road.

 

[Sallar55]

 

[Sallar55]