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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Elite Pete on 12 December 2007, 18:45:34
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I came across this in the dark on Tuesday night. The Sat Nav threw a wobbly so I just shut my eyes and went for it. Whoever decided this is a good idea wants shooting.
http://www.gpsdrawing.com/gallery/land/magic_roundabout.htm
TaxiDriver has probably seen it a few times.
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
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That's a typical design as drawn by an autistic child....
DC
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
Thats the one. I went round it at about 5.15pm and there were cars everywhere so I just went right round the outside. Dont know if I did the right thing or not but im still in one piece ::)
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
Thats the one. I went round it at about 5.15pm and there were cars everywhere so I just went right round the outside. Dont know if I did the right thing or not but im still in one piece ::)
Have read about that place, loads of CCTV Cameras up and lots of fines :-?
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Oh yes......go over it loads of times a day........works very well if you know how to use it correctly.
You can go around the centre island both clockwise and anticlockwise......so if one route accross is getting choked up you use another route across :y
My old Tomtom didnt understand it and treated it like a normal roundabout..........however my 510 knows how to navigate it correctly :y
Just remember........at each junction (---------- in the road) on the roundabout give way to your right!!
Its easy!!! But dont block the roundabout.......thats my pet hate!! As is with any roundabout!
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I was in Ronnie Mcdonalds close to the roundabout at about 5.00pm eating a burger in the car park and a woman knocked on my window and asked if I wanted any business :-[
I didnt know what she was on about ::)
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
Thats the one. I went round it at about 5.15pm and there were cars everywhere so I just went right round the outside. Dont know if I did the right thing or not but im still in one piece ::)
Have read about that place, loads of CCTV Cameras up and lots of fines :-?
Nope............no cameras on that roundabout.........only camera near is a red light one on a pedestrian crossing as you approach the magic roundabout
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I was in Ronnie Mcdonalds close to the roundabout at about 5.00pm eating a burger in the car park and a woman knocked on my window and asked if I wanted any business :-[
I didnt know what she was on about ::)
Do you get fries with it though? ;D
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I was in Ronnie Mcdonalds close to the roundabout at about 5.00pm eating a burger in the car park and a woman knocked on my window and asked if I wanted any business :-[
I didnt know what she was on about ::)
That must be the one on great western way..........the red light area must be spreading.....and starting early :o
Tho perhaps she worked for mcD's and thought you looked desperate! ;D ;)
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
Thats the one. I went round it at about 5.15pm and there were cars everywhere so I just went right round the outside. Dont know if I did the right thing or not but im still in one piece ::)
But which way.......clockwise or anticlockwise ?
Doesnt matter which ;D ;)
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
Thats the one. I went round it at about 5.15pm and there were cars everywhere so I just went right round the outside. Dont know if I did the right thing or not but im still in one piece ::)
But which way.......clockwise or anticlockwise ?
Doesnt matter which ;D ;)
Dont know I had my eyes shut ;D
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I was in Ronnie Mcdonalds close to the roundabout at about 5.00pm eating a burger in the car park and a woman knocked on my window and asked if I wanted any business :-[
I didnt know what she was on about ::)
Do you get fries with it though? ;D
No fries just crabs :o
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
Thats the one. I went round it at about 5.15pm and there were cars everywhere so I just went right round the outside. Dont know if I did the right thing or not but im still in one piece ::)
But which way.......clockwise or anticlockwise ?
Doesnt matter which ;D ;)
Dont know I had my eyes shut ;D
5.15pm........hmmmmm.....not the best time to attempt a 'virgin' crossing of the roundabout.......rush hour an all.
Its sometimes best crossed using the loud pedal on full and emergency braking technique ;D ;D
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I was in Ronnie Mcdonalds close to the roundabout at about 5.00pm eating a burger in the car park and a woman knocked on my window and asked if I wanted any business :-[
I didnt know what she was on about ::)
Do you get fries with it though? ;D
No fries just crabs :o
you didn't try the furburger and finger pie ;D ;D
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
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You could fill a whole episode of "You've Been Framed" with that.
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
I had been working at the primary school in Brinkworth and thought I would go to Swindon to get something to munch on ::)
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TBH i have been round this roundabout only twice but both times found it really easy to use, is it just me :-/
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
I had been working at the primary school in Brinkworth and thought I would go to Swindon to get something to munch on ::)
That explains why she knocked on your window Pete - she can read minds ;D
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
I had been working at the primary school in Brinkworth and thought I would go to Swindon to get something to munch on ::)
You drove past my place to do that ,, should have called in for a cuppa :)
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
I had been working at the primary school in Brinkworth and thought I would go to Swindon to get something to munch on ::)
You drove past my place to do that ,, should have called in for a cuppa :)
I must have done too then :-? .......Yesterday i took a punter to Malms....Went Basset/Brinkworth/Lea.....coz Cow Bridge seems to be permenantly closed.
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
I had been working at the primary school in Brinkworth and thought I would go to Swindon to get something to munch on ::)
Devizes to Brinkworth is a bit of a trek tho.
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I was in Ronnie Mcdonalds close to the roundabout at about 5.00pm eating a burger in the car park and a woman knocked on my window and asked if I wanted any business :-[
I didnt know what she was on about ::)
Seen simelar things in Cardiff, it's worse than Amsterdam in some parts!
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
I had been working at the primary school in Brinkworth and thought I would go to Swindon to get something to munch on ::)
You drove past my place to do that ,, should have called in for a cuppa :)
I was in Broad Town and Broad Hinton last week which I think is a bit closer ;)
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There is a similar one in Hemel Hempstead btw.
There is a great pub in Brinkworth (3 Crowns I think) - serves all sorts of good ale and has an interesting food menu (incl alligator I seem to recall..)
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There is a similar one in Hemel Hempstead btw.
There is a great pub in Brinkworth (3 Crowns I think) - serves all sorts of good ale and has an interesting food menu (incl alligator I seem to recall..)
The pub is at the top of School Hill about 50 metres distance from the School I was working at but I didnt get time for a swift one :(
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Next time you know your gonna be in Swindon, Pete, give me a shout, I can show you a burger king (that wont have ladies of the night plying their trade in the car park, but then you might have now set your sat nav to include mcd's as a favourite ::) ;D ) closer to the magic roundabout and then show how you can go either way around it :y
Sounds good to me :y
I will be back in Wiltshire in January, dont know where but I have found a nice B+B in Devizes ;)
What were you doing in Swindon then? Devizes is a good 20min run away........30mins if its not in the middle of night and doing silly speeds ::) ;D
Or where you on yer way to devizes and decided to have a bite to eat and a nibble at the same time ;D ;)
I had been working at the primary school in Brinkworth and thought I would go to Swindon to get something to munch on ::)
You drove past my place to do that ,, should have called in for a cuppa :)
I was in Broad Town and Broad Hinton last week which I think is a bit closer ;)
Yes it is, just up the road from me.....i live that side of Swindon :y
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
We have lots of them over here only we call them Demolition Derbies. Jeez, like driving on the "wrong side isn't tough enough" you have to go and invent a monster like that? An American trying to negotiate it would either become a mass murderer or circle until the tank runs dry.
Elvin
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I was in Ronnie Mcdonalds close to the roundabout at about 5.00pm eating a burger in the car park and a woman knocked on my window and asked if I wanted any business :-[
I didnt know what she was on about ::)
Seen simelar things in Cardiff, it's worse than Amsterdam in some parts!
Surely you mean better? ::)
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Is that the one in Swindon?
Americans just love it (not) if they have a hire car. (Not many roundabouts at all in the US)
We have lots of them over here only we call them Demolition Derbies. Jeez, like driving on the "wrong side isn't tough enough" you have to go and invent a monster like that? An American trying to negotiate it would either become a mass murderer or circle until the tank runs dry.
Elvin
and don't forget the 'stick shift'.... :) :)
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Hatton x near Heathrow, almost.
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Hatton x near Heathrow, almost.
Yeah, that one's caught me a few times especially when I've just flown in from Chicago or Washington overnight & suffering from jet-lag!
IW