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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on March 10, 2010, 5:30 pm


On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:06:54 -0800, Mike Russell wrote:

> Here's an interesting, and rather famous intersection that must have caused
> some head scratching for the map designers
>
> (European maps only, sorry)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_ (Swindon)
> N 51 32.735'
> W001 44.734'
>
> Tried one turn, simulating on my Nuvi 200w, and it worked reasonably well.
> They simplify the intersection by ignoring the inner roundabouts and the
> counter-clockwise inner core.

As a Yank, and used to driving on the other side, I have to say just
*looking* at it makes my heart palpitate.

OTOH, I probably couldn't navigate the mirror image very calmly if it were
transplanted here :-)

I was once used to rotaries, but I left New England over 40 years ago...

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

Posted by Mike Russell on March 10, 2010, 11:33 pm


On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:30:30 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:06:54 -0800, Mike Russell wrote:
>
>> Here's an interesting, and rather famous intersection that must have caused
>> some head scratching for the map designers
>>
>> (European maps only, sorry)
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_ (Swindon)
>> N 51 32.735'
>> W001 44.734'
>>
>> Tried one turn, simulating on my Nuvi 200w, and it worked reasonably well.
>> They simplify the intersection by ignoring the inner roundabouts and the
>> counter-clockwise inner core.
>
> As a Yank, and used to driving on the other side, I have to say just
> *looking* at it makes my heart palpitate.
>
> OTOH, I probably couldn't navigate the mirror image very calmly if it were
> transplanted here :-)
>
> I was once used to rotaries, but I left New England over 40 years ago...

It's very easy for me to lock onto the wrong side of the road coming out of
one of these things. The right/left distinction usually doesn't bother me
much, but there's something about coming out of even an ordinary roundabout
that I find disorienting.
--
Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com

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