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The Beauty of Roundabouts

100 points · 222 comments · ngruhn

  1. somat · · focus · HN ↗
    Reminder that technically a 4-way stop is the smallest possible roundabout.
    1. orthoxerox · · focus · HN ↗
      Not quite. It has to be a 4-way yield and you have to make your left turn after the painted dot/concrete hemiball, not across it.
      1. somat · · focus · HN ↗
        Roundabouts often have stop signs, usually when you really need to slow traffic down(lots of pedestrian use)
    2. pasc1878 · · focus · HN ↗
      In the UK I have seen 3 way roundabouts

      In the highway code see rule 190 for two threeway roundabouts stuck together. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;highwaycode.org.uk&#x2F;roundabouts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;highwaycode.org.uk&#x2F;roundabouts&#x2F;

      Wikipedia shows a few e.g.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:Germany,_Sachsen-Anhalt,_S%C3%BCdharz,_Uftrungen_(1).JPG" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:Germany,_Sachsen-Anh...

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:Waterloo,_Ontario,_mini-roundabout_at_Union_Street_East_and_Margaret_Avenue_South.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:Waterloo,_Ontario,_m...

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