Author Topic: Bicycle Roundabout (Read 990 times)

MartinW · « **on:** December 19, 2022, 20:24:31 »

I wasn't sure whether to post this under the "Humour", "Hoax" or "You're taking the Piss" sections.

Salford - Rowland Street, Trafford Road and Broadway junction.

Rusty Nuts · « **Reply #1 on:** December 19, 2022, 20:35:26 »

Presumably the darker circle in the centre is a Council Tax black hole?

Joe Rocket · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2022, 21:02:09 »

As simple as....err....riding a bike?

Rookie · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2022, 22:08:27 »

You can guarantee no cyclists will use it

UK_Vstrom650 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2022, 22:12:28 »

I wouldn't use it - waste of bloody money.

2112 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 20, 2022, 07:25:04 »

No speed humps ? What are the council thinking of ? They could have ~~pissed~~ invested a few more thousand pound in the project...

Rookie · « **Reply #6 on:** December 20, 2022, 18:17:21 »

Mind you the cyclist entering from the road end, does look slightly bemused at the pedestrian just ambling across the middle of it all. Probably on her phone bless her.

Stonec0ld · « **Reply #7 on:** December 20, 2022, 18:47:43 »

Yeah that was something noone wanted and noone will use

StromGeeza · « **Reply #8 on:** December 20, 2022, 19:58:14 »

It's actually a good solution, it's very busy there at rush hour- all the media city types.
Never understand why bikers are so down on things that separate cyclists from motorised traffic.

Rusty Nuts · « **Reply #9 on:** December 20, 2022, 20:09:25 »

The pedestrian appears to be using it correctly, crossing on the tactile section by the dropped kerb.

StromGeeza · « **Reply #10 on:** December 20, 2022, 20:18:27 »

Quote from: Rookie on December 19, 2022, 22:08:27

You can guarantee no cyclists will use it

Apart from the one in the picture using it?

Brockett · « **Reply #11 on:** December 20, 2022, 20:57:16 »

Those bicycles painted on the pathways look like a crime scene.

Rusty Nuts · « **Reply #12 on:** December 20, 2022, 21:15:34 »

This, evidently, is how it should be handled

MartinW · « **Reply #13 on:** December 20, 2022, 21:34:19 »

We do things properly down here in Swindon.

Rookie · « **Reply #14 on:** December 20, 2022, 23:12:12 »

I'll never forget the first time I went around that MartinW.

MartinW · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2022, 05:45:46 »

I drove around this on my first driving lesson and went through it three times on my bike test.

Hugo Magnus · « **Reply #16 on:** December 21, 2022, 08:56:42 »

It's easy if you know which exit you want, just aim for it ignoring all the paint on the road.

Rixington43 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 21, 2022, 09:07:24 »

I grew up in ST.Albans and had friends in Hemel so this was a regular just after my test.
Fine if traffic was light but the lane swapping during gridlock was impossible.
I took my Canadian relatives round it once and the look on their face when they saw the sign was priceless.

StromGeeza · « **Reply #18 on:** December 21, 2022, 09:09:19 »

The Hemel magic roundabout is the Rolls Royce of the genre...

FinnDave · « **Reply #19 on:** December 21, 2022, 09:23:24 »

I used to play a lot of gigs in Swindon, if possible I'd get the guitarist to meet me on the Oxford side of the magic roundabout so he could talk me through it. I wouldn't fancy it on a bike!