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Originally Posted by cfg83
Bearleener -
I saw lots of turning circles in Belgium. Do you have lots of those too? I survived them, but I wonder what the "skillzz" are for using them efficiently.
CarloSW2
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We have them in england as well, and most of europe does afaik. They are called Roundabouts here, don't know the german word for them. They are meant to reduce the congestion that traffic lights cause by allowing a free flow of traffic instead of letting each side of a intersection go in a ordered pattern.
As for skills, not sure there are any, you could just adapt any existing ones. The idea is that you only have to look for traffic coming from the right (in england anyway) so as you approach the roundabout you look for traffic coming from that direction and if there isn't any you proceed out onto the roundabout and come of at the intended junction.
They aren't perfect, a lot of them have 2 or more lanes, one in my town has 4. Some of the busier ones have traffic lights on them so people waiting have a chance to get on the roundabout if there is a deluge of traffic coming from the right, which is nice on some, and plain stupid on others.
Here are a couple of google map link to show some "nice" ones in my area
Mountbatten Roundabout
Cooper Dean Rounabout
Annoying 3 Roundabout stretch