Annette, I usually find myself explaining the "Theory of Magic Roundabouts" over the dinner table - so instead of whiteboard diagrams, I utilise the salt and pepper shakers and empty glasses to demonstrate!!!
Once I manage to convince an Australian that a "simple" magic roundabout works, I then throw in the bit about the centre lane travelling in the opposite direction, as in the one at St. Albans! (Can't remember whether the one at Swindon has that feature, being my first go at them, I was too panic-stricken to notice!) Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) Annette Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, the Swindon Magic Roundabout! I lived in Swindon for a few years, when > I worked at Intel. Whenever a colleague visited from our sister site in > Oregon, we would usually tell our visitor about the Magic Roundabout. Given > that they were already disomfitted by driving on the wrong side of the road, > and weren't used to roundabouts (I gather there are far fewer roundabouts in > the USA than in Britain), the idea of five roundabouts in one usually > freaked them out. "No," we would say, "it's really quite simple." We'd draw > diagrams on a whiteboard, showing the layout and the traffic flow, and then > send our hapless visitor off in his hire car to try it out. http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
