Talk:Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead)

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[edit] Source

"after the opening the driver of an articulated lorry failed to understand the new junction so tried to drive straight across the middle. " Seems a little unlikely. Lorries often attempt to short cut across the midle of roundabouts, probably if the driver has lost attention. Any source for this? Rich Farmbrough 13:19, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

sorry to only just reply to this now ... source is me, or rather seeing the resultant lorry stuck in the middle (not the attempt to get across) as I lived nearby when it was built. The roundabout is maybe 90-100yds across and the central area is raised, so drivers can't see the whole way across. Details were reported in the local newspaper too. --Vamp:Willow 14:04, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Only bidirectional roundabout with a surface river through it

"The roundabout is widely believed to be the only roundabout with a surface river running through it, however, this is not the case. The A377 through central Exeter, Devon uses the two bridges over the river Exe as a roundabout, allowing the traveller to go to Torbay and Plymouth to the south, the M5 motorway to the east and North to Barnstaple. It is thought the only bi-directional roundabout with such a feature."

Not So! The "egg" in Tamworth, Staffordshire is a large bi-directional roundabout with a river (The Anker) running through it. See: http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=421000&Y=304000&width=700&height=400&gride=421000&gridn=304000&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&pc=&zm=0&scale=25000&multimap.x=360&multimap.y=235

Yeah I'd like to add another, it's not a roundabout, and it's not bi-directional but here's one inbetween Church Crookham, Fleet, Farnborough and Aldershot: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=483250&Y=153500&scale=5000&width=700&height=400&gride=483250&gridn=153500&lang=&db= The Aerial Photos arn't up to date though. - JamMan 14.00 22nd Sept 06

[edit] River stuff removed

The whole 'river' section has got way oversized and detailed about things nothing to do with the actual article concerned; ideally if it is to exist at all it needs to be on the Roundabout article instead. I've also never seen a source cited for the "widely believed" statement anyway (I used to live there and am still in the area and I've never met anyone anywhere who doesn't realise *lots* of roundabouts have rivers through them!) so it shouldn't be there for that reason either. --AlisonW (talk) 17:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)