Roundabouts

[bluninja]

Driving back in Blighty recently cars used roundabouts for cornering practice, you had to really shift to get on them - great fun for a bike, pity I was in a Hyunda lump

Roundabout surfing gets boring after a while....then you try for a few laps the other way round to even the tyre wear and grind the other slider down....now that can be interesting

[slofox]

Maybe you are right Slofox, that if you cant see, it would slow you down but it can still impede traffic flow and anyway it still pisses me off...
and as a biker I like to have a good view of my surroundings in order to survive...its just annoying in the car..but on the bike its important .

Couldn't agree more. Stupidest piece of logic I ever heard.

[pritch]

If the roundabout is near a gas station, I'm too busy watching for diesel spills to admire the flowers.

[Bald Eagle]

I asked this question of our council and was told that the planting is in fact a deliberate strategy, they referred to it as "traffic calming" .

Doesn't work for me though.

[Bald Eagle]

I asked this question of our council and was told that the planting is in fact a deliberate strategy, they referred to it as "traffic calming" .

Doesn't work for me though.

[Bald Eagle]

I asked this question of our council and was told that the planting is in fact a deliberate strategy, they referred to it as "traffic calming" .

Doesn't work for me though.

[wysper]

Doesn't work for me though.

Your reply to thread button IS working though

[mattian]

Ive had to come to a complete stop half way through a round-about twice in a couple of days to avoid being squashed. One idiot even slammed on their brakes when they finally noticed me, stopping directly in front of me, totally blocking my path.
both were women.... not being sexist. just saying.

[dmc]

One of the worst crash intersections in Christchurch is QEII and Marshlands Road. It has a forest growing on the roundabout, which blocks everyones view.

http://g.co/maps/squf9

No wonder the crashes are plentiful.

Harumph.

Its even worse when people dump diesel around it.

[FJRider]

Ive had to come to a complete stop half way through a round-about twice in a couple of days to avoid being squashed. One idiot even slammed on their brakes when they finally noticed me, stopping directly in front of me, totally blocking my path.
both were women.... not being sexist. just saying.

I'm guessing that would be more likely the result of failing to give way (ie: not knowing, or caring, who has right of way) ... not because of any "jungle" ...