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worker | 07:22 Sat 06th Dec 2003 | How it Works
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Does anyone know why the sign for a roundabout (with various roads coming off) is never a complete circle?
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I think it is a convention to suggest that the normal use for the roundabout is for the approaching motorist to gain access to the various routes leading off, rather than to go round in giddy circles. The little break makes the sense of the sign more recognisable at a glance,
11:22 Sat 06th Dec 2003
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Yep. That sounds reasonable Hippy.
13:31 Sat 06th Dec 2003
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It lets you know which approch road your on. The gap is to your right. Otherwise it could appear you could be entering from any direction.
11:31 Mon 08th Dec 2003

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