justinguitar
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much appreciate all this good advice 
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Advice on dealing with crazy roundabouts?
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Just re-reading this and after the comment from Giles, I'll add another.....
When riding past an entrance to the roundabout, I always do the opposite of a life saver glance...IE I look over my LEFT shoulder.
That way, I know if some car has squirted onto the roundabout behind me (or alongside in a gap that shouldn't really be there) and is right up my chuff, and can position myself accordingly for the next exit or slowing position on the roundabout itself.
You'd be amazed if you saw the manoeuvres that some cars make trying to squeeze onto a crowded roundabout after 15 minutes queuing to get to the front
When riding past an entrance to the roundabout, I always do the opposite of a life saver glance...IE I look over my LEFT shoulder.
That way, I know if some car has squirted onto the roundabout behind me (or alongside in a gap that shouldn't really be there) and is right up my chuff, and can position myself accordingly for the next exit or slowing position on the roundabout itself.
You'd be amazed if you saw the manoeuvres that some cars make trying to squeeze onto a crowded roundabout after 15 minutes queuing to get to the front
notpc
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I used to do the Swindon magic roundabout failrly regularly and decided that is was better to go anti-clockwise than clockwise. Can't remember why, though.
Swindon's Magic Roundabout scare the willies out of me, so much so I have put an avoidance to it on my sat nav...
http://g.co/maps/z9d7f
Blind Lemon Ade
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Don't forget the Magic Roundabout at Hemel Hempstead - 6 exits all roundabouts and you can go round it either way - clockwise or anti clockwise! - the choice is yours
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This one works OK, if you think of it as a two-way road, which happens to go in a tight circle, with a roundabout at every junction.
You should come and try the ones in Essex then...we have several
Sadler's farm near Basildon, currently 3x as bad because it's all having roadworks so it changes daily
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I did this not long after getting my first big bike, OH thought I needed a baptism of fire, there were cars everywhere I forgot life savers and everything I'd been taught I think I actually had my eyes shut exiting to go to Southend - It was a buzz though defo needed the donut hit after that one.
Dizzxx
