[Tagging] Proper Tag for Not-a-Roundabout

[Warin]

On 08-Nov-16 05:25 AM, Kevin Kenny wrote:
> For the benefit of USAians - Polo mints are shaped enough like 
> LifeSavers to have been the subject of much trademark litigation among 
> Kraft Foods, Mars UK and Swizzels Matlow.
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     For the benefit of USAians - Polo mints are shaped enough like
>     LifeSavers to have been the subject of much trademark litigation
>     among Kraft Foods, Mars UK and Swizzels Matlow.
>
>
>     On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Philip Barnes
>     <phil at trigpoint.me.uk <mailto:phil at trigpoint.me.uk>> wrote:
>
>         On Mon, 2016-11-07 at 11:29 -0500, Bill Ricker wrote:
>         > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Dave F
>         <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com <mailto:davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com>>
>         > wrote:
>         > >
>         > > From a quick look on Streetview all junctions appear to be
>         light
>         > > controlled.
>         >
>         >
>         > Light controlled roundabouts are NOT roundabouts, right ?
>         >
>         They most certainly are roundabouts. It depends how they are
>         signed,
>         but they are considered to be roundabouts. Non-signalised
>         roundabouts
>         are becoming increasingly rare. Most signalised roundabouts do
>         not have
>         signals on all roads, those still operate on the normal roundabout
>         priority.
>
>         Telford, for example, was designed in the 1960s by throwing a
>         packet of
>         polo mints onto a large piece of paper or was it two packets?
>         These
>         days many of the busier roundabouts have signals, to suddenly
>         declare
>         them not roundabouts would be ridiculous.
>

Interesting/
The reason for creating roundabouts rather than traffic lights here is 
cost.
If these same intersections are to become traffic light controlled then 
a creating a roundabout is simply putting off the expenditure.





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