[Tagging] tagging the diameter of a mini-roundabout

[Philip Barnes]

On 28 January 2023 23:47:38 GMT, Peter Elderson <pelderson at gmail.com> wrote:
>The mini-roundabout just adds priority on the MR to the general keep left rule, that is my understanding. 

They are to give equal priority to all roads at a junction, usually where traffic flow would block traffic from side roads.

They are usually only used where there is not enough space for a roundabout.

When I first encountered Canadian four way stops in 1980, I did think these should be mini-roundabouts. 

Phil (trigpoint)
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>Peter Elderson
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>> Op 29 jan. 2023 om 00:37 heeft Florian Lohoff <f at zz.de> het volgende geschreven:
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>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 09:12:11PM +0000, Philip Barnes wrote:
>>> Diameter implies there is something circular. The paint is often
>>> round, not always, but most are just former T junctions or cross-roads
>>> where there is nothing to measure the diameter of .
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>> Thats exactly the point. The mini_roundabout is a UK speciality and most
>> likely should not have appeared anywhere else.
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>> A mini_roundabout _must_ have a traversable center, a traversable center
>> does _not_ make a mini_roundabout.
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>> 
>> Thats the major misconception a lot of people have.
>> 
>> Flo
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>> Florian Lohoff                                                     f at zz.de
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