Motoring Oddities EP8 - The smallest roundabout in the UK? And what's the deal with Double yellows..

#cambridge #roads #infrastructure
Cambridge is a wonderful city yet somehow ended up with some of the, what appear to be, most pointless pieces of road infrastructure.. if you can call it that.
In this episode we look at possibly the smallest roundabout in the UK, and also, the smallest double yellow lines... measuring in at mere inches.

[@Scrubworks]

The roundabout sign is bigger than the roundabout.

[@shmubob]

These short double yellow lines are common and are there to make it clearer to drivers that the bays on either side have different parking restrictions. On King's Street one side is residents only, the other is pay and display.

[@PaulMichael1084]

If that is in fact the point of the double yellow lines, it falls flat on its face. I've been driving since 1997, and have driven in every major town in the UK, and I did not look at them and think "I wonder if there are different parking restrictions on each side". My thoughts were more along the lines "the person who arranged for these to be painted is woefully out of touch". But in all seriousness, thanks for the explanation.

[@dieseldragon6756]

If that's the case, then the Highways Agency needs to come up with a much better indication - If I saw any section of „Double Yellows“ that was shorter than the length of a bus and not protecting an obvious access I'd disregard it as _redundant, pending removal._ A solid thick (6" or more) yellow line perpendicular to the kerb in a form that clearly communicates _„Parking rules change here“_ would be a much more sensible approach. 🚘🇬🇧👍

[@adampoultney8737]

There’s an odd mini roundabout near me with two exits. Not three connections to it, two. One in one out.

[@BadgerUKvideo]

I used to do civils and the best oddity i've come across was (I think it was a new Sainsbury's in north Leicester) a cycle lane with the cycle lane sign directly in the middle of it. Awesome work.

[@whyyoulidl]

I once saw a roundabout in Jamaica consisting of an old used tyre weighed down with a handful of rocks; mind you, no signs or lighting - just local knowledge 🤔

[@vegansimber5298]

More roundabouts please, Skem has loads of them including one that's half a mile, some people use to believe it was a mile, sadly not. but is it home to the town with the most roundabouts, needs some investigation... I gave up giving directions to poor lost drivers as a two minute trip would easily include at least four and you see the will to live drain from their faces as they drowned in confusion. I think it was deigned this way to keep the re-homed scousers from returning to their home land. Legend has it that the local {name escapes me now} diy store in Old Skem were responsibly for making them...

[@Crankflame8]

Great idea!

[@baconwizard]

Town with the most roundabouts? Well now Basingstoke really does have fuck all going for it

[@winterwatson6811]

back when i lived in baltimore usa, my neighborhood had a number of impressively small mini roundabouts. i recently returned for a visit and found that they’d all been removed and replaced with stop signs-driving felt less stupid but significantly slower

[@melissanewton7462]

The mini roundabout is not meant for u-turns anyway as some people seem to think! The mini roundabout is simply there to keep traffic flowing and not to be used like its big brother.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Just as well really because its too small 😀 Any chance you work for the council by any chance? 😂

[@phillwainewright4221]

The rules on a mini roundabout are exactly the same as a full sized one. The exception being you're allowed to go *over* it if your vehicle is too big to go round - ie. Bus or Lorry.

[@piotrgoacki9070]

Maybe not meant, but not illegal, and sometimes it's the easiest and safest option to turn around. Is 3 point U-turn better in the middle of the road? I was taught that you could U-turn but other drivers wouldn't expect this.

[@cuddlepaws4423]

These pathetic screw-ups are visible to the public. However, how many other pathetic, costly screw-ups taken place behind closed doors that we never get to hear about. And how much of our taxpayers money is wasted in this way. It's laughable. No wonder people are so averse to paying taxes!!!

[@1988dgs]

Why on earth make it a proper roundabout and not a painted mini roundabout?

[@oddities-whatnot]

Wouldn't make a difference as it cant be driven round without doing a three point turn, so in reality it should have just been a junction with give way markings on the side road to the right.

[@1988dgs]

@@oddities-whatnot the difference is if a bored cop sees you drive over this one they can do you for it, they can’t with a painted mini

[@PhirePhlame]

They should have kept the 9-inch double-yellow as a local joke.

[@rockerjim8045]

tourist attraction

[@dukeofaaghisle7324]

It’s not the shortest, but there is a bizarre double-yellow in Sidmouth Street, Devizes - opposite Sainsbury’s between a loading bay and a chicaned pedestrian crossing (clearly visible on Google Street View). You’d be hard pressed to park a Smart car in the space. I can’t fathom why they didn’t just extend the loading bay, especially as the disabled persons’ bay on the other side of the road does exactly that.

[@PeterPete37]

I've had pizzas bigger than that roundabout

[@AutoShenanigans]

A quick google and you can get a 40''' pizza at a pub in Manchester.

[@RobSchofield]

There's a small "squareabout" in the middle of Bookham near Leatherhead that seems to confound the locals as well as visitors.

[@AutoShenanigans]

I like the sound of that!

[@dieseldragon6756]

That's what happens when a designer leaves _Snap to Grid_ enabled in their road planning software... 🟦💻🤣

[@RobSchofield]

@@dieseldragon6756 😆

[@xeinsgaming]

there are a couple of very small mini roundabouts down here in chichester. one of which is on a bus route! even my driving examiner many years ago told me to not bother trying to get around it! The roads in question are Bradshaw Road, Crouch Cross Lane in Boxgrove, & Tide Way in Bracklesham Bay

[@happi_ness5042]

I was at that quarry on sunday night lol. I am just round the corner from that tiny roundabout. We also have some hysterical cycle lanes too, especially one in Fulbourn that is just a few feet long 😂

[@Amathusukx]

Jack Lane in Audenshaw Manchester has a small Roundabout similar to that without the fancy blocks, however I have not measured it.

[@lefthandedspanner]

a strong contender for the country's most pointless roundabout is Bull Green in Halifax town centre: there are pelican crossings 5 yards from two of the the exits, which cause traffic to tail back across the roundabout, blocking one of the entries and turning it into an oversized t-junction

[@rockerjim8045]

totally agree lots of pedestrian crossings need to be a lot further away from junctions

[@phillwainewright4221]

Sea View Roundabout in Poole has four roads feeding into/out of it, plus a bus-stop layby and all four roads have a pedestrian crossing FIVE YARDS from the Give Way lines. It's bloody ridiculous, especially now that pedestrians have priority and traffic HAS to stop.

[@dr-mn7ld]

Do you live in Cambridge? You could cover the unbuilt bridge over the Cam. Check out the width of Wadloes road and the gap on the opposite side of the river.

[@glenjones6980]

Any roundabout is tiny if there's a Corsa on it, they juct don't seem to go round them, it's always the straightest line possible.

[@nickcolgan220]

Hey John 👋🏼 👋🏼 👋🏼 Love the channel Just wanted to tell you about my home towns claim to fame Worlds first mini roundabout that still functions today In south Benfleet Essex You should visit its great 😎 Also the site of the battle of Benfleet ⚔️

[@danem2215]

I would have assumed short breaks in parking zones would be for bikes to get through to the pavement but only 3, randomly spaced, and not in any particular area seems like stupidity instead.

[@hairyairey]

Watching from Peterborough, the home of the world's first mini roundabout. Now replaced with traffic lights!

[@101alexs]

If you would like a masterclass in ridiculous roundabouts come to Swindon - not only to we have the magic roundabout, the world famous monstrosity of civil engineering - we also have a wild sample size of roundabouts from sensible, to mental. ovalabout, overabouts and whereabouts all exist within the esteemd boundary of Sindon.

[@sydnorth5868]

Another fun fact about Humberstone Road is that a former resident of No.3, Rahmat Ali, first came up with the name Pakistan.

[@FlatbeerBrewing]

I'm sure that stony Stratford has a smaller roundabout I also painted them yellow lines in Cambridge

[@PatGilliland]

It's an Austin Mini Roundabout.

[@oddities-whatnot]

More like Tragic Roundabout

[@TadanoHitohito]

There are a few roundabouts in my city that are just road signs in the middle of an intersection with the roundabout symbol on them.

[@UnitSe7en]

We have one at the end of my street that's just a lump of concrete 4 ft wide. It's like someone split a bag of cement on the road and they just decided to water it down rather than clean it up. Ridiculous.

[@allandavis8201]

The shortest double yellows must have made sense to someone at some point in the planning office, how that could possibly be I do NOT have a Scooby, and, but more understandable, why didn’t the contractor/highways dept question WTF was going on, in the case of a contractor I would imagine that they got paid quite well for 10 minutes work, (and that is with a tea break and 5 minutes trying to understand the plan) if it was highways agency then ditto the tea break and plan understanding but not the dosh 💰, they will do anything to avoid filling in potholes.

[@MrGreatplum]

Brilliant - I don’t think I’d voluntarily drive a car into Cambridge so kudos for finding somewhere to park!!

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cambridge doesn't like cars does it :D

[@MrGreatplum]

@@AutoShenanigans definitely not!!

[@simocreations]

Congratulations on your 1st million views 👍🏻. Onwards and upwards

[@davidrumming4734]

Most pointless roundabouts. Yes we have one about the same size-only it’s just a painted dot with arrows….still got a sign!

[@RichieRouge206]

Love the Renegade Master reference haha. That roundabout is pathetic. There’s one here in Chester and people just treat as the T-Junction that it once was. Great video as always

[@richardhewitt.easyvanlife.6957]

I Moulton Northampton we must have shortest 2 way road. It’s on Church Hill. It’s 10 yards long.

[@dieseldragon6756]

That bit at 0:46 - *Absolute classic* , chap! ⚓🇬🇧 🤣

[@greenmanreddog]

Mini roundabouts are there to change the right-of-way to be equal from all directions. An alternative it to put give-way markings on all entrances to the junction, but that just confuses everyone and causes accidents!

[@the90sfattyfromtakethat]

We know! Everyone knows the roundabout is symbolic for procedure rather than a proper practical functioning roundabout he’s taking the piss, yes u r correct it is a give way to the right at a multi road junction.

[@tasty_fish]

I can’t believe I’m watching this a week after a very rare trip to Cambridge and was just yards from a short set of double yellows and the smallest mini roundabout. Far more interesting than all those colleges with their rip-off prices. Btw,strange this video was presented to me… #theyknoweverythiiiiing

[@NJWiddowson]

I drove past if for work for several years with no idea either 🤦‍♂️

[@allandavis8201]

When your channel came up in my recommended list I thought 💭 what the H is that all about, is it going to be some “nasally” challenged old duffer wearing a flat cap and tweed jacket with leather elbow patches talking about the intricacies of their journeys on Britain’s roadways, sort of a walking AA guide of British petrol ⛽️ stations or roadside cafes, but to my great surprise we have you John, the oddities are actually quite fascinating and interesting, and with your humorous presentation and bloopers it all adds up to a very pleasant viewing experience. I am a non-driver for health reasons so when I do travel I have lots of time to spot interesting scenery and buildings etc, but never thought I would be watching a channel like yours, but here I am, probably your newest and most surprised subscriber. In the last episode I watched I thought it was strange showing (however fleetingly) a picture of Abraham Lincoln, but the resemblance to IKB is not exactly dissimilar. Anyway, thanks for sharing your knowledge and research, big thumbs up 👍😀🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦

[@AutoShenanigans]

Someone did comment I should dress better... tweed jacket is on order. *sigh* that will be me in 30 years no doubt. Thanks for watching mate, great to have you!

[@allandavis8201]

@@AutoShenanigans , you will probably be about my age in 30 years, and I don’t wear a tweed jacket, nope, jeans 👖 and t-shirts 👕 in winter ❄️ and shorts and t-shirt 👕 in summer, and as for hats 🧢 I have a couple of baseball ⚾️ caps that are my constant companions, one with a huge dragon motif and the other with a shed load of pin badges, my grandchildren and children understand that I have a Santa beard and hair that needs a small ponytail, not because I am trendy or anything, nope, it’s because in my mind I am still 16, not the +40 year old me. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦

[@GHickling]

Just found your channel after watching videos about abandoned race tracks in america, I guess the algorithm works! Subscribed and I love your style. :)

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for tuning in, I hope you enjoy what we do!

[@PaulMichael1084]

Love the video, but curious as to what an abandoned quarry had to do with short/small bits of roadway stuff

[@linaandtom]

How funny, we used to live on Misselton Court, right by that junction (number 43) Could never manage it in one attempt in my 9-3 Aero

[@AutoShenanigans]

Saab friend!

[@linaandtom]

@@AutoShenanigans Sadly it met an untimely end (150k) with a deep puddle, dad's Volvo 850 estate could do it no problem

[@lumpyfishgravy]

I know of one mini-roundabout that is so ignored I often see vans on completely the wrong side of the road even when there's other traffic.

[@RichardCJohnson]

Just got a major “post Christmas” sensation from the Wish You Were Here tune…ah happy days of childhood

[@SpudUNoLike]

Can someone tell me why his 'nether regions' are blurred out.... Is this type of informational video not suitable for kids :P

[@mybookfacetube]

It's rain on his camera lens , I imagine.

[@cuddlepaws4423]

The weather decided he needed censorship. Maybe he was flying low.

[@surfblue63]

You should get yourself a nice Triumph Herald, it would easily negotiate that roundabout.

[@captainlandslide9874]

Great video! Although I do believe there is an even smaller roundabout in existence- at the junction of Canford Cliffs Road and Haven Road in Compton Acres by Poole Harbour.. I’ve driven that way many times and often remarked at how it’s so small it seems pointless… anyway, keep up the good work 👍

[@qooqle]

Disraeli Road in Putney has 2 sets of short double yellows either side of a disabled bay, maybe they are the contender for shortest in London?

[@danteeightsix9069]

At first, I thought the double yellows were about center divider lines and why Europe doesn't use yellow. When I lived in Germany, it was very difficult to tell the difference between two-way and one-way roads without any other indicators, seeing as how all the lines are painted white. I once turned onto a one-way going the wrong way in town because there were no signs or parked cars, until I finally saw traffic coming the other way. With a yellow line across the street, I would have easily known I needed to make a right instead of a left. I am also shocked you said inches and not centimeters.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Cheers mate!

[@johneperkin]

Could you do a video on just what exactly the hell Folkestone services is/was/meant to be? I've only been in there once and I felt like I was in dark northern bus station in 90's...

[@Fr.FintanStack]

Of course you drive a Saab!

[@therversonkanavathy7554]

Brighton possibly has a smaller roundabout, which is also in a place that is not usable by traffic.

[@lemonshire1]

was thinking about a certain small double yellow line in cambridge, then realised this was it

[@Catalina._]

I love small roundabout, it's so adorable

[@Joetoto88]

This was werid, I thought I regonised the thumbnail. Bullen Close in Cambridge. Always thought that was a completely pointless roundabout! I've always just driven over it!

[@AutoShenanigans]

I did notice that the locals seemed to ignore its presence. Good call.

[@nigel9843]

Thank you John for another hilarious episode

[@AutoShenanigans]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@Dan23_7]

Does that road even get busy enough to require a roundabout? 🤷🏽 Would’ve been more cost effective to put up signs “give way to the right”

[@beeble2003]

People know what to do when they come to a roundabout. If you put up weird signs that nobody's seen before, people will get confused. Confused drivers are more likely to get into accidents.

[@grassytramtracks]

You could do that in other countries like France, but people in Britain aren't really used to that system, and I think it would cause confusion

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Great and informative video mate as always, that roundabout is crazy as well as that set of yellow lines, wonder what the workers thought that day when painting those lines!!

[@AutoShenanigans]

If paid by the hour, they probably found a way for it to take 24 hours of painting.

[@cigmorfil4101]

To say the roundabout is crazy shows you don't understand the main points of, especially, mini roundabouts. They serve two functions: 1) improved glow through a junction as no one road had priority, and 2) [theoretically] improve safety along a road by forcing traffic to slow down to negotiate them. The effect of 2 in improving safety comes from the need to potentially have to give way and so drivers ought to be slowing down to potentially stop but with an eye to going _if_ the way is clear. However this effect is being lost as drivers just hurtle towards them to fly straight through the junction[1] and over them (an illegal act in at least two ways: Road Trafiic Act 1988 (as amended) sections 2&3, and Traffic Signs Regulations & General Directions regs 16(1) [row 5], 25(5)). [1] on the basis "I'm approaching from the right and you must give way to me, but reg 25(5) clearly states "requirement shall be that no vehicle shall proceed past such one of those lines [give way lines]...in a manner or at a time likely to endanger the driver of or any passenger in a vehicle *circulating past that road marking **_from the right_** of the first-mentioned vehicle..."*

[@PaulMichael1084]

@@cigmorfil4101 To write such a reply leads me to respectfully draw your attention to the following points; 1) Glowing has nothing to do with roundabouts. Unless maybe someone has hurtled towards it, flown straight over the junction, crashed and is currently ablaze causing the roundabout to glow in the reflected light. 2) We have a name for people like you where I come from. Technical Richard. 3) The safety effects of such a small roundabout are "lost as drivers hurtle towards them, and fly straight through the junction" as you so helpfully point out. Given this fact, you rather neatly prove the premis of the video. That being that such a small roundabout is clearly ludicrous. 4) Are you in fact the chap from the Vauxhall Tigra advert from about 20 years ago? I'll go away and try to find a link for anyone too young to remember it. UPDATE - I have been away and located said advert, here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6nMi5JvjJumkMk 5) The fact that our host (@AutoShenanigans) leaves comments such as yours up, shows a strength of character on his part, for his willingness to endure people such as yourself. 6) I believe it is YOU that has missed the point here. ITS A BIT OF FUN - LIGHTEN UP! If you want to watch 'dull as dishwasher' videos of long winded explanations of the Road Traffic Regulations, amended or otherwise, go find a channel that specialises in re-running public information films, or 1970s Open University programs. (I have nothing against the latter, very informative as they are, but no one could accuse them of being entertaining).

[@AndrewJohnson-ur3lw]

How about the shortest cycle lane?

[@vrooom666]

excellent channel. subbed.

[@kenwalker5384]

I live near Norwich, and am curious to know where the "new" shortest double yellows are in the city?

[@collectioneur]

So if you were to drive straight on the mini roundabout, would that be a traffic violation?

[@fetchstixRHD]

Yes, unless it's impractical to (e.g. if you're driving a bus/lorry)

[@Dan23_7]

@@fetchstixRHD Hmmm?? I’m sure it is permissible to drive straight over them as they’re only an indicator of “give way to your right”. I might be wrong but swear I read that somewhere years ago A lot are just painted on the road so you won’t damage your vehicle going straight over them.

[@fetchstixRHD]

@@Dan23_7: Under (current) Highway Code rule 188: "All vehicles *MUST* pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so." I personally would take "large vehicles" liberally, in the wording of _Know Your Traffic Signs:_ "You must (...) keep to the left of the white circle unless the size of your vehicle or the junction layout makes driving over it unavoidable". (Some mini-roundabouts are so small, barely anything can really use it without driving over it!) That said, clicking through to the actual legislation doesn't seem to lead to the correct page either...

[@Dan23_7]

@@fetchstixRHD cheers mate 👍🏼

[@rockerjim8045]

if you have a long wheel based vehicle it’s impossible not to exit without driving through the centre. Do it every time even if the centre has a hump on it. PS signalling on roundabouts should be compulsory and having your Headlights on when it’s raining

[@tysondundas1947]

Ah a SAAB owner... it all makes sence now 😉

[@AutoShenanigans]

Sorry I don't get the joke.

[@chrimbo90]

My neck of the woods! An abandoned road I intend to walk when I get the chance 👌

[@pacificostudios]

In the States, and I presume often in the UK, the double yellows are omitted and motorists simply understand that the idea is to encourage parallel parkers to leave enough room for other drivers to get out of a neighboring parking space. Whether the double yellow was present or not, the implication is that "THESE" are the parking spots, and don't overlap the marked areas. However, one doubts that Cambridge details staff to ticket anyone that encroaches outside the marked space.

[@TangoVictorSierra]

Most UK parking bays at the side of the road are just long continuous parts of the road that have a single dashed line at the side, few have lines to mark how much space a single vehicle gets.

[@pacificostudios]

@@TangoVictorSierra - That's the case in the States, too. RED is the most common "No Parking" color. However, other than to keep the way clear around fire hydrants, we're just not that strict here. You will often see drivers pace off the distance from a corner, for instance, because the general law is that one cannot park closer than 30 feet from a corner. I've heard British comics make jokes about the strictness of parking rules in Britain, and it feels a bit, well, "foreign."

[@tradingcardboss]

Wasted Money Putting them Down and Then Taking them back up again 😮

[@BuzzinsPetRock78]

Wait? Don't you also have those mini-roundabouts in the UK where there is just a dot painted on a junction? Or do those not count?

[@dave9614]

Yeah but mini roundabouts aren't real roundabouts

[@ElmerCat]

For your American viewers, what do those double yellow lines indicate, and why?

[@richard99cookify]

Double yellow lines = cannot stop/park there Single yellow lines = cannot park at certain times indicated on a sign by the side of the road

[@ElmerCat]

@@richard99cookify Thank you - but then why would such a prohibition be applied to the particular location John is measuring at time 2:20? There's no fire hydrant or other obvious reason visible along the adjacent sidewalk. Also, might that car receive a ticket because its bumper is over the lines? In the US, sometimes the curb itself is painted yellow (or red) to indicate a no parking zone, though stopping or standing may still be allowed depending on how it is signed. Where the curbs are not painted, arrows on the signs are used to indicate where a regulated zone begins and ends.

[@richard99cookify]

@@ElmerCat Fire hydrant zones are typically indicated with a yellow kerb I think. The double yellows at 2:20 - ignore them, this is a bizarre case of them being used and they never would normally be in this kind of situation (likely error by the authorities). Typically double yellows are used on busy roads where parking would be a bit of an obstruction With regards to vehicles parking - it depends where the wheels are. If your wheels are not in physical contact with double yellow lines but the car overhangs them it doesn't matter.

[@alanmichael5619]

​@@ElmerCat Well that's kind of the point. It's a very silly use of double yellow lines. In the UK we use double yellows for "no parking", single yellows for "no parking during specific hours" (which are accompanied by signs indicating the rules on parking there), double reds for "no stopping", single reds for "no stopping at certain times". Double reds are far rarer and we usually have a sign for no stopping - but they are common in places like London. I think the reason that painting the curb never really caught on in the UK (unlike the US) is that we have a lot of occasions where double yellows are necessitated - but where there is no curb.

[@beeble2003]

@@ElmerCat Note that British fire hydrants are under man-holes in the road or on the footway. You'll never see an American-style above-ground hydrant in the UK.

[@stevecampbell7589]

There is an even smaller roundabout on Promotion Close in Sunderland SR6

[@AutoShenanigans]

Google suggests Old Roker Park Stadium Centre Circle.. whatever that is. In any case, it doesn't appear to have the official roundabout signage?

[@stevecampbell7589]

@@AutoShenanigans yes, that's correct. I am sure there was some signage last time I was unfortunate enough to be in Sunderland. May have just been just local private estate signs telling drivers to give way to the right

[@stevecampbell7589]

Even had an arrow to point which way was right as a lot of 'mackems' Sunderland folk are not intelligent

[@Fercough]

Just about hang a hat on the roundabout, the dbl yellows are stupid.

[@milehighclassics]

Take heart music from the gallery

[@whyyoulidl]

Thx. I was wondering that too. Whyyoulidl, aged 9 😃

[@jakehellyeah]

Market Drayton has some rediculous roundabouts

[@JMH7506]

I beg to differ regarding the roundabout. I’m sure the one in Stoney Stratford is tiny.

[@AutoShenanigans]

Get the measuring tape out!

[@JMH7506]

@@AutoShenanigans I’ve just checked it on Google earth and I’m possibly going past it today. It’s gunna be close.

[@dvdossbsvskfbdvav]

@@JMH7506 I hope you've been round it today, give us an update!

[@JMH7506]

@@dvdossbsvskfbdvav no, I got rerouted but I’ve got a photo of it until I go and measure it. Not sure I can put it on here though?

[@dvdossbsvskfbdvav]

@@JMH7506 you could upload to Imgur and link it, that would work

[@roadgent7921]

0:46 How come "punt" isn't a swear word? 🤔

[@peterw4338]

The purpose of these are to give work to an over-paid team of council workers to dream up schemes and warrant their existence.

[@donnyjay9046]

Isn't that the intro music from some sort of house in the sun show?

[@cliffthegardener]

Vision On, 1970s The gallery slot..kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4uxnH2OgLtqldk

[@RichardCJohnson]

Wish You Were Here… had a major “post Christmas” nostalgia blast with that

[@only-vans]

you don't have to actually go around a mini roundabout. it's a junction with the rules of a roundabout. Now try it with a 40 foot artic wagon.

[@waynedl99]

that's a small artic, you must do 'urban' deliveries lol This isn't a 'mini-roundabout' though, it's an actual roundabout, which you'd expect to be able to go around...

[@grassytramtracks]

Most cities in the UK have streets far too narrow for lorries that size, other than the major thoroughfares

[@stevenmoran4060]

Mini roundabouts have the most stupid rule of anything. You must go around it unless, you can’t! That’s the rule. There are more accidents caused by idiots trying to do a U turn which of course you were never supposed to do until, the rules changed to be the same as a roundabout. The original rule was best, treat as a roundabout, for priority reason, but no need to go around it. Dead simple and actually dead safe. Of course The Magic Roundabout in Swindon defies all logic when driving something 50 feet long!

[@rockerjim8045]

there’s plenty of road junctions that should be roundabouts and pedestrian crossing that need to be repositioned away from them to speed up the flow of traffic

[@redboyjan]

Yeah but this is britain

[@Vtarngpb]

Was about to say you lost A hubcap, but it would appear…

[@phil9930]

Renegade Master!🤣

[@londonlore5881]

…don’t forget his ill behaviour! 🤣

[@nunyanunya4147]

the video with you in the roundabout is how most !MER!KAN!s use roundabouts... slowly move (wrong way here) clockwise around... look confused.. give up and leave like nothing happened

[@Monkey-ud8bw]

Cambridge council, an “organisation” that loves spunking taxpayers money up the wall finding new ways to screw over motorists. The millions that have been wasted over the years is staggering.

[@Fercough]

Nah. Stop playing the victim.

[@AdeReeves]

Love to see some drifting around that roundabout... I'm sure someone could except the challenge 😂

[@AutoShenanigans]

The Saab just aint gonna cut it...

[@burgersnchips]

To be fair that's why you don't turn all the way around on a mini roundabout haha

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

Thats why the roundabout is tiny. Because if any bigger, it would take up too much space. And your car barely went round the tiny one as it is.

[@peterhiggins7998]

Anyone know what's the music at the very end of the video?

[@stevewallis1087]

Theme tune to wish you were here tv programme.

[@peterhiggins7998]

@@stevewallis1087 i knew it was familiar

[@AutoShenanigans]

The Carnival by Gordon Giltrap. And also the theme from ""Wish You Were Here"

[@rockerjim8045]

I wish more junctions were roundabouts mini or full size.

[@TheWhiff12]

Where did you film the start and end of the video?

[@Greg-eq7pf]

Cherry Hinton Chalk pits. There's a caravan holiday thingy on the other side, a road seperating the two halves of the historic quarry. Although part of the old quarry still remains the other side and we found a chair, sat on it, watched rats scurrying around having a good old time. Well recommended 👍

[@jonnyroberts225]

You're my new funniest guy on KZbin 😁👍

[@georgeprout42]

Reading's High Street is about 50 yds long, that's got to be a record.

[@grindelston5968]

Hahaha 'welcome to Britain '

[@aldhous]

I've always thought it was illegal to do a 360 on a mini roundabout?? Did I imagine this?

[@thomassmyth6497]

Do you mean 180? Highway code says to avoid making U turns on mini roundabouts I think.

[@aldhous]

@@thomassmyth6497 Yeah, 180 - a 360 would be a bit weird. 😂

[@AlMcpherson79]

@@aldhous well, what if you got lost?

[@fetchstixRHD]

@@thomassmyth6497: Depends on whether you measure the angle between the entry and exit roads, I'd think - a road on the "left" being "90°", "straight across" being "180°", and so on, with "360°" being a U-turn? 🤓 (* actual angles may vary)

[@Chongo_657]

Is that the chalk pits up near butterfly drive in Paulsgrove?

[@AutoShenanigans]

It's Cherry Hinton in Cambridge. I found it by accident on the day and thought it made for a nice back drop.

[@Chongo_657]

@@AutoShenanigans have you been to the electric brae in Ayrshire? might make a good vid..

[@chejohnny3706]

that r'bout for a tokyo drift car

[@AlMcpherson79]

If you can't single-point u-turn on it, it's not a roundabout.

[@the90sfattyfromtakethat]

He could have made it but he took it at the wrong angle so he failed for comedy value.

[@terencemichaels]

You say of another video "check it out here", and then point at nothing...great channel but that seems odd.

[@TheMightyKinkle]

It comes up as a link on KZbin automatically in the top corner. Well it should do

[@winterwatson6811]

@TheMightyKinkle i imagine op was watching on mobile. the in-video links don’t pop up when i watch from my phone’s browser

[@dieseldragon6756]

An annotation to kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGm7oox3oJ5naNE appears at that point when viewed on a PC. 😃

[@VectorTracker]

Wish you were here hahaha

[@shayne109]

the lines are not pointless for a car hating council like cambridge it provides their parking sharks an opportunity to ticket a motorist with the temerity to park over the gap they will use ANY excuse to grub more money logic does not apply!

[@Jeff-bg7pt]

About the same size as planers brains

[@SJR313]

😂