Whitebirk Roundabout
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we where jokingAre Blackburn w Darwen not going to close part of the bottom roundabout for regeneration work in the near future, sure it was posted in the LET - public notices (last week I think)
Is there not a patch of land on the right of the slip road to The Range, where Davies's Pet Foods used to be? (being kind with the name there)
Is there not a patch of land on the right of the slip road to The Range, where Davies's Pet Foods used to be? (being kind with the name there)
Talking of road junctions, the only time I haven't had problems at Church traffic lights was when they weren't working
I agree! As with Dill Hall traffic lights!
Well, you see its quite simple really - some people may consider them to be largely the same, the fact is there is a big difference. You see, a ring road is a road that you drive along that goes round something, in a roundabout sort of fashion. This should not be confused with a roundabout which is a road that you go round which serves only to take you round something whilst a ring road is a road that is designed for you to go round in order to perhaps get round something.
A ring road should divert traffic around the outskirts of a town , reduce the traffic in the town centre
A roundabout I guess is just a circular road junction
Ah yes, Mike, but a ring road is not necessarily in a ring ..depends on the geography of a town. Can also have many roundabouts on a ring road. A roundabout is only placed at a busy junction to aid traffic to get to their destination, whether on the ring road or crossing over main thoroughfare ...
The combination of roundabout with traffic lights is now ideal for this busy junction .. been through today and a piece of cake.
Roundabouts are Ok, but safety traffic management has to be considered at all times as opposed to flow of traffic. Roundabouts are always more accident prone than traffic lights, because it is dependent on human judgement, not like traffic lights when you stop at a command. Think the mixture at Whitebirk is excellent.
Someone suggested a roundabout at the Hare and Hounds in Clayton, but this would not work for reasons above. Safety will always overide traffic flow.
A ringroad is a road which takes you past a town without having to go through it. The M25 is a sort of ring road. A ring road usually goes all the way round a town or built up urban area (but not necessarily in a ring.) and can be approached and used from a variety of directions as opposed to a by-pass which usually only goes from A to B and B to A (like the A59 by passing Skipton.)
A roundabout is just a type of road junction. It can be an alternative to a simple cross roads where two roads cross over each other and instead of just the intersection you have a roundabout. Or it can be a larger affair with more roads joining into it. In some cases it can even have smaller roundabouts as sort of offshoots of it. It can even have traffic lights to control which approach roads have access to it. It usually does not have anything much in the middle. Some have statues or other decorative items in the middle, like flower beds or trees. It certainly wouldn't have a town in the middle!
A roundabout is just a type of road junction. It can be an alternative to a simple cross roads where two roads cross over each other and instead of just the intersection you have a roundabout. Or it can be a larger affair with more roads joining into it. In some cases it can even have smaller roundabouts as sort of offshoots of it. It can even have traffic lights to control which approach roads have access to it. It usually does not have anything much in the middle. Some have statues or other decorative items in the middle, like flower beds or trees. It certainly wouldn't have a town in the middle!