Thursday, April 14, 2011
Driving me loopy!
A UK car leasing company recently decided to launch a competition to find Britain’s most loved and most hated roundabout.
Nothing could have prepared them for the flood of roundabout hate-mail entries which flooded in – which far out-numbered the love-letters.
The firm, who was looking for entries representing both good and bad road layouts, stated, "We're delighted that we've had such a positive response from the public, it's just a shame they've not been so complimentary about their nominations."
Some in the roundabout black-list are The Queen's Garden's island in Newcastle-under-Lyme, the Culverhouse roundabout on the A48 in Cardiff, and the famous Magic Roundabout in Hemel Hempstead – but there are many more entries for this category.
A company spokesperson has said that "common complaints have been poor layouts, worn markings, traffic jams and general confusion, all of which I can understand will frustrate drivers on their regular commute".
Apparently they are “hoping to receive more nominations for the best roundabout category and are challenging the public to go out there and snap an island which has in some way improved their lives".
We’re not sure whether they’ll get many positive entries – most roundabouts drive us round the bend!
Image by s_pollard via photobucket
Labels: car, markings, road layout, roundabout, traffic jam
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posted by Fuse @ 3:54 AM 
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