The British Transport and Road Research Laboratory then came up with a brilliant solution.
Vehicles can enter or exit the inner roundabout using any of the five mini roundabouts placed at appropriate positions.
Forty years on, the Magic Roundabout still works, despite ever-increasing volumes of traffic.
We would let the traffic build up and then let one lot go at a time.
After a few trial runs we let the whole lot go at once.
It was quite nerve-racking, but it did work."
Despite the efficiency of the system, the Magic Roundabout still strikes terror into visiting motorists.
Although it looks intimidating, statistically, the Magic Roundabout is one of the safest traffic junctions.
Schematic of the Magic Roundabout.Photo credit
Photo credit: Google Earth
Sources:Wikipedia,Swindonweb
