this will scare you US folks

[XcOM]

I know you folks in the USA like roads that don't have bends it them, and would rather use traffic lights rather than a roundabout,

I also recal some members here mentioning that "Roundabouts are nothing compaied to the huge junctions here"

I agree that yes you do have bloddy huge junctions, but here in the uk, we have these at the end of every road, every junction on the motorway (Interstate) everywere.

The infamus spaggeti junction

adverage motorway junction (Underpass version)

Above bridge version

and the one that gets most US folks,

The roundabout:

Now some of you may think "Hay, thats piddly easy"

well, try the most famous roundabout in england (I have gone on this once, and hope i never half to ever again)
I give you, the magic roundabout

[chaksq]

Is this type of roadway design present throughout all of Europe or only present in certain countries? How about Spain specifically?

[Eclecticos]

It almost looks like a child chalked out the roadway in the last picture.
Even has little spun out areas, Crazy!

[Trace]

You guys are crazy!
I hope I never drive in a roundabout like that last one!

[J-Roc]

That must be why 007 is such a good driver

[Zephik]

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[XcOM]

this type of design is fequent throughout all of europe, but mostly in the uk, per sq mile uk has more motorways then anywhere else,

our road infastructor is also more complex than anywhere else, as dave said in another thread "We were the kings of road contruction, then we noticed we would be out of the job, so they started messing things up"

[Omega]

we have big spaghetti freeways in the states. kind of like the macarthur maze...

actually, pretty much anywhere the MacArthur freeway intersects with anything else it gets messy.

[nevermind1534]

Sh*t

That would suck to go through that last roundabout and have to figure it out.

[b4i7]

i found a roundabout downtown here..... i must remember where its at...there are some pretty amazing looking places in that area