Gromit37 wrote:Thanks Von
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But my next question is, are you allowed to drive over it, or must you go round? As the red bricks are perfectly level with the tarmac, there is no disincentive to go over it. There are no white lines either. Surely, making the raised area a bit bigger would be a better solution?
Mind you, if they put as much thought in to the design as they did the cycle path round the corner from there, then nothing would surprise me
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Strictly speaking you are supposed to make every effort to go around & only go over where it is unavoidable. Part of the function of the roundabout is to slow traffic on approach to assist other traffic getting in safely where they may be slightly unsighted. To this purpose often roundabout islands will be larger than they actually really need to be (they could all be just a white circle painted in the middle of the road & it would be a lot cheaper after all). They are trying to slow you so that you can't approach at speed & straight line through. Of course the painted or cobbled surface ones are trying to combine two functions.
1) Trying to stop you straight lining for the above reasons.
2) Making it possible at the same time for artics to get around them (because it is near industrial estate etc) & the roundabout means they'll be slow anyway.
If you do straight line on it & a collision results, it may provide some evidence towards a without due care.