A roundabout discussion
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381760)
Rockingham, Australia
October 30, 2017 6:59pm CST
Would you believe I’m stuck for a discussion? Well, not really. It’s more that I’m a bit lazy. So I thought I’d put up one of my roundabout photos. While we were travelling in France, we had a right-hand drive motor- home but also had to drive on the right which was foreign to us as in Australia we drive on the left. .
Driving on the right made it easy to take photos of any decorations that may have been added to the centre of the roundabout. Being the passenger, I was on the inside and it was easy to take a photo through the window. If there was no traffic, Vince might need to drive round twice for me to get a good photo but other times I had to snap quickly before we turned off and went on our way.
Many of the roundabouts had centres that related to the town. If the Tour de France went through an area, there would be a number of roundabouts featuring bikes and bike-riders. This one was in a seaside town and made a colourful entry statement.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
31 Oct 17
I think they are awesome and wish they would do those here.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
31 Oct 17
We don't have roundabouts here. They look scary. However, it looks pretty!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
1 Nov 17
@JudyEv I would want to practice on one in a small town.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Nov 17
@1hopefulman That might be a good idea. The ones with double lanes sometimes get confusing.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
Now that you mentioned Tour de France, I am reminded of how I miss cycling.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
@JudyEv We have designated lanes just for the bikes in this city. Our city is getting known as the capital bike city of the Philippines. My family is into cycling and we have bikes as expensive as the ones in the Tour de France.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
@toniganzon Wow! Do you worry about your lovely bikes getting stolen? My nephew had his nice bike stolen so next time he bought a second-hand beat-up one.
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
Cycling is very popular in France. They were everywhere and some roads had designated lanes just for bikes.
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
People thought we'd have trouble too being on the 'wrong' side of the road but the roads all lead you into the roundabout in the correct direction. Turning left was trickier because we'd want to turn onto the left-hand side of the road but of course, it needed to be the right-hand side.
@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
31 Oct 17
Not a fan of roundabouts in any country really!
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
They seem to work well here although I know many people don't like them.
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
We didn't have any trouble with them but I guess we're used to them in Australia. Most lead you the way you're supposed to go making it hard to go the wrong way.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
31 Oct 17
Photos make for great inspiration.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Nov 17
When I was in England, we almost hit a lorry head on because we forgot that we were supposed to be on the left. Scary.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
31 Oct 17
We drive on the right hand side, in the U.S. As the passenger, I would get most of the photos while traveling. I enjoy your photos:)
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
In the Philippines its still left hand drive and I think this will never change.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
31 Oct 17
that is a roundabout? I thought that is a play house
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
It would make a lovely play house. It's a wonder some child hasn't taken up residence there.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
2 Nov 17
they are doing that here in spain also... some of the designs are very clever...there is one near where I live that has a small herd of metal art goats grazing on the middle of it... 
