Roundabout city

Mailcoachinn · 30-09-2018 12:16AM #1

Why are there so many roundabouts in Portlaoise?

I have actually gotten dizzy driving through the town

What is the deal with Laois CC? Why are they so obsessed with building more roundabouts?

Jimmy. · 30-09-2018 12:23AM

Waterford C.C. is equally as bad. I reckon it’s inbred people.

DareGod · 30-09-2018 12:24AM

Ennis, too, is just a series of roundabouts.

freshpopcorn · 30-09-2018 12:26AM

When I read the thread tittle I said to myself that sounds like Portlaoise but Portlaoise is a town!

SeanW · 30-09-2018 01:02AM

Perhaps there are more roundabouts than people

Yer Da sells Avon · 30-09-2018 01:04AM

I managed to pass my driving test there, despite all the roundabouts and their close proximity to each other.

freshpopcorn · 30-09-2018 01:06AM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

I managed to pass my driving test there, despite all the roundabouts and their close proximity to each other.

I often said it to myself if you were good with roundabouts Portlaoise would be a great town to do a driving test in.

Stroke Politics · 30-09-2018 01:07AM

Galway.

14 Tribes. 14 roundabouts.

Rubberchikken · 30-09-2018 01:20AM

I like roundabouts. Just hate the crap drivers that use them.

Ronin247 · 30-09-2018 01:22AM

Stroke Politics wrote: »

Galway.

14 Tribes. 14 roundabouts.

And 14 different sets of rules!!! Headford road roundabout from the terryland side, left hand lane making a right turn. Very scary when you are not used to it.

Seamus Quirke roundabout either lane for any exit from all sides......wtf????

Galway, great city

Purple Mountain · 30-09-2018 01:27AM

Jimmy. wrote: »

Waterford C.C. is equally as bad. I reckon it’s inbred people.

That bloody ring road. You feel like you're driving coast to coast Ireland, it's so long and you don't get an opportunity to put the foot down for too long because it's an endless series of roundabouts.

Mr_Muffin · 30-09-2018 01:38AM

Is Portlaoise a city?

Graces7 · 30-09-2018 08:57AM

Ronin247 wrote: »

And 14 different sets of rules!!! Headford road roundabout from the terryland side, left hand lane making a right turn. Very scary when you are not used to it.

Seamus Quirke roundabout either lane for any exit from all sides......wtf????

Galway, great city

shudders! Brings back memories of my times in Galway. Used to dread it and a huge sigh of relief when I successfully headed towards Headford... Said a joyful goodbye.. great shops but..

Azatadine · 30-09-2018 09:03AM

Jimmy. wrote: »

Waterford C.C. is equally as bad. I reckon it’s inbred people.

Yeah, Waterford is full of roundabouts. Some of them are very badly designed too.

Harry Palmr · 30-09-2018 09:07AM

Roundabouts are great, why would you want the alternative traffic control of lights?

Turtyturd · 30-09-2018 09:10AM

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

Is Portlaoise a city?

Probably in the same way Kilkenny is.

Allinall · 30-09-2018 10:02AM

Basingstoke.

rossie1977 · 30-09-2018 10:15AM

There seem to be lots of roundabouts in every county town. Roscommon town is much much smaller than Galway or Waterford and only 1/3 the size of Portlaoise with no motorway or dual carriageway close by and there are seven roundabouts in the town

Harry Palmr · 30-09-2018 10:22AM

Seven? Pah - go to Clonmel, the ring road there is terrible, narrow, winding and every roundabout bar one (if I remember) is tight. The alternative would be even slower to navigate of course but it is very bad.

Badly Drunk Boy · 30-09-2018 10:31AM

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon in England is infamous...five small roundabouts within one big one.

Capt'n Midnight · 30-09-2018 10:40AM

^^^^

That's as nothing compared to Walkinstown Roundabout

Also
Milton Keynes has 130 roundabouts but the number is growing all the time :eek:

Harry Palmr · 30-09-2018 10:41AM

Milton Keynes was of course designed as a grid but one that would not rely on traffic light junctions.

CeilingFly · 30-09-2018 10:44AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

^^^^

That's as nothing compared to Walkinstown Roundabout

Also
Milton Keynes has 130 roundabouts but the number is growing all the time :eek:

The funny thing is that the walkinstown roundabout rarely has an accident

I think the Portlaoise roundabouts work well - it's as much a traffic calming measure as a traffic flow measure. Alternative would be speed ramps and traffic lights

Capt'n Midnight · 30-09-2018 11:37AM

CeilingFly wrote: »

The funny thing is that the walkinstown roundabout rarely has an accident

That's because culchies and other poor drivers are terrifed of it

Loves_lorries · 30-09-2018 11:53AM

Stroke Politics wrote: »

Galway.

14 Tribes. 14 roundabouts.

Galway ( County anyway) is big into one way streets in towns which don't need them.

Jim 77 · 30-09-2018 12:00PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon in England is infamous...five small roundabouts within one big one.

What's more, cars must go in opposite directions on the inner and outer roundabouts... very confusing for the uninitiated.

Teyla Emmagan · 30-09-2018 12:08PM

That ring road around Waterford is absolutely horrific. You can barely get the car above 3rd gear for about 20 minutes with all the effing roundabouts.

30-09-2018 12:09PM

CeilingFly wrote: »

The funny thing is that the walkinstown roundabout rarely has an accident

I think the Portlaoise roundabouts work well - it's as much a traffic calming measure as a traffic flow measure. Alternative would be speed ramps and traffic lights

+1
Those roundabouts work quite well, just imagine the length of the queues in each and every direction if they used traffic lights! All you need to do is look at Athlone, traffic lights everywhere and long queues!

mikhail · 30-09-2018 12:11PM

All the inbreeding has produced a rake of red-green colour-blindness, making traffic lights less effective.

OldMrBrennan83 · 30-09-2018 12:14PM

Roundabouts are a God-send instead of T junctions.

Jim 77 · 30-09-2018 12:15PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

^^^^

That's as nothing compared to Walkinstown Roundabout...

The "Magic Roundabout" is a central roundabout with 5 satellite roundabouts where you move in opposite directions on the inner and outer roundabouts, whereas the Walkinstown one is busy but pretty standard. I've driven both and the Magic Roundabout was a lot more difficult.

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