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There's a 4-way give way junction here [1]. That's the closest you will get in the UK. It means give way to anything that is in the junction before you are, but
by mnw21cam 9y ago
There's a 4-way give way junction here [1]. That's the closest you will get in the UK. It means give way to anything that is in the junction before you are, but the actual effect is for cyclists to frequently be aggressively hooted at and nearly run over by cars.
[1] https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2190575,0.1178374,105m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2190575,0.1178374,105m/dat...
- ptaipale 9y agoInteresting construction. This wouldn't be legal in Nordics, there can be no direction in give way signs indicated, and there can be no 4-way give way junctions.
- mnw21cam 9y agoTo be honest, I was quite surprised that it even existed, and it may possibly not be legal in the UK either.
- kqr 9y agoThere is at least two of those four-way yields in Stockholm, and yes, it is of course absolutely insane. In a regular junction you already have to 1) Yield to traffic inside the junction, 2) Yield to traffic approaching from your right. In a four-way yield junction, you have to 1) Yield to traffic inside the junction, 2) Yield to traffic approaching from your right, 3) ??????? to traffic approaching from the left. It breeds confusion and has no advantage over a regular intersection. Unless, of course, you count confusion as an advantage. Which you do if you drive the vehicle with the largest inertia around.
- squiggleblaz 9y agoI think the UK has a lot of "mini roundabouts" where they just paint a circle on the road and mount roundabout signs. Traffic paths are similar to what they would be without the circle. Of course, the give-way rule is different: give-way to your left (easy), rather than give-way to those who arrived first (hard).
- mnw21cam 9y agoYou give way to your right, not your left, on a mini-roundabout in the UK.