Interesting Links for 25-09-2012

[andrewducker]

• Why US Phone, Cable & Internet Bills are far higher than elsewhere around the world.
  (tags: usa internet phone business )
• Nurse makes heartfelt apology after Atos forced her to trick disabled people out of benefits
  (tags: disabilities atos benefits uk )
• The most confusing roundabout ever built
  (tags: viaSkreidle transport roads )
• The 13 most

Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

That's not a roundabout. It's not even two. It's a very very short road that goes in a loop, and has a roundabout at each of its intersections.

[bracknellexile]

They built something similar in High Wycombe too.

[toothycat]

I still think upside-down-ternet is my favourite passive-aggressive wifi stunt of all time :)

[ext_208701]

Why thank you :-)

[andrewducker]

I wondered if that was you!

[ashfae]

That's a thing of beauty!

[channelpenguin]

Also Hemel Hempstead (and other places)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout#.22Magic.22_roundabouts_or_ring_junctions

My Q is - if they work well - why are there not more?

[inamac]

One of the reasons that they work, as the article hints, is that people are so terrified of them that they slow down and tackle them v e r y s l o w l y. If there were a lot more, and were encountered regularly by drivers that effect would probably even out and make them less effective.

I know that, having navigated my partner round the Hemel Hempstead one, we are likely to go miles out of our way to avoid it in future.

[f4f3]

Now the question is, should I change my wifi network name to "Sharon is a bitch"? (I don't really like my upstairs neighbour)

[threegoldfish]

I still consider Dupont Circle in Washington, DC as the worst and most confusing traffic circle ever. Stoplights, nothing fucking labelled, Metro buses. That one linked is intimidating, but it at least functions the way it's supposed to.