In the UK round-abouts are used extensively. Qatar obviously adopted this system for their road network, perhaps because they were under British protection until the 70s.
In hindsight they probably wish they'd gone with the 'US' system of intersections!
This is a particularly famous one from Swindon in England, called Magic Roundabout. There are 5 small roundabouts in a circle;
In the UK round-abouts are used extensively. Qatar obviously adopted this system for their road network, perhaps because they were under British protection until the 70s.
In hindsight they probably wish they'd gone with the 'US' system of intersections!
This is a particularly famous one from Swindon in England, called Magic Roundabout. There are 5 small roundabouts in a circle;
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Imagine people trying to navigate that in Qatar!