"Dan S. MacAbre" wrote in message
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Talking of obstructing the view, there are a few roundabouts near us which
have bushes and trees cultivated on them (they are obviously maintained,
so their presence is not accidental). Not being able to see over the
roundabout is a bit of a bloody nuisance. Do you suppose they do this on
purpose? They seem to like punishing motorists round here.

It's not too bad if the centre of the roundabout is obscured by trees or a
large hump of land. The real problem is when they put a large sign (eg a
direction sign) low down on the island between the entry and exit lanes for
a road leading onto the roundabout, obscuring your view of traffic from the
right when you are waiting to join the roundabout. If they are going to put
a sign there (and it's a good place for traffic wanting to know which road
to take) then they need to put it on legs that are high enough that you can
see under the sign when you are checking whether it's clear yet to pull out.