does anyone know of a worse roundabout than the one at the top of st philips road. it must have been designed by a madman (or david blunkett).

Do you mean the University roundabout?

If so, what's your problem with it (apart from the fact that when it's busy and the pedestrian crossings are at red, traffic backs up onto the roundabout causing the usual mayhem - part of everyday driving in Sheffield).

Park Square is much worse at rush hour time when the lights are out :)

i agree with owl park square think steevie wonder drew the plans for that 1:D

I would like to nominate the Centenary Roundabout in Rotherham designed by Dizzys for Dizzy type drivers the antics of drivers on this roundabout has to be seen to be believed.

I went round a roundabout in Rotherham yesterday which has 3 lanes of traffic but no lane markings. Maybe we should have a whip round to buy them some white paint?

My dad hates the uni roundabout, and will go miles out of his way to avoid it. I however have no problems with it. :confused:

i like the swiss role style roadabouts like the chesterfield one at the end of duel carridgeway get in your lane follow it and it throws you off

Brookhill roundabout is a free for all.Just close your eyes and go.

I agree Brook Hill (uni) roundabout is a nightmare. And the pelicans seem to make it about 100 tims worse.

Park Square is fine (if the lights work).

Personally I don't like University roundabout because it's simply too small for the traffic on it. There are too many exits, with no space between them - because there are no gaps between exits it's hard to tell when people are leaving, and if it's safe for you to go, signaling can become unclear - assuming people bother to signal at all of course!.

Is it the only roundabout in the area on a hill that's not been levelled?

There's a good roundabout in the Playground in Rivelin Park :hihi:

Originally posted by sniperwookie
Personally I don't like University roundabout because it's simply too small for the traffic on it. There are too many exits, with no space between them - because there are no gaps between exits it's hard to tell when people are leaving, and if it's safe for you to go, signaling can become unclear - assuming people bother to signal at all of course!.

Got to be better than when they had 3 roundabouts in the same space there.

The Brook Hill/uni roundabout is a nightmare, statistically I'm told it has the highest percentage of crashes in Sheffield.
I've had a truck run into me on there.
My uncle is a driving instructor and he says it isn't even marked properly for the lanes.
I hate the fact that everyone drives onto it regardless of whether they can get back off or not.
Most dangerous roundabout which is driven round with the least regard IMO.

The Billy Mill, located near Brown Street.

The one at the parkway with the Asda exit is terrible people queue around the roundabout and down Handsworth Rd and dont let others not going to Asda on and off.

Do Asda give away free money or something ?

Maybe its not the roundabouts fault? Thing that annoys me is when people dont indicate which exit they are going to take or dont bother to get in the right lane, its not hard is it?!

Brook Hill is a nightmare though.

Originally posted by bigflesh
The Billy Mill, located near Brown Street.

Surely the Billy Mill Roundabout is one of the best? Been on it loads of times myself.

I hate the one at meadowhead.
1) It is right next to a BP station and always has diesel fuel spilled over it, making it as slippy as ice.
2) it is a diamond shape so people, expecting the usual curved lanes lurch around it in their cars
3) it is high up and exposed and gets icy very quickly
4) people come off the dronfield bypass at excessive speeds and don't realise they are in a built up area with schools nearby and 30mph speed limit
5) there are regular crashes and collisions, sometimes several a week
6) it is a severe bottleneck at rush hours and people seem to enter it without looking, at great risk and stupid acceleration.

A woman in a shopping car shot past me, on the outside as I was turning off ( and indicating ) on the meadowhead exit. I was on my motorbike as I was trying to avoid an oil (or diesel) slick which circled around the south half. If I would have been going at a normal speed she would have killed me. I didn't see if she was talking on her mobile phone but she would have been the odd one out if she wasn't :rant:

Originally posted by Rich
There's a good roundabout in the Playground in Rivelin Park :hihi:

:D :hihi:

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I hate the one at meadowhead.
1) It is right next to a BP station and always has diesel fuel spilled over it, making it as slippy as ice.
2) it is a diamond shape so people, expecting the usual curved lanes lurch around it in their cars
3) it is high up and exposed and gets icy very quickly
4) people come off the dronfield bypass at excessive speeds and don't realise they are in a built up area with schools nearby and 30mph speed limit
5) there are regular crashes and collisions, sometimes several a week
6) it is a severe bottleneck at rush hours and people seem to enter it without looking, at great risk and stupid acceleration.

A woman in a shopping car shot past me, on the outside as I was turning off ( and indicating ) on the meadowhead exit. I was on my motorbike as I was trying to avoid an oil (or diesel) slick which circled around the south half. If I would have been going at a normal speed she would have killed me. I didn't see if she was talking on her mobile phone but she would have been the odd one out if she wasn't :rant:

Yes, this is a dreadful roundabout, but I think Brook Hill is the worst. Loads of exits, pedestrian crossings, students, city centre location - its going to be a nightmare.

When the Inner Relief Road is complete, hopefully more traffic will be able to avoid using it!

Nothing wrong with Park Square except the tarmac in places. Its well marked out and the lights work well, but it does need resurfacing.

I dont have a problem with any roundabouts in sheffield, stick the signal on a wait for a gap, just be shure to watch all the mirrors!! My sisters hate been in the car with me on roundabouts though because when i am in my lane i stay there! so if someone starts to vear into me cause the got in the wrong lane i stand my ground.

The only thing i disagree with is pedestrian crossing so close to entrances and exits, cause blockage that just stops the whole roundabout, even worse if there on the entrance because ppl just go over them anyway

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I hate the one at meadowhead.


Actually, Muddy, I agree, that is an awful roundabout at busy times. There are some idiots who use that one!

A candidate for a "sorting out" by the council, surely?

Anybody remember Park Square roundabout BEFORE the lights were installed [around 1980 I think]. Now that was an experience. You had to wait for a gap and then burn rubber to get on. Lights werent added until the powers that be decided that too many accidents were happening.

Originally posted by Andy
Actually, Muddy, I agree, that is an awful roundabout at busy times. There are some idiots who use that one!

A candidate for a "sorting out" by the council, surely?

Yes Andy you are right.

There are two things which could cure this roundabout.

1) tear it up and have a large cross roads with traffic lights.

2) replace it with a larger roundabout with proper wide lanes, taking a bit more of the massive grass verges, maybe having slip lanes so that people turning left can avoid the roundabout altogether.

I've not been all the way round it yet, just turned left, but the one at the end of Ecclesall Road/St Mary's Gate scares me.
I sit on the bus and worry about the day that I have to try and find a gap in that traffic. But I don't like roundabouts anyway.

Living close to brook hill roundabout and using it as a motorist I have to say its a bloody nightmare to use it.
Mind you coming towards it from the city centre is even worse it takes a eternity to get to the roundabout from the centre and when you finaly arrive at it it it then becomeas like something out of wacky races its every man for himself and tough if you dont make it.:thumbsup:

Despite the fact that I've had two crashes on the roundabout at the top of Ecclesall Road (one my fault, one not), that roundabout pales into insignificance when faced with the nightmare that is Brook Hill! I often come from Walkley and need to turn right onto Hanover Way. Even if I manage to get to the roundabout without knocking over any of the students that wander into the road just yards from the pedestrian crossings, the Western Bank (Crookes) entrance to the roundabout is so close to the Walkley one that even if it's clear to go, it can be a struggle to get across three lanes of traffic into the centre lane before the vehicles joining off Western Bank catch you up - especially when your car has as little horsepower as mine! I've taken to using the middle lane to turn right even though it's not marked that way, because it feels so much safer - I've noticed the buses do this as well.

Doing the journey in reverse is not quite so bad, but coming off Hanover Way, people seem to use either of the two middle lanes to turn towards Walkley, but it's only one lane coming off the roundabout, so seen a few near misses there. Plus vehicles joining off Western Bank sometimes stick so far out into the road, that they completely block the lane. I once heard that someone who lives in one of the high rise flats nearby said it was great entertainment just to look out of their window each morning at rush hour. I would be happy never to see that roundabout ever again!

Originally posted by Rich
There's a good roundabout in the Playground in Rivelin Park :hihi:

No there isn't- they took it out because it was too dangerous!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Originally posted by Nimrod
Anybody remember Park Square roundabout BEFORE the lights were installed [around 1980 I think].

Personally I think Park Square works better when the traffic lights are out.

Now for some usless info here: Park Square traffic lights were installed around 1982, they were one of the first microprocessor controlled traffic lights, manufactured by Phillips. They were due to be replaced when the supertram network was installed but the council refused because of supertram contractors cutting through the cables on a regular basis, so the old equipment remained and as far as I know the orginal equipment is still operational.

Originally posted by Agent_C
Despite the fact that I've had two crashes on the roundabout at the top of Ecclesall Road

There isn't any roundabout at the top of Ecclesall road. It has only one roundabout which is in the middle at Hunters Bar.

Nearly had a crash this morning on that uni roundabout, why dont people indicate ay?????? :rant:

Originally posted by muddycoffee
There isn't any roundabout at the top of Ecclesall road. It has only one roundabout which is in the middle at Hunters Bar.

I mean the one by Waitrose, used to call it the Safeway roundabout.

Originally posted by Agent_C
I mean the one by Waitrose, used to call it the Safeway roundabout.

Oh so by the "Roundabout at the top of Ecclesall road", you really mean the roundabout at the bottom of Ecclesall road on Moore Street where it isn't even Ecclesall Road. :hihi:

Ok nevermind. Welcome to the Sheffield Forum. Anyone could make that mistake as it does look like it is on Ecclesall road. ;)

Originally posted by muddycoffee
I hate the one at meadowhead.
4) people come off the dronfield bypass at excessive speeds and don't realise they are in a built up area with schools nearby and 30mph speed limitThe A61 is a 40mph road ;) not that many care... they like to stick the 70mph hat's in use from the second roundabout down. The roundabout itself is indeed 30; BUT Greenhill Parkway is 40 up for two junctions to the West, and Bochum Parkway is also 40.

Just wish they install a 2x2 and a 40mph limit all the way down to Granville Road roundabout, get rid that no doubt bottleneck they've just built near Abbey Lane, the bus thing that already causes traffic jams on Wicker.

Originally posted by Captain_Scarlet
Just wish they install a 2x2 and a 40mph limit all the way down to Granville Road roundabout, get rid that no doubt bottleneck they've just built near Abbey Lane, the bus thing that already causes traffic jams on Wicker.

Don't be silly. If the council listen to your suggestions we might end up with traffic flowing freely in and out of town. And we know that's not on their agenda. :rant:

What nonsence are you going to come out with next? Filling all the pot-holes? :help:

Originally posted by muddycoffee
Oh so by the "Roundabout at the top of Ecclesall road", you really mean the roundabout at the bottom of Ecclesall road on Moore Street where it isn't even Ecclesall Road. :hihi:

Ok nevermind. Welcome to the Sheffield Forum. Anyone could make that mistake as it does look like it is on Ecclesall road. ;)

Yeah, that's the one... even after 7 years in Sheffield I still don't know my way around properly... :blush:

Originally posted by Andy
Don't be silly. If the council listen to your suggestions we might end up with traffic flowing freely in and out of town. And we know that's not on their agenda. :rant:

What nonsence are you going to come out with next? Filling all the pot-holes? :help: Yeh sorry, my bad, we can't have any of this efficient road building... Forget I said owt :D ;)