Gotta drive through this tomorrow. Honestly, pure evil.
October 11, 2024
Gotta drive through this tomorrow. Honestly, pure evil.
by UnreasonableMagpie
24 comments
Good luck man, it’s absolute hell with the traffic
What is the concern? The traffic or the junction itself?
It’s really not hard if you follow the lane markings…
Lol. I’m quite used to this roundabout, though I always tend to know which exits to take. It does get really congested there though.
Just treat it like any other roundabout, and maintain your lane.
Best avoided at the usual times, but I’m enjoying seeing the progress on the weird little island of blocks being built. Though living in the middle of the Hanger Lane Gyratory is as close to my notion of hell as can be got without setting myself on fire.
I drove through it on Saturday night at midnight a couple of weeks ago and it was completely deserted, it was delightful.
Have you considered asking everybody else to change their plans to accommodate you and wait so you can drive through it at midnight?
This terrified me when I was learning to drive, I can tell you!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Doesn’t matter how well you know this roundabout, or how well you navigate it. It’s hell on earth.
It’s as if when there’s too many lanes the average driver just mentally implodes, you see the most awful examples of driving here. Not to mention when you are trying to take your exit it’s often blocked by people who got in the wrong lane.
Good luck!
Tbh I love really bad roundabouts, there’s one in Bristol as well, the IKEA roundabout there which has super faded lane markings but it all works because people are more careful and let you change lanes etc, Hyde park corner too and arc triomphe in France. Love it, it’s like the whacky races
I have lived near it for several years. Best tip is to know where you’re going and just do it. Don’t show it any fear
I drive thru it everyday… no one sticks to their lanes, people cutting in front of you last minute to exit. You get used to it though
This is part of my commute to and from work and I hate how congested it gets. It is hell just like the rest of my journey on the A406.
A mere tributary outpost of Hell; true darkness is Junction 1a on the M25 at rush hour.
Nah. It’s fun
Do you remember those Lastminute.com “lucky dip” rooms you could book. They were cut rate rooms aimed at making sure hotels could sell more. The only catch was that they were non-refundable, and that you didn’t know where you’d booked until after you’d paid.
I decided to surprise my girlfriend at the time with a nice hotel break, but didn’t have much money. I lived in Brixton then. I booked a lucky dip setting the location as “London” and the hotel ended up as the fucking Crown Fucking plaza at Hanger Lane. The dream of a class night away in Covent Garden or whatever was crushed.
It was further away from London than I actually lived, a windowless room where the only other attendees were sort of local businesses doing team away days.
Thanks for reading, I hate Hanger Lane because of this.
Ah yes! The only place I’ve ever had a fender-bender and I’ve been driving for 25 years.
It’s not just the traffic – it’s also ugly and grim
I live near enough I use this roundabout often, it’s not too bad but the current roadworks have made it so much slower. That said, at least the congestion moves at a reliable pace, so given how far back the queue is I know roughly how long I’ll be waiting
It’s fine, just be in the correct lane.
Ugh. Driving in London can be a right pain in the arse. Be safe tomorrow!
Unbelievably they are actually building a student accommodation block right in the middle of it at the moment.
It’s big and busy but I have never had any issues with it. Many worse roundabouts out there
24 comments
Good luck man, it’s absolute hell with the traffic
What is the concern? The traffic or the junction itself?
It’s really not hard if you follow the lane markings…
Lol. I’m quite used to this roundabout, though I always tend to know which exits to take. It does get really congested there though.
Just treat it like any other roundabout, and maintain your lane.
Best avoided at the usual times, but I’m enjoying seeing the progress on the weird little island of blocks being built. Though living in the middle of the Hanger Lane Gyratory is as close to my notion of hell as can be got without setting myself on fire.
I drove through it on Saturday night at midnight a couple of weeks ago and it was completely deserted, it was delightful.
Have you considered asking everybody else to change their plans to accommodate you and wait so you can drive through it at midnight?
This terrified me when I was learning to drive, I can tell you!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Doesn’t matter how well you know this roundabout, or how well you navigate it. It’s hell on earth.
It’s as if when there’s too many lanes the average driver just mentally implodes, you see the most awful examples of driving here. Not to mention when you are trying to take your exit it’s often blocked by people who got in the wrong lane.
Good luck!
Tbh I love really bad roundabouts, there’s one in Bristol as well, the IKEA roundabout there which has super faded lane markings but it all works because people are more careful and let you change lanes etc, Hyde park corner too and arc triomphe in France. Love it, it’s like the whacky races
I have lived near it for several years. Best tip is to know where you’re going and just do it. Don’t show it any fear
I drive thru it everyday… no one sticks to their lanes, people cutting in front of you last minute to exit. You get used to it though
This is part of my commute to and from work and I hate how congested it gets. It is hell just like the rest of my journey on the A406.
A mere tributary outpost of Hell; true darkness is Junction 1a on the M25 at rush hour.
Nah. It’s fun
Do you remember those Lastminute.com “lucky dip” rooms you could book. They were cut rate rooms aimed at making sure hotels could sell more. The only catch was that they were non-refundable, and that you didn’t know where you’d booked until after you’d paid.
I decided to surprise my girlfriend at the time with a nice hotel break, but didn’t have much money. I lived in Brixton then. I booked a lucky dip setting the location as “London” and the hotel ended up as the fucking Crown Fucking plaza at Hanger Lane. The dream of a class night away in Covent Garden or whatever was crushed.
It was further away from London than I actually lived, a windowless room where the only other attendees were sort of local businesses doing team away days.
Thanks for reading, I hate Hanger Lane because of this.
Ah yes! The only place I’ve ever had a fender-bender and I’ve been driving for 25 years.
It’s not just the traffic – it’s also ugly and grim
I live near enough I use this roundabout often, it’s not too bad but the current roadworks have made it so much slower. That said, at least the congestion moves at a reliable pace, so given how far back the queue is I know roughly how long I’ll be waiting
It’s fine, just be in the correct lane.
Ugh. Driving in London can be a right pain in the arse. Be safe tomorrow!
Unbelievably they are actually building a student accommodation block right in the middle of it at the moment.
It’s big and busy but I have never had any issues with it. Many worse roundabouts out there