See How an Insane 7-Circle Roundabout Actually Works

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[Voiceover] You know how England likes to call

some of it's intersections circuses,

and it doesn't make any sense?

Well, here's one roundabout that actually

deserves the title.

Even if it doesn't get it.

Your first thought upon seeing Swindon's Magic Roundabout

might be, Man, the Brits are really

off their rockers lately.

But this thing, which is actually seven roundabouts

in one, has been working for 60 years.

In a regular roundabout,

traffic moves in one direction.

In Swindon's circle,

cars move both ways.

Also, drivers can move from point A to point B

without having to drive all the way around the circle.

But, they do have the option to use different

routes to get to the same exit in order to avoid traffic.

It may look chaotic,

but it's actually pretty efficient,

because it means less fighting for space.

You just point your vehicle toward where you

want to go, yield to cars already in the midst of the magic,

then, brexit on the other side.

Many Americans may hate roundabouts,

but they can actually cut serious crashes by 30%.

Swindon says it's roundabout has

only seen one fatal crash in the past five years.

So to celebrate a town anniversary,

they paraded over 60 vintage cars through

this feat of traffic engineering.

Is this madness?

Nope.

It's Swindon.