The Magic Roundabout again on an LP "Pollux" in 1983 along with an original single "C'est moi Pollux". In the United Kingdom, the "Magic Roundabout" name has been given to the ring junction – a large road traffic circulation system with unconventional layouts – in Swindon and in Hemel Hempstead for example. The popularity of the TV show coincided with the introduction of such schemes and soon became associated with any complex traffic roundabout. Although the Swindon roundabout's original name was not the Magic Roundabout, it was almost always referred to as such by Swindon residents and in the late eighties, it was
Roundabout intersections are called "rotaries" and the state enforces that restriction. The term "traffic circle" is not used in the United Kingdom, where most circular junctions meet the technical criteria for "modern roundabouts". However, in some parts of the English Midlands, such as in Birmingham, roundabouts are commonly called "islands", which conflicts with the more generic use of the term "island" as a structure to divide traffic flow, and can cause confusion. In the Channel Islands a third type of roundabout, known as "Filter in Turn", exists. Here approaching drivers neither yield to traffic on the roundabout, as normal, nor have