
Before, in and after: Cars making their way through roundabouts 215
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tinctive shape out of the car’s speed, being brought down still slower and
thus also changing down gears. [Closing-in] also brings a sudden, if ex-
pected, widening-out of perspective. The hedges that obscured both the left
and the right side are passed. Having taken in a wide perspective upon the
roundabout while still approaching, now that the driver has slowed down to
a crawl, the right side becomes the centre for scrutiny (driving on the left
side of the road). This is because, of course, it is the direction of arrival for
vehicles that will either block or form a slot for her ...