This is the view that anybody leaving Abingdon, and heading south onto the A34 can see. The sign is for Newbury and the M4 Motorway.
But go under the A34 and the next junction can take you first to Dalton Barracks and Marcham, or go further and you get to Wantage or Witney.
Keep going round, and just before the north-bound Oxford sliproad onto the A34, there is what is called a Department of Transport weighbridge.
The Law relating to Overloading
The Road Traffic Act 1998 makes it an offence to drive or to use on a public road an overloaded vehicle, i.e., a vehicle which exceeds its maximum plated weight for gross, axle(s) or train weight.
Why are the overloading provisions of the road traffic act enforced?
Vehicles that are overloaded can cause excessive wear and damage to roads, bridges etc. Serious overloading can affect safety by making the vehicle less stable, causing braking difficulties and increasing breaking distance. Anyway, escape getting a ticket at the public weighbridge, and you will notice the bank of the A34 is thick with Teasel - some dried combs from last year, but most is this years new growth.
Carry on round, back under the underpass and you are heading back into Abingdon. Just on the left can be seen the red corner of a sign advertising the Miele UK distribution Headquarters.
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Forever better" has been the Miele philosophy ever since the company was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann, when they made their first wood drum washing machine. Miele, the manufacturers of kitchen appliances moved to Abingdon in 1981, and have thrived.
Anyway, best to turn off now. The highway code does not advise circling round a traffic roundabout repeatedly....