I find it strange that despite Coventry being the birthplace of the British Motor Industry, it is not a very car friendly city. There are a lot of strangely designed junctions with strange restrictions on them. Near where we live, there are:

• The junction with Melbourne Road and Spon end - no right turn from either direction.
• Hearsall Lane, no left turn onto Allesley Old Road
• Queensland Avenue, no left turn onto Hearsall Lane
• Broomfield Road, no right turn onto Albany Road
• Broad Lane, no right turn onto the A45, which brings us to...
• The strange 'island' full of fast food eateries next to Sainsburys which you need to go all the way around to get onto the A45 if you want to go towards Birmingham
• Junction 4 of the Ring Road where you turn onto the slip road to stay on the Ring Road
• Added 3/11/06: A roundabout on the A444 where you can never leave if you try to obey the 'no left turn' signs on all the exits

One of the worst junctions though has to be Toll Bar End, near the airport where the A45 and A46 meet. This is one of the busiest roundabouts in the midlands, and is quite horrible to drive around. There are far too many lanes and it is nearly always busy so if you're not in the right lane early enough it can be difficult to navigate around.

The image below is from Google Maps and shows the junction as it is at the moment. Thankfully, there are plans to replace it with a 'grade separated' junction where the main carriageway goes straight through so the roundabout would only be needed to switch roads.