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kaf
323 posts
16 months
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markiemark said: That junction is local to me and I was always told that right lane for right and left lane for straight over when learning to drive. Correct, we have one on a test route almost the same but they are actually mini RB's and much closer together. 1st RB ( No lane markings) left lane ahead, right lane right. Second RB as per markings, left lane left, right lane ahead. By doing it this way your vehicle position at first RB also makes it more obvious to oncoming traffic which way you are going, so aiding traffic flow. Do it any other way and the test is failed, because you will have two cars fighting for the same bit of road on the approach to the second RB. Many drivers do not comply however.
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4keymonsta
3,952 posts
17 months
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kaf said: Correct, we have one on a test route almost the same but they are actually mini RB's and much closer together.
1st RB ( No lane markings) left lane ahead, right lane right.
Second RB as per markings, left lane left, right lane ahead.
By doing it this way your vehicle position at first RB also makes it more obvious to oncoming traffic which way you are going, so aiding traffic flow.
Do it any other way and the test is failed, because you will have two cars fighting for the same bit of road on the approach to the second RB.
Many drivers do not comply however. Agreed, only use the left hand lane on approach if you want the first exit from a roundabout, as you pass an exit on the roundabout move left if you want the next exit. If there are 3 lanes on the approach to a roundabout and you want the 3rd exit use lane 3 ect.
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Jobbo
7,235 posts
133 months
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4keymonsta said: Agreed, only use the left hand lane on approach if you want the first exit from a roundabout Not necessarily - if the first exit is straight on, you select the appropriate lane rather than sticking rigidly to using the left hand lane. Highway Code r186 states that you use the left hand lane 'when taking the first exit to the left'. Straight on is not 'to the left'.
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R0G
3,244 posts
24 months
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Jobbo said: Not necessarily - if the first exit is straight on, you select the appropriate lane rather than sticking rigidly to using the left hand lane. Highway Code r186 states that you use the left hand lane 'when taking the first exit to the left'. Straight on is not 'to the left'. To add to the above .... If the first has a right and ahead only and the ahead leads to an exit with 2 lanes which lead up to the second which also has a right and ahead then using lane 2 at the first to go ahead and exit into lane 2 so that the driver is set up for a right turn at the second is fine unless markings dictate otherwise The HC can only give general advice so should not be taken as a fixed rule
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mollymoo
129 posts
15 months
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Jobbo said: The Highway Code (rule 186) says when going straight on, select the appropriate lane on approach to the roundabout. In the absence of signage approaching the roundabouts, it's clearly appropriate to continue in the same lane going straight on, so the left lane is for people turning left at the second roundabout and the right hand lane is for straight on. However, what is appropriate may vary depending on traffic flows, so if many people turn right then perhaps it would be appropriate to take the left hand lane and (using due caution because you are changing lanes as you exit the roundabout), change to the right hand lane for the second roundabout to continue along the A40. They aren't mini roundabouts, by the way. They really should change that picture for Rule 185. At least I assume it's that picture that gives so many people the impression that you shouldn't go straight on from the right lane when in fact it's absolutely fine (unless signage indicates something else).
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