Looping a roundabout to save time
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Bit hard to explain this one, but when I leave my road it takes you onto a short dual carriageway leading up to a roundabout, the vast majority of traffic turns left at the roundabout and that road it leads onto is particuarly busy. This usually means traffic is queued back 100m or so in the left hand lane of the dual carriageway waiting to turn left at the roundabout, and the right hand lane is completely empty.
Many drivers will therefore drive up the empty right hand lane and do a complete loop and then some (450 degrees), which saves them loads of time but usually ends up clogging the roundabout up more as they inevitably end up stopping on the roundabout at some point.
Presumably there is nothing to stop them doing this as far as the rules of the road go? Aside from being very annoying it just seems to make the situation worse for the majority.
Many drivers will therefore drive up the empty right hand lane and do a complete loop and then some (450 degrees), which saves them loads of time but usually ends up clogging the roundabout up more as they inevitably end up stopping on the roundabout at some point.
Presumably there is nothing to stop them doing this as far as the rules of the road go? Aside from being very annoying it just seems to make the situation worse for the majority.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Hig...
Rule 186
"When taking the first exit to the left, unless signs or markings indicate otherwise
signal left and approach in the left-hand lane
keep to the left on the roundabout and continue signalling left to leave"
Not a MUST admittedly - so nothing illegal about doing 450 degrees (or 360+ ), but a little naughty perhaps.
Rule 186
"When taking the first exit to the left, unless signs or markings indicate otherwise
signal left and approach in the left-hand lane
keep to the left on the roundabout and continue signalling left to leave"
Not a MUST admittedly - so nothing illegal about doing 450 degrees (or 360+ ), but a little naughty perhaps.
Absolutely nothing wrong there.
However on my way to work their is the opposite problem the roundabout leads onto a DC straight on or left is a bypass, left hand lane is clearly marked turn left only however the amoount of people who drive up this lane because the right hand lane is usually very busy then cut straight across really gets on my tats
However on my way to work their is the opposite problem the roundabout leads onto a DC straight on or left is a bypass, left hand lane is clearly marked turn left only however the amoount of people who drive up this lane because the right hand lane is usually very busy then cut straight across really gets on my tats
marshalla said:
Six Fiend said:
Jesus TF Christ said:
It's queue jumping, and therefore not gentlemanly behaviour.
But lost me no marks on my advanced test (being examined by TrafPol). I was maintaining progress and not causing inconvenience to anyone else. 
Six Fiend said:
What inconvenience am I causing? As far as I can tell I may be bending the path of least resistance theory but that's it.
If I was at the front of the queue in the left-hand lane and had to give way to you, I'm sure I'd have a view about inconvenience. As I said, it's debatable - and relative.Edited by marshalla on Wednesday 19th January 21:03
marshalla said:
Six Fiend said:
What inconvenience am I causing? As far as I can tell I may be bending the path of least resistance theory but that's it.
If I was at the front of the queue in the left-hand lane and had to give way to you, I'm sure I'd had a view about inconvenience. As I said, it's debatable - and relative.
I appreciate the cheekiness of it, but yesterday it helped me get past a load of nose to tail drivers on the A46 heading from Tewkesbury to Warwick. With them out of the way I could then get to my drop on time without the need to speed
Edited by Six Fiend on Wednesday 19th January 21:03
ked. If they looped we wouldn't have that issue.ukaskew said:
Bit hard to explain this one, but when I leave my road it takes you onto a short dual carriageway leading up to a roundabout, the vast majority of traffic turns left at the roundabout and that road it leads onto is particuarly busy. This usually means traffic is queued back 100m or so in the left hand lane of the dual carriageway waiting to turn left at the roundabout, and the right hand lane is completely empty.
Many drivers will therefore drive up the empty right hand lane and do a complete loop and then some (450 degrees), which saves them loads of time but usually ends up clogging the roundabout up more as they inevitably end up stopping on the roundabout at some point.
Presumably there is nothing to stop them doing this as far as the rules of the road go? Aside from being very annoying it just seems to make the situation worse for the majority.
Would that be the A34 junction with Abingdon near Tesco?Many drivers will therefore drive up the empty right hand lane and do a complete loop and then some (450 degrees), which saves them loads of time but usually ends up clogging the roundabout up more as they inevitably end up stopping on the roundabout at some point.
Presumably there is nothing to stop them doing this as far as the rules of the road go? Aside from being very annoying it just seems to make the situation worse for the majority.
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