Lane positioning when making a RH turn

[ian_uk1975]

For some reason, I've started to notice that more and more drivers seem not to adopt correct lane position when waiting to turn right (ie. move over just inside the white line so as to provide room for traffic behind to pass on the left). I've noticed lots of drivers simply stopping pretty-much in the middle of the lane with their right indicator flashing away.

Anyone else noticed this trend?

[ian_uk1975]

supersport said:

Seems to be yet another symptom of modern lazy driving along with not using those funny little orange flashy things on the corners of their cars.

I've often been heard to say out of frustration that I wish manufacturers would stop fitting indicators (and fog lights) so we don't get wound-up by people either not using them at all, or mis-using them!

[ian_uk1975]

AnotherGareth said:

It's not always appropriate - it pains me to see drivers attempting to do this when it reduces their safety and that of other road users.

Can you provide an example of this?

[ian_uk1975]

AnotherGareth said:

I imagine any reasonably experienced driver could think of a few. One might be where the junction arrangement is such that emerging vehicles turning left are likely to cross the centre line of the main road, this being more likely is the main road is NSL and visibility to their right a bit limited. Another situation where this can be likely is if the emerging vehicle is performing a hill start in order to pull out. Another could be on an NSL road where the right turn is on or before a bend and where the forward visibility is obscured by, say, shrubbery up to the offside edge of the road. In the this example it might be important to retain the view along the main road and to be seen by on-coming traffic. A third example might be where the lanes are not quite wide enough to allow a following vehicle to slide by on the inside, and so encouraging them not to make the attempt leaves the driver with one less thing to keep an eye on.

Edited by AnotherGareth on Saturday 23 June 17:25

Valid points, although in these instances, one could also argue the driver waiting to pull-out should simply wait until the driver waiting to turn right opposite the junction has completed the move.

My original gripe, however, had nothing to do with situations where one could split hairs and argue the actions of the driving wanting to turn right were justified. I'm talking about blatant cases where drivers stopping to turn right where there's plenty of visibility and room all around, simply stop in the middle of the lane with their right indicator flashing away.