Discussion
Question has up come and myself and others disagree, just wondering what you guys think.
Approaching a roundabout, basic four roads, 12, 3, 6 and 9.
All roads are dual carriageways and have two lanes.
You approach from 6 going to exit at 3, so you approach in the outside lane.
As you pass 12, do you move over to the inside lane for exit or stay in the outside lane and move over once you have exited the roundabout.
I know if there is no traffic then it makes no difference but if there is a car at 12 on the inside lane indicating left into your 3 o’clock exit, I stay in the outside lane, changing indicator as I pass 12, this allows them the opportunity to enter the roundabout and make their exit at 3.
Even if they are not indicating (may be a beema), I still stay in the outside lane until I have exited the roundabout.
Approaching a roundabout, basic four roads, 12, 3, 6 and 9.
All roads are dual carriageways and have two lanes.
You approach from 6 going to exit at 3, so you approach in the outside lane.
As you pass 12, do you move over to the inside lane for exit or stay in the outside lane and move over once you have exited the roundabout.
I know if there is no traffic then it makes no difference but if there is a car at 12 on the inside lane indicating left into your 3 o’clock exit, I stay in the outside lane, changing indicator as I pass 12, this allows them the opportunity to enter the roundabout and make their exit at 3.
Even if they are not indicating (may be a beema), I still stay in the outside lane until I have exited the roundabout.
SteveStrange said:
No right or wrong, IMO, as the car waiting to enter at 12 should wait for you to pass him before entering the roundabout.
But, "lane 1/2" please, not "inside/outside". That'snearly as bad as calling them "slow" and "fast" lanes.
Imagine laying 6 pieces of string, parallel to each other, to signify a 2 x 3 lane motorway. (Or 4 pieces of string to indicate 2x2 lanes, if you prefer.) Which pieces of string are on the "outside"?
(Yes pedantic but road layouts are my job and it's hard to take questions seriously when the terminology is so inaccurate.)
Thank you, lane 1 and lane 2 it is, and after reading the comments, I tend to agree there is no right or wrong, personally if I am in lane 2, I stay there until I complete my exit.But, "lane 1/2" please, not "inside/outside". That's
Imagine laying 6 pieces of string, parallel to each other, to signify a 2 x 3 lane motorway. (Or 4 pieces of string to indicate 2x2 lanes, if you prefer.) Which pieces of string are on the "outside"?
(Yes pedantic but road layouts are my job and it's hard to take questions seriously when the terminology is so inaccurate.)
Up in Aberdeen one main road has about 6 roundabouts, I once followed a motorists who went straight over at each one, approached in lane 1 indicating right, and cancelled as he passed the first exit, did the exact same on every roundabout.
Amazing that some manage to pass their test.
Thank you all for your comments, much appreciated.
Majorslow said:
Triumph Man said:
Putting everything aside, why do some people insist on positioning in the left lane to take the "straight on" (for simplicities sake) exit, but indicate right?!
I do "Fleet" training as an ADI. Many of my customers come from countries outside of the UK.
many of these countries do not have roundabouts like we do, or the training on how to use them.
Many have just "exchanged" their licence for a UK one without having taken a UK driving test. There are many hundreds , or even hundreds of thousands of these drivers on the roads.
I did 6 "taxi driver assessments" today, and two of them did this, one made a car brake thinking he was going to change lanes i front of him (he failed).
My suggestion is to drive very defensively on roundabouts....if they are signalling... don't trust them, if they are not signalling you have no idea where they are going ....so don't trust them either
, only pull out if you are 100% sure you know where they are going.It is very frustrating watching people come up to a roundabout, then slow to stop or stop when there is nothing there to their right, then give a misleading signal.
It is our roads today, but, there is one of us out there trying to educate these people to do what it is right on debriefs from failed assessments. Again many do not take the advice and fail again, and again for similar "faults". We are trying .
The Mad Monk said:
Mammasaid said:
The Mad Monk said:
Triumph Man said:
Putting everything aside, why do some people insist on positioning in the left lane to take the "straight on" (for simplicities sake) exit, but indicate right?!
A right hand indicator should never be used on a roundabout.What do they know?
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