Roundabout lanes
Discussion
I was discussing this with a friend and he seems to think that I should be in the left lane here. Now admittedly I would be if it was empty, but I thought it was acceptable to take the right hand lane as well? Especially as there was a nice gap to slide into!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrEkw37jiQ
Any thoughts on this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrEkw37jiQ
Any thoughts on this?
Benjy911 said:
I was discussing this with a friend and he seems to think that I should be in the left lane here. Now admittedly I would be if it was empty, but I thought it was acceptable to take the right hand lane as well? Especially as there was a nice gap to slide into!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrEkw37jiQ
Any thoughts on this?
No markings on the roundabout means you default to the Highway Code. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrEkw37jiQ
Any thoughts on this?
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Hig...
Here's the picture.
Difficult to see the exact position of other traffic from the vid, but as it looks:
The silver car on your left might well be inconvenienced by your using the right lane to effectively overtake on the roundabout. You run the risk of both of you going for the same bit of road on the exit.
By taking the roundabout like that you have put yourself in the difficult position of being alongside him, if he cuts the roundabout you have no escape route.
It is never a good idea to 'voluntarily' put yourself alongside another vehicle on a roundabout because of this, keeping an offset is safer.
It may be of course that you cleared him fully before entering the roundabout in which case your route would be ok as long as you are able to keep suitable clearance ahead of him.
The silver car on your left might well be inconvenienced by your using the right lane to effectively overtake on the roundabout. You run the risk of both of you going for the same bit of road on the exit.
By taking the roundabout like that you have put yourself in the difficult position of being alongside him, if he cuts the roundabout you have no escape route.
It is never a good idea to 'voluntarily' put yourself alongside another vehicle on a roundabout because of this, keeping an offset is safer.
It may be of course that you cleared him fully before entering the roundabout in which case your route would be ok as long as you are able to keep suitable clearance ahead of him.
kaf said:
Difficult to see the exact position of other traffic from the vid, but as it looks:
The silver car on your left might well be inconvenienced by your using the right lane to effectively overtake on the roundabout. You run the risk of both of you going for the same bit of road on the exit.
By taking the roundabout like that you have put yourself in the difficult position of being alongside him, if he cuts the roundabout you have no escape route.
It is never a good idea to 'voluntarily' put yourself alongside another vehicle on a roundabout because of this, keeping an offset is safer.
It may be of course that you cleared him fully before entering the roundabout in which case your route would be ok as long as you are able to keep suitable clearance ahead of him.
Yes, by the time I'd got parallel to the island on the first exit I'd easily cleared the BMW, the only reason I stayed left slightly was to show I wasn't trying to cut them up/slow them down and to get a clear view away from the roundabout. If they had stuck right behind the Saxo I would have hung back to avoid being stuck along side.The silver car on your left might well be inconvenienced by your using the right lane to effectively overtake on the roundabout. You run the risk of both of you going for the same bit of road on the exit.
By taking the roundabout like that you have put yourself in the difficult position of being alongside him, if he cuts the roundabout you have no escape route.
It is never a good idea to 'voluntarily' put yourself alongside another vehicle on a roundabout because of this, keeping an offset is safer.
It may be of course that you cleared him fully before entering the roundabout in which case your route would be ok as long as you are able to keep suitable clearance ahead of him.
It's a bit of a difficult roundabout especially during rush hour, as the majority of stuff coming in the direction I came from takes the first exit, which is why I usually take the right hand lane to try and ease the congestion. Unless of course no one is indicating left and the traffic is all bunched up.
Always difficult without being there.
If it was me, I would have wanted to clear him before entering the roundabout, otherwise I am at the mercy of his ability to hold his lane.
That meansI would have put myself in a position where I was reliant upon him to keep me safe and I don't trust anybody else!
Remember he may not be aware of what you are doing, with his attention fixed on traffic on the roundabout, and he may move unexpectedly.
If it was me, I would have wanted to clear him before entering the roundabout, otherwise I am at the mercy of his ability to hold his lane.
That meansI would have put myself in a position where I was reliant upon him to keep me safe and I don't trust anybody else!
Remember he may not be aware of what you are doing, with his attention fixed on traffic on the roundabout, and he may move unexpectedly.
No probs with that if your position was between the two cars when on the roundabout
Nice exit position for the next overtake
I would have used more of the oncoming lane when doing those overtakes - perhaps being completely in them as it was safe to do that
Nice exit position for the next overtake
I would have used more of the oncoming lane when doing those overtakes - perhaps being completely in them as it was safe to do that
Edited by R0G on Saturday 28th April 07:52
I would have taken that lane too, assuming i knew the road, and intended to overtake on the next straight.
However, the final overtake i would have come out much wider, you had a good view and the car in front could quite easily have veered off course by half a meter and you would have collided.
There was no reason to stay in your lane whilst passing (or have i missed something?).
Options number 2 : im wrong entirely.
However, the final overtake i would have come out much wider, you had a good view and the car in front could quite easily have veered off course by half a meter and you would have collided.
There was no reason to stay in your lane whilst passing (or have i missed something?).
Options number 2 : im wrong entirely.
Benbay001 said:
I would have taken that lane too, assuming i knew the road, and intended to overtake on the next straight.
However, the final overtake i would have come out much wider, you had a good view and the car in front could quite easily have veered off course by half a meter and you would have collided.
There was no reason to stay in your lane whilst passing (or have i missed something?).
Options number 2 : im wrong entirely.
I just editted my post above with the same thought !!However, the final overtake i would have come out much wider, you had a good view and the car in front could quite easily have veered off course by half a meter and you would have collided.
There was no reason to stay in your lane whilst passing (or have i missed something?).
Options number 2 : im wrong entirely.
Yep, looking back I should have gone out wider to get past. I'll blame it on the fact my previous Corsa was only a 1.2 and I wanted to spend as little time on the other side of the road as possible! However, the advice has been listened to and in future I'll make sure when it is totally clear to pass wider to avoid any potential situations.
Why overtake on the roundabout when you have so much capability to overtake on the straight either in the braking zone or accelerating out again?
It seems to be making the wrong trade-off between safety and progress to plan to nip through on the roundabout if you have those lovely straights to do it on instead.
It seems to be making the wrong trade-off between safety and progress to plan to nip through on the roundabout if you have those lovely straights to do it on instead.
7db said:
Why overtake on the roundabout when you have so much capability to overtake on the straight either in the braking zone or accelerating out again?
It seems to be making the wrong trade-off between safety and progress to plan to nip through on the roundabout if you have those lovely straights to do it on instead.
IMO - the safe opportunity was there so take itIt seems to be making the wrong trade-off between safety and progress to plan to nip through on the roundabout if you have those lovely straights to do it on instead.
May I add the benefit of my many years of driving experience:
This is not advanced driving. You are putting yourself at risk, for the sake of a few seconds off your journey. One day it will all go wrong and you will lose all the seconds you've saved, and more.
Best slow down, leave a bigger gap between you and the car in front.
Technically you can use the right hand lane on the approach to a roundabout if the left hand lane is blocked. But that route is meant to be used in busy conditions, to ease the flow of traffic, and everyone accepts you will all filter in again after the roundabout. It's not meant to be used as a means to overtake.
This is not advanced driving. You are putting yourself at risk, for the sake of a few seconds off your journey. One day it will all go wrong and you will lose all the seconds you've saved, and more.
Best slow down, leave a bigger gap between you and the car in front.
Technically you can use the right hand lane on the approach to a roundabout if the left hand lane is blocked. But that route is meant to be used in busy conditions, to ease the flow of traffic, and everyone accepts you will all filter in again after the roundabout. It's not meant to be used as a means to overtake.
M4cruiser said:
Technically you can use the right hand lane on the approach to a roundabout if the left hand lane is blocked. But that route is meant to be used in busy conditions, to ease the flow of traffic, and everyone accepts you will all filter in again after the roundabout.
And here comes the grey area, I disagree, doing it this way guarantees that you will have two vehicles competing for the same bit of road at the roundabout exit.Far from expecting you to filter in, my experience is that traffic in the left lane will consider you to be a 'queue jumper' and do it's damnedest NOT to give you room creating a conflict situation.
I would not handle a roundabout like this unless the road signs indicated to use both lanes.
M4cruiser said:
May I add the benefit of my many years of driving experience:
This is not advanced driving. You are putting yourself at risk, for the sake of a few seconds off your journey. One day it will all go wrong and you will lose all the seconds you've saved, and more.
Best slow down, leave a bigger gap between you and the car in front.
Technically you can use the right hand lane on the approach to a roundabout if the left hand lane is blocked. But that route is meant to be used in busy conditions, to ease the flow of traffic, and everyone accepts you will all filter in again after the roundabout. It's not meant to be used as a means to overtake.
That was advanced driving - learner/DSA driving would be what you described in the latter part of your postThis is not advanced driving. You are putting yourself at risk, for the sake of a few seconds off your journey. One day it will all go wrong and you will lose all the seconds you've saved, and more.
Best slow down, leave a bigger gap between you and the car in front.
Technically you can use the right hand lane on the approach to a roundabout if the left hand lane is blocked. But that route is meant to be used in busy conditions, to ease the flow of traffic, and everyone accepts you will all filter in again after the roundabout. It's not meant to be used as a means to overtake.
Please remember that advanced driving is a progression from DSA driving and if something is safe and legal to do then, providing the driver has taken everything into account, there is absolutely no reason not to do it
Interesting insurance claim if there was a collision between you and either the Saxo or the Beemer.
You aren't following the HC guidance on roundabouts, so are your actions going to surprise the other drivers?
What if one of the other ones takes offence to your actions?
Suppose you've always got the rest of the roundabout as an escape route.
FYI:
Insurance company ruled the PHer 100% at fault here.
You aren't following the HC guidance on roundabouts, so are your actions going to surprise the other drivers?
What if one of the other ones takes offence to your actions?
Suppose you've always got the rest of the roundabout as an escape route.
FYI:
Insurance company ruled the PHer 100% at fault here.
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