Why are roundabouts being used incorrectly so often?

Why are roundabouts being used incorrectly so often?

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culpz

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Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Okay, so, there are 2 main roundabouts on my daily commute to work that are constantly getting used completely wrong every morning without fail. The main worry is that there's more people doing this than following the correct procedure, which is even more frustrating. The problem then turns to people becoming sheep and following what everyone else is doing, regardless of right and wrong.

On the first, for example, is people in the left lane indicating to turn right and then staying in the left lane all the way round until pulling off. This is a right turn and needs to be performed in the right lane. This is a 2-lane round about with a left turn, a straight forward, and a right turn

The second is the same but with 3 lanes. The issue with this one being people getting in the middle lane and then indicating right and then staying left all the way until turning off. Again, needing to be in the right lane.

The result of this is that the people that are following the Highway Code correctly end up being the minority and are the ones that get funny looks and abuse for doing the right thing. I've refrained from posting this for a while but it's just constant now. Does anyone else encounter this on a daily basis?

culpz

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4,884 posts

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Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Moonhawk said:
Some people do it on purpose - just as a way of queue jumping.
That was something i wanted to highlight as well which definitely is the case.

On the first roundabout i highlighted, the right lane is usually busier than the left. You see people pulling out of the right lane and then just indicating right while proceeding to perform a right turn, still in the left lane. ranting