Indicating on a roundabout

aqueoushumour01

going round a roundabout today and the car in front gives way to a bus driver to let him on to the roundabout so a car almost goes into the back of me as we've all got to stop and wonder what's going on in these drivers' brains!

scheming_gypsy

kriss_boy wrote: »

Give an example?

I can guarantee you will fail your driving test if you think you dont always need to indicate on a roundabout.

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How about when you're the left hand lane at the roundabout and that lane is a left turn only lane, with the whacking great big arrows painted on the floor?

BritRael

gaz_jones wrote: »

My driving instructor told me to watch out for people indicating right when they are going straight on. Apparantly a lot of old people were taught to do this whilst doing lessons. A few years later it was decided it wasn't the best way to do it. ....

lol - that would be me then
Funnily enough, when I did my last driving test (in Oman), the English (advanced driver) examiner commented at the end on how he had enjoyed the ride but had one comment; "you are obviously old school as you use a 10 to 2 grip, whereas nowadays we teach quarter to 3".

aliasojo

Just out of curiosity OP, has this discussion made any difference to you or will you be continuing to indicate as you do now?

inmypocketnottheirs

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

How about when you're the left hand lane at the roundabout and that lane is a left turn only lane, with the whacking great big arrows painted on the floor?

If there are printed arrows on the fkloor, then it is a dedicated turn and therefore no need to indicate.

prowla

CHR15 wrote: »

The OP is an incompetant clown with absolutley no grasp of competant driving whatever.

That would have been so much better if you could only have spelled incompetent correctly...:D

prowla

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

How about when you're the left hand lane at the roundabout and that lane is a left turn only lane, with the whacking great big arrows painted on the floor?

inmypocketnottheirs wrote: »

If there are printed arrows on the fkloor, then it is a dedicated turn and therefore no need to indicate.

The point is to tell the other road users what you are doing.
For instance, possibly the people waiting to come out at the next junction can't see those road markings, so you are doing them the courtesy of telling them that you are taking the exit.

andygb

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

!!!!!! sake, no time to signal ?:wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

:beer:
Must be one of those people who drive along with one hand on the gear lever all the time, and never indicate. I always thought that you were supposed to anticipate, and indicate well in advance to warn other road users of your intentions.

cyclonebri1

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

How about when you're the left hand lane at the roundabout and that lane is a left turn only lane, with the whacking great big arrows painted on the floor?

Those arrows are great aren't they:rolleyes:? Just one slight design fault, how the hell can you see them when they are covered with cars/buses/juggernauts;) .

There's an awful roundabout in Chesterfield. I used to go over it twice a day. Some of the sights you could see day to day, and more than it's fair share of accidents. The problem will these big heavy traffic rbs is that everyone assumes everyone else understands the routing around them. Fair enough if they do. But......

Heading home at teatime one day I was in the middle of 3 lanes approaching said rb, one car back from the front. Traffic in the other 2 lanes as well. The road was clearly marked, but covered in traffic, and by normal practise it was obvious where to be positioned for each exit.
Left lane was left only, centre was straight on and right, right was right only.
All the traffic moved off together. Fine, the car in front went straight on, but the muppets either side but in front of me had a different agenda. The one on the left went all the way around and the one on the right took the 1st exit. Luckily there was no contact but:mad::mad::mad:

CHR15

prowla wrote: »

That would have been so much better if you could only have spelled incompetent correctly...:D

Fingers of Fury when I wrote that!!

It's a pet hate of mine seeing some chump indicating right (so I stop expecting him to come round in front of me) only see the clown peel off before! kind of like the OP :mad: