Indicating on a roundabout

aqueoushumour01

I can't stand it when you're waiting at a roundbout and cars turning left don't signal so you're left sitting there like a plonker just in case they carry straight on!

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BritRael wrote: »

Funnily enough, this whole discussion started because I had just taken two driving courses; one blacktop, one off-road. Both examiners were British Advanced drivers also. They both complimented me on my safe driving (including loads of roundabouts) and awarded me the maximum license. Enough said. :rotfl:

Lots of roundabouts on an off road course... :rotfl::rotfl:

Now I know this is a wind up.

I didn't honestly think anybody would seriously post suggesting a right indicator to go ahead at a roundabout... :rotfl:

If you are serious, you need to get some reality tablets.

Oh BTW no course can offer a " licence " only ever a cerificate, you need to do your homework.

Viper_7

A lot of this depends on the road layout and the roundabout.

for example "Use the left lane if you are going straight on" I know many roundabouts with 3 exits all on the left, with straight on being the 3rd exit and no exits past 12 oclock. Now you wouldn't sit in the left lane and go past the first two exits, you would use the right lane.

Always used to be - stay on the inside until your exit then indicate to leave the roundabout.
Confusion is due to varing roundabout designs and varying road markings. The A59 from Harrogate to Skipton is terrible for this. Multiple roundabouts that have two lanes around them, varying exit points varying definitions of what is straight on, and no road markings. If you follow the same rule for them all, you'll have people blasting their horns at you!

Just to add- straight on doesn't always mean the exit across the roundabout to you. Many main routes have the straight on being the continuation of the main route even if it's 270 degrees around the round thingy. Often indicated by a longer exit point on the sign, but again depends on where you entered it and the lane markings will be different - if there are any!

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BritRael wrote: »

...only to indicate to a waiting driver that I am going past him....



Is it in the HC? That point is not covered in your picture. If there was a waiting driver at that first junction in your picture, yes, I would indicate right to go straight on.

You need to buy yourself a Highway Code before you kill some poor sod.. :rolleyes:

bumpoowee

Dippychick wrote: »

I have been taught

Turning left - indicate left, left hand lane
Going straight ahead, left hand lane.. approach roundabout and once past immediate left turning, indicate left to signal that I am coming off.
Turning Right - right hand lane, right hand indicator.. although another signal left when I get to my turning... so that it is all clear..

Makes sense to me..

This is also what I was taught, and I am am 99% certain this is correct. I'm assuming the left/right hand lane bit is when you are two lanes without markings to indicate which lane to use, in which case this is also correct.

BritRael

Inactive wrote: »

Lots of roundabouts on an off road course... :rotfl::rotfl:

Now I know this is a wind up.....

er...actually there were. But the majority were on the black top. :rolleyes:

Inactive wrote: »

..Oh BTW no course can offer a " licence " only ever a cerificate, you need to do your homework.

Wrong again old son. Actually its called a permit. But names are irrelevant; you either have it or you dont drive. Simple.

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BritRael wrote: »

er...actually there were. But the majority were on the black top. :rolleyes:



Wrong again old son. Actually its called a permit. But names are irrelevant; you either have it or you dont drive. Simple.

Not " wrong again ", you said licence, a licence isn't a " permit ".

And I am not your " old son".:rolleyes:

BritRael

Inactive wrote: »

You need to buy yourself a Highway Code before you kill some poor sod.. :rolleyes:

And yet again not answering a simple question. :rolleyes:

The question was; is it in the HC? If it isn't, where are you getting your information?

As for killing somebody, aint had so much as a dent yet in 35 years. What about you maestro?

aliasojo

BritRael wrote: »

Funnily enough, this whole discussion started because I had just taken two driving courses; one blacktop, one off-road. Both examiners were British Advanced drivers also. They both complimented me on my safe driving (including loads of roundabouts) and awarded me the maximum license. Enough said. :rotfl:

Obviously you are not the only person who has engaged in further driving courses and if you signalled in the way you described earlier, on your advanced courses then your experience seems to be in opposition to other people's experience and knowledge which confuses me.

I don't want to get into a 'tit for tat' type discussion but my OH's profession requires regular intensive and advanced driving refresher courses which cover both practical and written testing. Like you, he has driven all over the world, mostly in a professional capacity. His opinion also gels with your friend's and he finds it hard to understand why your method of signalling would be accepted on an advanced test.

It's clear we each have our own thoughts and there's little merit in continuing to argue over them, so I really will leave it here (this time).

aqueoushumour01

i think the key issue here is that 'right' and 'straight on' are two completely different directions, so signalling right can't logically suggest that the driver's going to go straght on, and could lead to a lot of unnecessary confusion