Indicating on a roundabout

Inactive

aqueoushumour01 wrote: »

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

You know that, I know that, it seems we all know that .. but the OP knows something quite different.:rotfl:

LandyAndy

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 correct, and it's not often I tell Dippy that:D.

Inactive wrote: »

You know that, I know that, it seems we all know that .. but the OP knows something quite different.:rotfl:

If you look in 'Roadcraft' it also tells you it there.

I have to say there are few things more annoying on a roundabout than people who signal right to mean they are going straight on.

Still, there's no telling some people.:rotfl:At least it gave me a laugh.

bumpoowee

Also in roundabout terms this is my understanding (what my driving instructor taught me and what I did in my driving test 5 years ago):

Turning left = first turn off the roundabout
Straight on = second turn off the roundabout
Turning right = third or any later turn off the roundabout

I don't believe whether the turnings physically correspond to being left, straight on or right comes into it.

Although this is technically correct I think sometimes it is best to indicate in a manner that makes it clear what your intention is, for example on a mini-roundabout with 3 turn offs (including the one you join from) it is probably better to indicate right if you are taking the second turn, so others don't assume you are taking the first turn (in absence of an indicator light).

Mips

What the OP doesn't tell us is.... he frantically waves his hands out of the Window to signal

(when he does actually decide to signal)

moggylover

BritRael wrote: »

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?

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070338

There is the on line version:D

Personally, I think the whole conversation is a waste of time as in my experience very few people bother with any kind of indicator on a roundabout and they rarely use the lanes correctly either:rolleyes:

prowla

BritRael wrote: »

A few weeks ago, I had a discussion with the new head of traffic control at work about how to handle roundabouts.

As he is an advanced driver he informed me of his (correct) method;

1) Turning left, get in the left lane and indicate left - we agreed.
2) Going straight ahead, either lane, do not indicate - we disagreed.
3) Turning right - either lane, do not indicate - we disagreed.

I told him that my method is to indicate at all times to show everybody what I'm doing. i.e. if going straight ahead, I indicate right (showing that I'm going around the roundabout, and more specifically, that I am not turning left), and after passing the junction before the one that I want, I indicate left. This is to help anybody behind me and also anybody waiting to come out of the junction that I am about to turn in to (saves them waiting for nothing).

Any thoughts/comments?

You are both wrong (well you are, and you may have misinterpreted your advanced friend's comments).

1. Regardless of which exit you take, you should indicate left as you approach it, to show you are taking it.

2. If it is the first exit then you indicate left on approaching the roundabout, pretty much like if you were turning left at a junction.

3. If you are taking the second exit (normally the "straight on" road) then you do not indicate on approaching the roundabout (you can take either lane unless the road markings say otherwise), and then indicate left once you have passed the first exit. You never need to indicate right to show that you aren't turning left: (a) you are already showing that you aren't going left by not indicating left, (b) the people who are waiting to come out at the second junction will think you are continuing around the roundabout and will have to give way to you and wait, only to find you've turned off. This is the most inconsiderate thing to do.

4. If taking the 3rd (or more on a multi-exit roundabout), you indicate right on approach and normally take the right lane, and continue to indicate right to show that you are staying on the roundabout, until you approach your exit, when you indicate left to show your are taking the exit.

If you don't understand it, then try reading the Highway Code.

I personally find people who indicate right when going straight on to be really annoying; I had to brake the other day when I was turning right at a roundabout and the car in the inside lane suddenly started indicating right - I thought they were going to cut into my lane!

prowla

P.S. I think that the indicating right on going straight on thing may have started from artics worried that they have lost visibility in their mirrors and could squeeze into the other lane on a roundabout, so basically saying don't go there...

cyclonebri1

FucQng unbelievable post, Leaves me staggered.

Can't understand 2 things, well maybe more.

If the op is correct, how the hell do I ever manage to get round any roundabout?

And if all the other posters in agrrement are correct, how the hell do I ever manage to get round any roundabout?

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

BritRael wrote: »

Therefore if he is indicating I know, if he is not indicating, I have to guess.

All you know is that the car you are watching has a flashing yellow light. You do not know what he is going to do.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

BritRael wrote: »

Maybe you're missing my point. Which is, that I indicate (when going straight ahead for example) if somebody is waiting at a junction before the one that I am going to exit on. Therefore, telling them not to pull out as I am obviously going past them.

When you're driving on a straight piece of road, do you indicate right, past every junction on your left?

No, of course you don't.