Roundabout question

dzug1

brighthair wrote: »

thank you! That's what I do, the left hand arrow is first exit only. Every time I drive round that roundabout (commute to work so twice a day) someone uses the left hand lane for 2nd and 3rd exits. I wanted to know I was in the right, so that when someone does crash into me (so many near misses!) I know I'm in the right lane

Being 'right' is no consolation when you have a crash you could have avoided had you been watching for idiots

kriss_boy

Perhaps people havent noticed they've implemented a change?

Also, if the traffic is busy the arrows on the road may by obscured by queuing cars. Have they erected a sign to indicate the directions of the lanes.... its diagram 877 from chapter 3 of the Traffic Signs Manual if I recall correctly..

moonrakerz

david39 wrote: »

I find that lane discipline at roundabouts is becoming worse by the day

.......even more so on mini roundabouts. More and more people go in a straight line from their entrance to the exit they want and b****r anyone else who is actually trying to go "round" the roundabout !

newfoundglory

I have to say that on a roundabout with 4 exits and 2 lanes - to me its perfectly okay (without road markings) to use 1st lane for a 2nd exit (what can often be "straight on"). I wouldnt indicate left or right. 2nd lane for 3rd and 4th, and i'd indicate right before entering the roundabout.

I dont think i've ever seen a roundabout with markings indicating otherwise like in this case.

kriss_boy

The highway code states where there are no markings vehicles turning left and going straight on are to be in the left lane.

Lum

This thread needs a google streetview image, possibly modified with MS Paint to show the new layout.

Blackpool_Saver

they did that with one near me recently, drives me nuts it does, i keep forgetting they changed the lanes and i end up having to turn left lol

Blackpool_Saver

Lum wrote: »

This thread needs a google streetview image, possibly modified with MS Paint to show the new layout.

now now.......... play nicely......

Blackpool_Saver

kriss_boy wrote: »

The highway code states where there are no markings vehicles turning left and going straight on are to be in the left lane.

but in this case there are markings..............

Lum

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

now now.......... play nicely......

I was serious. Surely to define "left" on a roundabout, the 12 o'clock rule comes into play? It's also not clear if by "4 exits" they were including the one they are entering the roundabout from.

Technically we need a photograph of the diagram on the sign to determine which exits are "left".