Not indicating at roundabouts

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liney wrote: »

No, no just a recent "MSE where certain people are so flipping pedantic world". The Highway code is good enough for me thanks.

Yes, I find some members who have joined after me on this site to be a right royal pain too!

Actually, I find the Road Traffic Act to be better to abide by than an advisory, proven by almost 25 years of a clean licence and having never caused an accident too.

After all, one can be advised not to rob a bank, however, should one do so then the law kicks in.

Have a lovely day.:kisses3:

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liney wrote: »

The fact remains that most people, if you were signalling right when in the left lane, would assume you were in the wrong lane soyou would be causing other drivers to slow down or change direction, therefore disrupting the traffic yourself.

If other drivers in the next lane think I am in the wrong lane they are not obliged to let me in anyway.

And if those behind have to slow down then so what? How can slowing down and paying attention at a roundabout be a bad thing?

And I fail to see how other drivers would need to change direction because I am assumed to be in the wrong lane, they would surely be in the correct one?

I previously gave an example of when I indicate in the left lane, ie because at busy roundabouts, the traffic from the first exit could be very heavy but I want the 2nd exit, the next one after them. However, most of the traffic in the lane I am in want the first exit.

We all know impatient drivers from that first exit will nudge forward even to the point of making passage impossible so you have to let them out despite having right of way.

Indicating in this manner shows those approaching from the first exit should hang fire because I obviously don't want the 1st exit and I can go on my merry way.

I don't indicate in the left lane as a matter of course, if I see the first car on the first exit is paying attention to the flow then I'd just indicate left after the first exit.

However, one has to anticipate other drivers and their actions, one reason cars have horns.

I could honk my horn instead but indicating in this way is more effective.

I know that when being taught to navigate roundabouts my instructor never suggested that signalling right in the left lane was acceptable under any circumstance. Is it a generational thing? Is it something that is not taught by instuctors in more recent years?

Quite possible, I believe 'coasting' is now encouraged when learning.

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