Roundabout road rage

DUTR

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Yes I agree, she appears to have complied with the lane markings correctly but encountered an agressive numpty

I'm not sure the offender is a complete numpty or the friend is totally blameless in this situation, I'm sure many readers have experienced or been that victim, some drivers will wait for a roundabut to be clear during peak time, it will never be clear and a more aggressive approach is sometimes required, it's not as if the others on the roundabout are rallying around .

Norman_Castle

Is the entrance and exit she used marked as a double lane?.

Indout96

Did she stay in her lane going around the roundabout or was she straying in to his lane as many people do, that is the only reason I can see for the other driver using the horn.
The number of people who start in the left lane, then drift into the right lane on a roundabout before going off at the exit seem to be getting more and more lately

johnfarquhar74

Without knowing the exact happenings leading up to the horn blast it's hard to tell, but apparently easy to opinionate over.
My idea would be that the horny one was either in the wrong lane or was cheekily trying to jump the queue, as he neared the roundabout he probably indicated left hoping to get back into the correct lane, your friend probably never seen the indication as she was watching the traffic leading up to and on to the roundabout. Horny man takes offence at her not letting him back in so tootled away, parp parp!!

xoleeb

canaster wrote: »

Hi Folks



Any thoughts welcome.

yes your friend just met one of many many !!!!!!!!s that they will meet in their driving career

scheming_gypsy

I've been driving for 19 years and never met an exclamation mark.

Bongles

Indout96 wrote: »

Did she stay in her lane going around the roundabout or was she straying in to his lane as many people do, that is the only reason I can see for the other driver using the horn.

Yeah that. That's the only thing I can think she might have done to elicit a legitimate horn warning. If she didn't straight-line across him then it's difficult to see what his problem could be.

Lum

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

I've been driving for 19 years and never met an exclamation mark.

Are you saying you never notice road signs?

canaster

marlot wrote: »

I wonder if the reason for the outburst was her drifting from her lane and 'straightlining' the roundabout?

It happens to me on one roundabout near here regularly - people going straight ahead don't leave enough room for people in the lane to their right.

Highly unlikely. The lanes are fairly spacious.

canaster

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

or maybe the blast on the horn was just to let her know that he was going to skip across and take the exit

I suggested that to her but she said that the blast on the horn was extremely aggressive; not the kind that signals the presence of the driver or his intentions.