Signalling on roundabouts

Richard53

Rain_Shadow wrote: »

They are morons.

... is the right answer!

Lum

My theory is that it's an incorrect application of the 12 o'clock rule. While that traditional roundabout is NSEW. On a larger roundabout, the approach road will bend to the left, and the exit road will bend in the opposite direction.

So if you are heading north, when you actually reach the roundabout you will actually be facing slightly west, and your exit will be facing slightly east, therefore you are not going straight on, but are turning right a bit, therefore right signal.

IIRC, you're actually supposed to apply the 12 o'clock rule to the layout of the sign, not the road.

Only explanation I can think of anyway.

longbowgilly

When I lived in the UK we had a roundabout in the town I was born in (Hemel Hempstead) which was known as " the magic roundabout" it was a large roundabout with several small ones around it, you had to treat each as an individual one but you could technically go round it the wrong way!! Always good fun!

david29dpo

I have personally never seen anyone indicate right and go straight on at a roundabout........thinking about it never seen anyone indicate at all.....

reeac

Richard53 wrote: »

:

To turn left, you signal left on the approach to the roundabout, maintain your signal through the junction, and take the first exit.

I nearly had a collision a year or two ago as I was waiting to enter a roundabout when a car approached it from my right signalling left. I assumed that it was going to take first left i.e. the road that I was on but it was taking the second exit which was effectively straight on ... super safe early signalling, I suppose, but misleading. I guess that it's like waiting at a T junction with a car approaching that's signalling left ...be very careful in that situation.

Ultrasonic

Tilt wrote: »

Personally, I don't see the point indicating left after passing the turn off prior to the one you are taking on a normal non-motorway type round-a-bout.

It tells cars waiting at the exit you are taking, or further round the roundabout, what your intentions are, and prevents them waiting unnecessarily. It irritates me immensely when people don't bother to indicate to come off a roundabout for exactly this reason :mad:. It is also helpful for pedestrians.

I don't ever remember seeing someone indicating right to go straight on at a roundabout for what it's worth. Perhaps it's a regional thing?

no_summer_here

Deleted_User wrote: »

Why does it always seem to be BMW/Audi/other prestige makes that do not signal at all?

Because the replacement bulbs are more expensive.

I am with the op, however a motorbike instructor told me that you just indicate when approaching your exit.

kevin0410

Tilt wrote: »

Personally, I don't see the point indicating left after passing the turn off prior to the one you are taking on a normal non-motorway type round-a-bout.

Are you joking?!
This is the most important signal to give when using a roundabout!

drivers emerging from the next entrance from where you are exiting will be looking for this indication so they can prepare to enter the roundabout. This is especially true for drivers of large vehicles.

knightstyle

I commented on this some time ago, it seems to be younger drivers.
A common thing is where the road into a roundabout splits into two lanes the person in the left hand lane stops with their right indicator on!!!!!!
WHY??? Are they turning right but got into the wrong lane? No they are going straight ahead!
I recognised one parking so I stopped and asked why, she said that her driving instructor told her that on a roundabout it is courteous to indicate right to show drivers approaching from the left that you are going past their road and they should give way. She mentioned something about "defensive driving"
AAARRRGGGHHH

Altarf

There is a roundabout near me on a single carriageway road, three junctions set at 6, 11, 12/1 on a clock face, most people consider that join from 6 see the second exit as straight across even though it is just past 12.

But if I ever see anyone like Strider590 approaching from the top left entry (11) even though I may be going straight across, I always indicate right, because I have no idea what they are going to do.