Roundabout lanes

JimmyTheWig

Car_54 wrote: »

You seem to be using a different Highway Code from the rest of us.

I agree.
Unfortunately, what he says makes a lot of sense!

Ozzuk

dannyrst wrote: »

Over 200bhp, righthand lane

Over 400bhp, we don't want slow people...:D

tommyjj

In Tenerife they are fairly new to roundabouts, and genuinely think the inside lane is only used for parking gardener's vans when the plants in the centre need tending to.

If you use their roundabouts properly by taking to the centre lane for anything other than a RH turn they will scream past you in the outside lane, honking their horns in confused terror.

dannyrst

tommyjj wrote: »

In Tenerife they are fairly new to roundabouts, and genuinely think the inside lane is only used for parking gardener's vans when the plants in the centre need tending to.

If you use their roundabouts properly by taking to the centre lane for anything other than a RH turn they will scream past you in the outside lane, honking their horns in confused terror.

Sounds like Britain to me! :rotfl:

DonnySaver

Retrogamer wrote: »

If the exit you want to leave on the roundabout is after 12 o'clock on the sign, then you should use the right hand side lane*

If there is no roundabout sign then you should try and visually check if the exit is after 12 o'clock and if so, then stick to the right hand side lane*

*Sometimes road markings & signs will be available to advise which lane to use and they over ride the information above.

Unless you're a lorry driver ..

m0bov

I got almost driven into the kerb the other day. approaching a standard roundabout (4 exits), I wanted to go straight over, in left hand lane. Audi catches me up (at speed), pulls into right hand lane. As I go round and approach the exit the audi is next to me and straight lines the exit ( All just to get ahead of me.

RichardD1970

Ok, how about this one?

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5310734,-1.7755135,346m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4

Travelling east on Warmly Ash road, a two lane duel carriage way, and want to go round the island to the A4097 Kingsbury Road.

No marking on the approach to help. Which lane would you be in?

bigjl

Ozzuk wrote: »

Over 400bhp, we don't want slow people...:D

But we need to consider torque aswell not just Power.

Facelift diesel Jag XJ has nearly 300bhp, but more importantly loads of torque, without checking something like 700nm.

Which leads to great acceleration.

It's why lots of large cars are Turbo diesel.

almillar

The sign for the roundabout or the actual layout?

The sign should reflect the layout! if it doesn't they need to make a new one.
I'd be counting 'roughly 12 o'clock' as straight on, and I'd include, say, 1 o'clock in that.
But as you say everyone has different rules in their heads (they may have been taught differently) so you need to be careful. I don't indicate, whilst approaching a roundabout, to go 'straight on', which I think is the logical way to do it...

JimmyTheWig

RichardD1970 wrote: »

Ok, how about this one?

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5310734,-1.7755135,346m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4

Travelling east on Warmly Ash road, a two lane duel carriage way, and want to go round the island to the A4097 Kingsbury Road.

No marking on the approach to help. Which lane would you be in?

Right hand lane.