Cut up at roundabout

Head_The_Ball

DoaM wrote: »

Perhaps read the OP again ... they both exit the roundabout at the same time, and enter the left/right lanes of the dual carriageway. (That's how I read it).

It still doesn't make sense.

If the two cars turned into a dual carriageway at the same time, they must have been side by side. The BMW had traffic in front of it and the OP had a clear lane yet somehow the BMW was able to manouvre in front of the OP.

Something doesn't add up in this tale.

No matter. Drivers cut up other drivers accidentally or deliberately all the time and it just isn't worth fretting about it unless there is an accident.

AylesburyDuck

foxy-stoat wrote: »

Rule number 1 - assume that every other road user does not know how to drive safety and does not understand how a roundabout, or any other road, junction, carpark etc, works.

Rule number 2 - assume no other road user can see you.

You shouldnt go far wrong, trust noone and drive safe.

DoaM wrote: »

Rule number 4 - assume everyone on the road is out to get you, and drive accordingly.

All of those,
i swear for the last 10 years Driving licenses have come free with a packet of cornflakes.:(

arcon5

AylesburyDuck wrote: »

All of those,
i swear for the last 10 years Driving licenses have come free with a packet of cornflakes.:(

Nah, it's just as your getting older your getting more self righteous

amandacat

I live in a small Cornish town where most people drive too carefully if anything. However I do a lot of driving around the country so see a fair bit of bad driving.

Once I was in the south east, it was dark and my sat nav was getting confused, I'd come off an A road on to the slip road and was going a bit slow and a white van overtook me and did a w*nker gesture out of his window at me!!
I've also had cars and lorries pull out of the lay by more than once when I'm doing about 70mph and the right lane is full of cars so I can't move over, had a few near misses.
I was going right on a roundabout and a car used the left lane to go right and then had the cheek to beep at me as he nearly hit me coming off the roundabout into the right single lane turn off!

Thankfully despite doing c 20k miles a year I'm yet to have an accident and I'm fortunately not one for road rage and actually giggled about the van driver.

ffacoffipawb

bartelbe wrote: »

... and the BMW indicates.

Sorry, don't believe you! 😄😄😄

dannyrst

AylesburyDuck wrote: »

All of those,
i swear for the last 10 years Driving licenses have come free with a packet of cornflakes.:(

The problem with those 4 rules is you'd never actually get anywhere if you stuck to them. Just use common sense and don't try to cause an accident to prove you're right.

Nick_C

OP makes perect sense.

If you enter a dual carriageway on the right lane from a roundabout you should be putting your foot down to get up to the speed limit asap.

I had a similar experience a few years ago where I had to drive onto the central reservation to avoid an idiot in the left lane who pulled out straight in front of me. I was probably in his blind spot when he pulled out. No time to stop.

You often have to make assumptions that people are going to drive properly or you would never make progress.