Fault on Roundabout.

glentoran99

iammumtoone wrote: »

In reality if everyone sat at a roundabout waiting just in case a driver decided not to do what their lane indicated they should do, then you would not be able move.

The people in this thread must only go out at the weekend and avoid all work traffic and rush hours.

I am not saying this is a defense for who is at blame but a bit of understanding for the OP would not go a miss, this situation could happen to alot of people who have no choice but to travel at peak/busy times when roundabouts have traffic consistently moving and people rarely using indicators.

that's simply not true, I would never trust a car to indicate on a roundabout correctly, people near me don't have a clue, Or to do what the lane says, You trust your eyes, If a car isn't going where it should you will see it, you shouldn't be diving out in hope they go where they are supposed to.


And I don't sit for hours at busy roundabouts either

iammumtoone

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

I travel at peak times 5 days a week, crossing at least 11 busy roundabouts in rural, semi-rural and urban environments, on A, B and M classification roads. I don't find it hard not to pull out in front of people.

Most people don't as luckily most people are never put in the situation of the OP as normally people follow the roundabout rules.

When you are waiting to enter a roundabout do you always wait until the area to your left is completely clear or do you have to enter whilst there is a car to the left in your sight turning left? What if that car to the left suddenly decided to change course/lane (continue to the right) and straight into you?

iammumtoone

glentoran99 wrote: »

that's simply not true, I would never trust a car to indicate on a roundabout correctly, people near me don't have a clue, Or to do what the lane says,

I agree so the only way to make sure that you are completely safe is to wait until there is no traffic to your right until you enter the roundabout, just in case a car on your right decides to do something stupid.

You will be waiting an awful long time for that to happen round here in the mornings.

I might try it tomorrow to see how long I have to sit for.

sevenhills

John_peters wrote: »

He did not need to indicate to go left since his lane only went left.

If it was an arrow, they are just advisory.

If it was the lane itself that went left, and the other car crossed the white line to stay on the roundabout. In that case its not really a roundabout.

glentoran99

iammumtoone wrote: »

I agree so the only way to make sure that you are completely safe is to wait until there is no traffic to your right until you enter the roundabout, just in case a car on your right decides to do something stupid.

You will be waiting an awful long time for that to happen round here in the mornings.

I might try it tomorrow to see how long I have to sit for.

Nope, same as if a car is indicating to turn left into a road your coming out of, You can see the movement of the car once it turns in you can go

liviboy

In fairness, I have a roundabout like this near me. See the image.

Coming from the bottom the left lane is left turn only and has a solid white line so the roundabout doesn’t apply to that lane...doesn’t stop
Traffic leaving the roundabout beeping their horns and flashing their lights because the drivers “didn’t give way”...despite the fact it is they who are in the wrong by crossing the solid white line rather than sticking to their lane!

Warwick_Hunt

sevenhills wrote: »

If it was an arrow, they are just advisory.

If it was the lane itself that went left, and the other car crossed the white line to stay on the roundabout. In that case its not really a roundabout.

Unless they are accompanied by a solid white line.

ahaque

I had an accident in a busy roundabout in front of Brighton Pier. I was coming from Old Stein to take the exit to Mediera Drive which was the second exit for me. As there are three lanes in Old Stein, I was in the middle lane and me with other two cars in the other lanes went inside the roundabout. I was so close to the exit and all on a sudden I heard something hit my car. It was a bike, most probably came from right and hit my car in the rear back corner, the area between the gas cap and lights. The police came and filed everything and also told me that it was the bikers fault that I was already in the roundabout, the bike needed to wait. I think the biker did it on purpose or he was so in a rush that didn’t bother to stop and lost control.
My insurance is now telling me it’s my fault that the biker came from right. But the fact is he hit me from the back which clearly proves that I was already in the roundabout and he came so fast that he caught me, the same statement like police told me but the police refused to write me a statement. My car was taken to the garage and my insurance company thinks it’s not worth to fix and they want to write it off. My car is BMW 325 SE 2006 with 82000 mileage. I never had any problem with this car, it used to run 100 times better than the courtesy car they have given me. On top my insurance company refusing to give me anything to get another car. So I’ll left without any car if the assessor say my car is not worth to repair. Though I have a comprehensive insurance. They made the decision without having any report from the police, or hospital, they didn’t even try to get cctv footage where the police said that they can provide the cctv footage for only £39.50.

Please suggest me hoe I can prove my innocence.
And also how to sue against my insurer.

Aylesbury_Duck

ahaque, start your own thread. You'll get help that way.

Mercdriver

iammumtoone wrote: »

I agree so the only way to make sure that you are completely safe is to wait until there is no traffic to your right until you enter the roundabout, just in case a car on your right decides to do something stupid.

You will be waiting an awful long time for that to happen round here in the mornings.

I might try it tomorrow to see how long I have to sit for.

A car about to turn left will generally already have its wheels pointing in the direction of intended travel while waiting. If they are pointed straight ahead, I would hold back to see what is going on.

My driving instructor told me to ignore all and no signals just to look at which way the wheels are pointed.