Roundabout logic and mistakes.

B_G_B

As someone suggested earlier, a google map would be handy.

sevenhills

andygb wrote: »

(who was in the left hand lane for turning left only)

If it was marked as a 'lane' then the OP is correct to be annoyed.

lister

tho wrote: »

but at some point you trust other drivers, or else you'd never get off your driveway

Not really. I never totally trust another driver and always aim to keep monitoring them until all parties are safely established.

Would hardly be the first time that indication, speed and road position have all indicated exactly what a driver was going to do right up until they changed their minds at the last second without appropriate checks. Everything about them says 'trust me' but it turns out you can't....

The highly skilled driver deals with this every time, the bad or inexperienced or less skilled drivers are at much greater risk and avoidance is essentially based on luck more than skill.

zagfles

Cornucopia wrote: »

Very good, though I gave up after his 9th use of comedy faux-French.

I do share his bewilderment at the amount of numpties who'd rather have a view of the side of their own car than what's just behind them in the other lanes!

indian_summer

We have a roundabout near us that is probably like the ops

2 lane approach.
Lane 1 is turn left only.
Lane 2 is to enter the roundabout in lane 1 or 2.
Lane 2 gets very backed up at busy times whist folks zip down lane 1.
Some make the mistake of using lane 1 to enter the roundabout.
Some do it on purpose,its happened to me a few times.You just know when its going to happen.Some realise and then indicate so you can let them in.

Ive also made the mistake of doing the same thing pipping the horn and having a go when I should have in fact turned left and the car wasnt actually cutting me up.A familiar roundabout too.Too busy chatting probably.

If lane 1 was a left turn only lane on entry then the op was in the right.

unholyangel

Unless you enter a roundabout in the leftmost lane, you're going to have to cross lanes after entering and before exiting and should give way to traffic already in that lane.

The highway code might say on roundabouts you should get into the correct lane and keep left if turning left , but it also says you should use mirror-signal-manoeuvre at all stages, be aware of speed & position of other road users around you and to watch out for drivers who are positioned incorrectly. Insurers likely would have went 5050.

Theres also the possibility theres misleading markings/signage - theres a roundabout about 50 miles from here that does that. Has a sign giving layout with town name & road number. Next sign is arrows telling you which lane to be in - but they have the town name in the left lane (can still get there that way, its just a detour) and the corresponding road number in the right. It causes accidents regularly.

Robisere

Car_54 wrote: »

Says the man who writes his own rules ....;)

Giving way to traffic from the right on a roundabout - is in the Highway Code, as later posted here. The rest is commonsense, which is sometimes in short supply, both here and on the roads. Observe the number of people who do exactly what they want daily, without regard to others.