Ignorant drivers are roundabouts in the driving test anymore?

prowla

I've just followed a car whose driver doesn't seem to have quite grasped the idea that indicating at roundabouts is supposed to tell other drivers your intentions.

1. Roundabout #1: Two exits (1st exit = straight road, 2nd exit = 90 degrees to right); driver indicates right and takes 1st exit (straight).
2. Roundabout #2: Two exits (1st exit = 90 degrees left, 2nd = straight); driver indicates right and takes 2nd exit (straight).
3. Roundabout #3: Three exits (left/straight/right); driver indicates right and takes 2nd exit (straight).
4. Roundabout #4: Three exits (left, straight into 2-lane dual carriageway, right); driver indicates right and takes 2nd exit (straight) into right-hand lane.
5. Roundabout #5: Three exits (left, straight into 2 lanes, right); driver takes right lane and indicates right, I stay in left lane and have to brake as they cut across the roundabout lanes and take the 2nd exit (straight).

Seriously, how the heck do people get into the mindset that that is the way to drive?


From there the road filtered onto a larger dual carriageway with a 50 limit and they raced off ahead and took the next roundabout in the left lane indicating right.


I passed them on the following roundabout, as I was in the left-turn filter lane.



Where does this idea come from that you indicate right at roundabouts when you are going straight on?

jk0

I have a friend who does that. Taught by a friend years ago. He's now in his 60's and has no interest in learning the correct procedure.

unforeseen

Roundabout #5: Three exits (left, straight into 2 lanes, right); driver takes right lane and indicates right, I stay in left lane and have to brake as they cut across the roundabout lanes and take the 2nd exit (straight).

Where we're you headed?
Straight on? Then take the left lane of the 2 lane road. No problem

Right? Why were you in the left lane?


You do realise that for intermediate exits I.E. those between left and right then you take the appropriate lane. If you want to be in the right hand lane of the exit you want then the right hand lane would be appropriate

parking_question_chap

Driving standards on the whole are in sharp decline imo.

EssexExile

I only ever treat indicators as an indication of probable action, I suspect that's why they are called indicators. Never believe an indicator (that's in the highway code) & never go round a roundabout beside another vehicle.

knightstyle

There are driving instructors who tell learners to indicate right when entering a roundabout if they intend taking the second, straight ahead, exit!!!
I know this from asking my kids why they doit.
Apparently it is to tell anyone coming from the first entry not to enter the roundabout!

fred990

As a keen biker a flashing indicator just tells me the bulb is working.

unholyangel

Its not just indicators on roundabouts. Some people seem to just pick at random which lane they should be in. Even when there are signs or markings telling them what the correct lane is.

waamo

unholyangel wrote: »

Its not just indicators on roundabouts. Some people seem to just pick at random which lane they should be in. Even when there are signs or markings telling them what the correct lane is.

There is a roundabout near me that is about to undergo its third multi million pound redesign in five years.

All because people can't seem to use it properly by sticking to the correct lane and indicating.

unforeseen

BMW drivers have never heard of indicators

buglawton

I use 2 small roundabouts in the countryside, a lot of commuters. Visibility of the 4 roads leading off it is poor due to hedges. Yet drivers do not slow down on approaching or entering. If it looks clear from 30m away, just sail in. Not sure what the highway code has to say about that.