Right hand land on roundabouts

Supersonos

LilElvis wrote: »

Come on down to Milton Keynes if you want to practice your roundabout skills - we have literally hundreds of them! Magic roundabouts take things to a whole different level - the one in Hemel Hempstead scares me silly and I avoid it if at all possible.

http://www.roundaboutsofbritain.com/maggic-roundabout/

I drive over the Plough Roundabout in Hemel a few times a week - excellent way of allowing the traffic from several converging roads to safely navigate without the need for loads of traffic lights. It's not scary at all - it's very well marked-out and even allows you to go the "wrong way" around the central island to speed things up even more.

Sadly, a lot of people seem to have problems with mini-roundabouts and sit there for ages waiting for every possible approach to become clear before they proceed.

uknick

barbiedoll wrote: »

There’s a roundabout near me, which I use every day on the way home from work. It has 3 lanes on the approach, there are 3 exits, left, straight over, and right.

Almost every single driver who approaches it via the left lane, goes straight over. Meaning that those of us in the middle lane, have to watch really carefully while the idiots cut in front of us when trying to exit.

Are the approach lanes marked with arrows? If not, why do you assume left lane is left turn only?

neilmcl

Supersonos wrote: »

I don't think my insurance company would accept that the third party didn't use their "common sense".

I'm guessing what you mean is that you don't know.

No, what I'm saying is that you use your common sense in the situation and back off avoiding any accident else you may find you are either wholly or partially liable, the same going for the other driver.

neilmcl

Supersonos wrote: »

I drive over the Plough Roundabout in Hemel a few times a week - excellent way of allowing the traffic from several converging roads to safely navigate without the need for loads of traffic lights. It's not scary at all - it's very well marked-out and even allows you to go the "wrong way" around the central island to speed things up even more.

Sadly, a lot of people seem to have problems with mini-roundabouts and sit there for ages waiting for every possible approach to become clear before they proceed.

Maybe there are cases where these "people" are being instructed to do so by the means of road priority markings/signs such as a giveway on the roundabout.

Supersonos

neilmcl wrote: »

Maybe there are cases where these "people" are being instructed to do so by the means of road priority markings/signs such as a giveway on the roundabout.

No need for inverted commas - they're definitely people.

I've never used a roundabout in the UK where you're supposed to giveway to the left and right. Because that's what a lot of mini-roundabout users seem to do.

Supersonos

neilmcl wrote: »

No, what I'm saying is that you use your common sense in the situation.

I do use my common sense - and get beeped at. Hence my question on here to get some help as to whether the way I use the roundabout is correct or not.

Car_54

Supersonos wrote: »

I do use my common sense - and get beeped at. Hence my question on here to get some help as to whether the way I use the roundabout is correct or not.

It's not correct. It's never correct to drive "in the middle of the road" unless you're avoiding an obstruction.

sheramber

One local roundabout had two lanes to enter the roundabout.

Left hand lane marked left and straight on- right hand lane marked straight on and right.

But there only one exit lane straight on.

Result two cars trying to exit into one lane.
The markings were changed when it was pointed out to the authorities.

Supersonos

Car_54 wrote: »

It's not correct. It's never correct to drive "in the middle of the road" unless you're avoiding an obstruction.

Well, when going round a roundabout with just one lane, driving in "the middle of the road" is correct.

Car_54

Supersonos wrote: »

Well, when going round a roundabout with just one lane, driving in "the middle of the road" is correct.

But you were describing a situation where it isn't clear (to you) whether there is one lane or two.


If it is one lane, then it must be a very wide one, and you should be keeping to the left.