Roundabouts - Give way to the right if a vehicle has not yet entered?

badmemory

Put it another way.  A busy road with a mini roundabout may as well have permanent red traffic lights on the road going across.

MeteredOut

badmemory said:

Put it another way.  A busy road with a mini roundabout may as well have permanent red traffic lights on the road going across.

But then only cyclists would get around it....

jgh

I almost caused somebody to slam into the side of me on a "roundabout" in York some years ago, that turned out not to be a roundabout, but had a bloody give way sign ON THE ROUNDABOUT. I was circulating the "roundabout" to take my exit to the right, when somebody came straight in from my left, I only just realised they were the mainline and I had a Give Way sign and slammed on the brakes.

A few months later I was there again and noticed they'd converted it to a real roundabout. There must have been a record of near-misses and not-misses due to the confusing layout.

(Near Nestle if people know the area)

Nasqueron

MeteredOut said:

badmemory said:

Put it another way.  A busy road with a mini roundabout may as well have permanent red traffic lights on the road going across.

But then only cyclists would get around it....

Sigh, drivers are just as likely to jump amber/red and cause far more danger than riders

Baldytyke88

Car_54 said:

Your "absolute obligation" is to give way to vehicles approaching from the right. A waiting (stationary) vehicle is, by definition, not approaching. Further, it has no speed or direction to change.

And then they decide to indicate and turn left, but it slows down the traffic.

What you often get, is drivers allowing the large vehicles to proceed.