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Roundabout Etiquette
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I am having a disagreement with my sister-in-law over this.
We have a simple roundabout...ie with exits east, north west and south.
When she is going straight on at a roundabout, she signals right and then changes to signal left, just as she about to exit the roundabout.
That sounds daft to me ! I stay in the left lane ( if there is one ) and then signal left as I pass the penultimate exit. I maintain that by signalling right, she is confusing the driver than may be coming behind her, who might be led to believe she is really turning right.
But I may be wrong of course !
We have a simple roundabout...ie with exits east, north west and south.
When she is going straight on at a roundabout, she signals right and then changes to signal left, just as she about to exit the roundabout.
That sounds daft to me ! I stay in the left lane ( if there is one ) and then signal left as I pass the penultimate exit. I maintain that by signalling right, she is confusing the driver than may be coming behind her, who might be led to believe she is really turning right.
But I may be wrong of course !
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I'm with you but think some of you are being harsh, I'm pretty sure that right then left indicating for straight on at roundabouts used to be taught yonks ago. After all those who do it must have learnt from someone else.
18:54 Tue 19th Apr 2016
@mikey
//I hope that is clear now.....it would be so much easier if I could draw a diagram and put it on here !//
I know what you mean. Someone recommended Skitch for scribbling what you mean on charts or photos but I've not even begun to try it (nothing requiring it yet).
But I do get what you meant now, thanks. If you'd said "sideswipe maneuvre", I'd have understood immediately.
Does anyone use the phrase "positional indication"? To me, taking right hand lane at the roundabout is an overt declaration that you're taking an exit to the right of straight ahead. I all but cease paying attention to the vehicle to my right. If it hits me without indicating or gives only a fraction of a second's left indicator then the claim should be interesting.
It is frustrating when an opportunity to set off from the entry give way is lost because someone takes that exit without indicating left but that's just a minor niggle and has zero danger if their ambiguous course/intention obliges you to continue to wait. Indeed second-guessing other drivers is probably what leads to some accidents.
//I hope that is clear now.....it would be so much easier if I could draw a diagram and put it on here !//
I know what you mean. Someone recommended Skitch for scribbling what you mean on charts or photos but I've not even begun to try it (nothing requiring it yet).
But I do get what you meant now, thanks. If you'd said "sideswipe maneuvre", I'd have understood immediately.
Does anyone use the phrase "positional indication"? To me, taking right hand lane at the roundabout is an overt declaration that you're taking an exit to the right of straight ahead. I all but cease paying attention to the vehicle to my right. If it hits me without indicating or gives only a fraction of a second's left indicator then the claim should be interesting.
It is frustrating when an opportunity to set off from the entry give way is lost because someone takes that exit without indicating left but that's just a minor niggle and has zero danger if their ambiguous course/intention obliges you to continue to wait. Indeed second-guessing other drivers is probably what leads to some accidents.
Gromit
Makes no sense to me either. If you approach a RAB travelling North in O/s lane and wish to carry straight on eg 2nd exit what happens if the exit road is a single lane road? Any vehicle travelling on your N/s in the RAB would be either cut up by you or you would have to stop/slow down to cut in behind the n/s vehicle to exit the RAB.
Makes no sense to me either. If you approach a RAB travelling North in O/s lane and wish to carry straight on eg 2nd exit what happens if the exit road is a single lane road? Any vehicle travelling on your N/s in the RAB would be either cut up by you or you would have to stop/slow down to cut in behind the n/s vehicle to exit the RAB.
