blackdamp just off the M3 We have a multi lane roundabout at Blackdam Basingstoke. There have been several recent collisions recently with one resulting in serious injuries. Even local drivers can get the lanes mixed up but visitors must be really confused. I was bumped a there by a lane changer and the number of times someone in the straight on lane gets it wrong and cuts across is common.
I don't like those type of roundabouts. There's (at least) one in Cambridge near me (and which also has traffic lights on) - locals like myself know the score, but less frequent visiors and some drivers of larger vehicles either don't understand or ignore the road markings, which are by their nature completely different to those of 'standard' multi-lane roundabouts.
All it takes is one road user not knowing/caring as to how to correctly use them compared to 'ordinary' roundabouts and you've got an accident waiting to happen. I've had several near misses on the Cambridge one even after driving defensively and expecting problems.
Personally speaking, I think the government should stick to the original (most common by several magnitudes) type that force drivers to (correctly) signal to change lanes from the centre ot the outer portion of the roundabout as they approach the turn-off point.
These roundabouts are, in my view, at least as dangerous as those of the 'magic' type that can be found in Swindon and Hemel Hempsted.
Edited by Engineer Andy on 05/06/2021 at 17:05
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