Tons of people turn right on a roundabout from the left lane in a car.
It's too common just to be a bad / dangerous habit, guessing there must have been a time when this was a prescribed approach? E.g. like the now depreciated "use every gear when slowing down" advice.
Anybody know the details?
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At a roundabout, if there's no other traffic nearby I take the quickest way round, crossing lanes as necessary whether turning right or going straight on.
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At a roundabout if there's no other traffic nearby I take the quickest way round crossing lanes as necessary whether turning right or going straight on.
As do I. Unfortunately quite a few people do this without checking their mirrors, in my experience.
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Highway Code Says:-
162: Signals and position, unless signs or markings indicate otherwise.
When taking the first exit
signal left and approach in the left-hand lane
keep to the left on the roundabout and continue signalling left to leave.
When taking any intermediate exit
select the appropriate lane on approach to and on the roundabout, signalling as necessary
stay in this lane until you need to alter course to exit the roundabout
signal left after you have passed the exit before the one you want.
When taking the last exit or going full circle
signal right and approach in the right-hand lane
keep to the right on the roundabout until you need to change lanes to exit the roundabout
signal left after you have passed the exit before the one you want.
When there are more than three lanes at the entrance to a roundabout, use the most appropriate lane on approach and through it. "
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Oooh be careful, dont let DD catch you using direct quotes, he has some kind of aversion to that sort of thing !
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Oooh be careful dont let DD catch you using direct quotes he has some kind of aversion to that sort of thing !
Care to elaborate on your allegation as I haven't the foggiest idea what you're accusing me of.
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Tons of people turn right on a roundabout from the left lane in a car.
I first noticed this manouvre being performed many years ago by foreign HGV drivers, who didn't seem to know what a roundabout was and how to negotiate it, as more and more of them began to appear on our roads. It then seemed to be adopted by British HGV drivers and now as you say many cars are doing the same.
IMO it's a breed of lost drivers who think it's easier to leave the roundabout when they eventually find their exit, by driving round the outside, regardless of the other traffic that wants to leave.
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Keith
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More likely to be practised by nervous people who can feel "trapped" on the inside of a roundabout than by Hgv who by its very presence will put this fear into many !
As for the approaching and leaving by cutting across any/all lanes when no others are about; I would suggest the majority of people do that. But.... the problem happens when it establishes itself as natural and is done when other drivers are about. It seems to be the hallmark of the more expensive motors that do this though! Most incidents i go to at roundabouts and major junctions tend to involve bigger dearer cars rather than Hgv damage or older smaller cars. There are exceptions I know!
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"More likely to be practised by nervous people who can feel "trapped" on the inside of a roundabout"
I tend to witness those that don't want to join a small queue turning right so cut down the inside and swerve across.
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I put it down to the fact that many drivers, including some amongst my friends I hate to say, who just are not aware of what is going on around them, and seem to be in their own dream world, concentrating on other things. And of course, in an unfamiliar town on busy roads, it can be almost impossible to always be in the correct lane, without making some fairly aggressive manoeuvres.
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I agree with Keith - a trait of the can't-be-bothered-to think, confused, or ignorant brigades.
Hopeless technique on big roundabouts with the unwinding marked lanes as you'd constantly be shoving into the next lane.
The lines in the road are there to be ignored when there's nobody else near enough to worry about, and to be observed so as to keep some sort of order and method when it's busy.
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It then seemed to be adopted by British HGV drivers ..........
It's got to be easier driving an HGV around the left hand lane of a roundabout because the radius of the path travelled is greater.
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Dont forget sometimes HGV;s are forced into being in the wrong lane because nobody will allow them to pull across in front of them !
i am sure the regular hgv drivers on here will confirm that for you!
But with all they have to watch out for, they will try to be in the right lane far more than mr average car driver!
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The worst is people who approach the roundabout indicating right.
Then continue to indicate right as they turn off left.
One particular (not very big, motorway entrance) roundabout where I used to cycle on the pavement-cyclepath was particularly bad for that.
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I think you will find that this was due to their vehicle being approx 56ft long and to turn right in the right hand lane would have meant trailer mounting the roundabout.
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I have a similar/related issue - why is it that soo many people cut the corner when turning right into a side road? With power steering now common, there should be no excuse...
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I bet it was a smoker you witnessed cutting the corner though !
Damn uncivilised oafs !
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