How to use a crossroads

Hyper said:
Heres one for you guys, I come to this roundabout everyday on the way to work and have had some close encounters,

Iv taken this image from google images although it is old:

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I approach the roundabout in the left hand lane (notice it has a arrow with turn left & straight over, and the right hand lane has a arrow with straight over or turn right).

Now would you class the exit I leave on as straight over because I certainly would, recently they have changed the arrow in the right hand lane to just a right hand turn arrow so clearly they think the exit classed as straight over is the one I am leaving at.

So I approach this daily and still get idiots going over in the right hand lane then trying to leave in the same exit as me which merges into one lane and we nearly collide, had some very close calls.

So who would be in the wrong in this situation?

Thanks, Sam
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I'd be using the right-hand lane for the exit (third) indicated. Sorry chap.

Ant :cool:
 
We're all talking theory. Everyone knows theory doesn't work in the wild.

If people in your area don't obey the rule, go along with that they do. It'll be safer for you.

An example is that roundabout. There's one of those here.
For that particular exit, ppl would approach it in the right hand lane.
They'd leave the left lane for people going onto the main road, which is presumably where most people want to go.
 
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Yup, you're using the inside lane for the 3rd exit there, naughty!

The left turn is the first exit onto the road that goes through the trees, the "straight on" is the road that goes up the way in the photo, the right lane can be used for that road, or the remaining two exits.
 
This is how I would see it, but without being there its difficult to tell!

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Here is another one for you, in this situation if you are going down the second exit would you indicate right?

I think you shouldn't, but the rest of my family insist that you should, who is correct?
 
DiG said:
Here is another one for you, in this situation if you are going down the second exit would you indicate right?

I think you shouldn't, but the rest of my family insist that you should, who is correct?
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The roundabout on the A33? I'd definitely indicate right. If a roundabout only had a straight on and no left, you wouldn't indicate left for straight on, would you?
 
DiG said:
I think you shouldn't, but the rest of my family insist that you should, who is correct?
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I used to use this exact situation to get home from work. You indicate right, then left once you've passed exit 1.

Exact same roundabout in Southampton.
 
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Interesting, because the lane is marked straight on and right only, so in my mind by indicating right I'm saying I'm going to the third exit. Can see both points though!
 
Sugar Free said:
A fairly inane question this but still, I'd like to know.

Several times a week I have an issue with this crossroads. Both the left and right roads go green at the same time and if there's enough traffic exiting from the left road they get a green filter to turn right whilst the road on the right gets a red light.

Now I had some woman turn right from the road on the left in to my path (I was exiting the right hand side road going to turn left). Now we both had a green light but since I was turning left and she was turning right I have priority? Correct?

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You are correct, however if the traffic from the left gets a filter *arrow* then it is badly designed. IIRC the latest revision of the guidelines states that you should not do this as motorists have come to expect that a filter arrow means they will get an unobstructed path through the junction.

The correct solution to this junction would be to put a little island in that brown triangular area that nobody drives on and put up a pair of traffic lights with normal round green lights rather than arrows.
 
Roundabouts are simple...theoretically.
turns to the left or straight on you enter the roundabout in the left-hand lane, indicate left once you are passing the exit prior to the one you are going to exit on, where you are going off on the first exit then you approach the roundabout indicating left.
Right turns approach in the right-hand lane, indicating right, choose inside lane and indicate left and move over to the outer lane as you pass the exit prior to the one you need to use....unless otherwise instructed. You are also supposed to gather exit information from the signage ahead of the roundabout and not from personaly knowledge of the roundabout (which rarely happens unless lanes are specifically marked on the road)
 
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