Soldato
So, there are a few threads every now and again about lane discipline and how bad people are at roundabouts..
Well, I noticed on the weekend that a couple of roundabouts have gone from very obvious/clear lane markings to something that seems to cause confusion, and to be honest, I'm not 100% sure how to properly read the new lane guidance markings they've put down which seem to cause no end of problems and I've had 2 cars cut me up in their confusion..
As a prime example, here is one on the A40 in cheltenham.. Entering from the top..
This is the before image..
If you are travelling from the top of the image on the A40 and want to go around to the B4063, you have a dedicated right hand lane when coming up to the roundabout, and clear destination markings on the road (in green), I've shown the obvious path you take as a motorist, and if you look at the blue circled area, you can see that you have a nice clear path to the B4063 exit..
So, the council decided to repaint the markings on the road last year, and google's vans have been through the newly marked roundabout, so comparing how it is today, you get this..
Entering the roundabout (from the top of the above pics)
All Looks the same, the right hand lane is clearly marked B4063
But they've added some lane guidance markers..
And this is where the problem starts, obviously I'm heading for the B4063, the right hand lane, so cross the lane guidance markings and things aren't too bad..
Until a little bit further around:
You can start to see some lane guidance markings on the right.. Now I know that the B4063 exit means I'd have to cross those to be in the left hand lane when exiting the roundabout, however, moving a little further on,
Two things seem to happen with alarming frequency..
1. Some people follow the lane guidance marks, and end up in the middle lane when needing to exit left, so have to cut across you (Brown line)
Or
2. The people in the middle lane signposted A40 think the lane guidance marks are for them to go to the right for the B4063 (blue line), queue some very near misses for those of use actually in what I think is the 'right' lane..
I've not given any one grief for making this mistake, and to be honest, since the lane guidance markings appeared, they do lead you around to the wrong lane for your exit so not sure what the hell people are supposed to do..
So experts, what is going on?
Well, I noticed on the weekend that a couple of roundabouts have gone from very obvious/clear lane markings to something that seems to cause confusion, and to be honest, I'm not 100% sure how to properly read the new lane guidance markings they've put down which seem to cause no end of problems and I've had 2 cars cut me up in their confusion..
As a prime example, here is one on the A40 in cheltenham.. Entering from the top..
This is the before image..
If you are travelling from the top of the image on the A40 and want to go around to the B4063, you have a dedicated right hand lane when coming up to the roundabout, and clear destination markings on the road (in green), I've shown the obvious path you take as a motorist, and if you look at the blue circled area, you can see that you have a nice clear path to the B4063 exit..
So, the council decided to repaint the markings on the road last year, and google's vans have been through the newly marked roundabout, so comparing how it is today, you get this..
Entering the roundabout (from the top of the above pics)
All Looks the same, the right hand lane is clearly marked B4063
But they've added some lane guidance markers..
And this is where the problem starts, obviously I'm heading for the B4063, the right hand lane, so cross the lane guidance markings and things aren't too bad..
Until a little bit further around:
You can start to see some lane guidance markings on the right.. Now I know that the B4063 exit means I'd have to cross those to be in the left hand lane when exiting the roundabout, however, moving a little further on,
Two things seem to happen with alarming frequency..
1. Some people follow the lane guidance marks, and end up in the middle lane when needing to exit left, so have to cut across you (Brown line)
Or
2. The people in the middle lane signposted A40 think the lane guidance marks are for them to go to the right for the B4063 (blue line), queue some very near misses for those of use actually in what I think is the 'right' lane..
I've not given any one grief for making this mistake, and to be honest, since the lane guidance markings appeared, they do lead you around to the wrong lane for your exit so not sure what the hell people are supposed to do..
So experts, what is going on?