roundabout time!

PooKer · 22 May 2015 at 10:58

Thats where the thickness of the lines on the sign come into play.

Yaayuh! · 22 May 2015 at 11:02

PooKer said:
Thats where the thickness of the lines on the sign come into play.

Edit:
Brain fart moment. Roundabout wrong way round.

dr_volki · 22 May 2015 at 11:04

Rossi~ said:
Which supports the opinion that 3rd exit is right lane.

that's the wrong way

ubersonic · 22 May 2015 at 11:13

RAF one way, Goring the other, lol.

Yaayuh! · 22 May 2015 at 11:33

dr_volki said:
that's the wrong way

http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh572/dr_volki/sign_zpsuie6ichx.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

****. :p My bad!

CSMonkeh · 22 May 2015 at 11:34

2nd roundabout is The Oracle (fun times!) and youre going out towards Cemetry Junction, right?
IIRC left lane is for both Oracle parking (one near the Turtle and also Riverside)
Next lane is for Queens Road.
Therefore I'd go for the right lane as everyone should be out the way

First roundabout - right lane as its after 1200 if the roundabout was a clock. Sure that was what I was taught.

God bless Reading!!

edit: misread the arrows. post adjusted!

Ryan-3 · 22 May 2015 at 11:35

Firstly Right, then for the second I'd choose lane depending on traffic and any lane I need to be in later on.

dr_volki · 22 May 2015 at 12:09

CSMonkeh said:
2nd roundabout is The Oracle (fun times!) and youre going out towards Cemetry Junction, right?
IIRC left lane is for both Oracle parking (one near the Turtle and also Riverside)
Next lane is for Queens Road.
Therefore I'd go for the right lane as everyone should be out the way

First roundabout - right lane as its after 1200 if the roundabout was a clock. Sure that was what I was taught.

God bless Reading!!

edit: misread the arrows. post adjusted!

no i'm going up london street towards chav town (whitley

) to go towards uni and then lower earley (where i live) if i was going towards cemetery junction i'd avoid this round about and go down the road where panthro got dinged for speeding.

like i've said before i'm fine driving on the oracle roundabout but people seem to do random things on there,because they don't know where they want to

Rilot · 22 May 2015 at 13:56

I know that junction well. I drive it regularly when I'm heading to Abingdon.
In that direction, I always use the right lane and yes, had a few near misses there too.

PapaLazaru · 22 May 2015 at 15:50

Second one:

Left lane for left and straight, middle lane for straight and right lane for going up Mill Lane / A327.

Semple · 22 May 2015 at 18:14

The first roundabout should be the right lane, but from that picture there aren't any markings on the lanes, nor entrance/exit markings on the roundabout. So it's no wonder people are getting confused/having accidents.

leaskovski · 22 May 2015 at 21:57

I recognise both those roundabouts. Yeay reading. They cause fun.

Edit, the first one I usually go left lane. For the second, I go right lane.

AdWright · 23 May 2015 at 11:55

The Crowmarsh roundabout is a bit of an odd one. Going south, for all exits other than turning right into Crowmarsh/Wallingford, the general consensus seems to be that you have to use the left lane.

They've added a little sign below the main sign to try to clarify, but it isn't fully clear still:
https://goo.gl/maps/rbfyK

CSMonkeh · 23 May 2015 at 15:22

dr_volki said:
no i'm going up london street towards chav town (whitley ) to go towards uni and then lower earley (where i live) if i was going towards cemetery junction i'd avoid this round about and go down the road where panthro got dinged for speeding.
like i've said before i'm fine driving on the oracle roundabout but people seem to do random things on there,because they don't know where they want to

Sorry its been a while! Avoid driving into Reading as its £6.10 return on the train and Oracle car parking is like £2 for one hour! PLus its a complete ball-ache!
Also, why not go through Shinfield and/or around Black Boy to Lower Earley??

Dr Who · 23 May 2015 at 16:09

Right lane for both but watching traffic around me and move left when correct to do so.

dr_volki · 27 May 2015 at 08:01

CSMonkeh said:
Sorry its been a while! Avoid driving into Reading as its £6.10 return on the train and Oracle car parking is like £2 for one hour! PLus its a complete ball-ache!
Also, why not go through Shinfield and/or around Black Boy to Lower Earley??

i'm coming from caversham and found going past the oracle is usually quicker than using the IDR

Eriedor · 27 May 2015 at 16:21

Took me a good few seconds to realise the second roundabout was the Oracle! Silly considering I drove through that roundabout most days for the last couple years!

I've actually nearly made this very thread more than once after so many near misses on the Oracle roundabout, the road layout is confusing. From a birdseye view it looks like you should take the inside lane to go up Mill Lane and the majority of people seem to, but in my opinion that's wrong as it results in people changing lane at the last minute after the cross hatching which causes issues when the car in the middle lane (like the 1 series in the photos below) stick to their lane

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sn7zv21h15cSTR5q5F9iYSw!2e0

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjueRoJBcza_Nl0f0afQHeg!2e0

FerretBoy · 27 May 2015 at 18:17

I almost slammed in to the side of a car on the second roundabout 2 weeks ago!
I took the left hand lane at the first red arrow, went middle lane with the intention of taking the right hand lane under the Oracle,waited at Red lights. Then when lights changed lady on my left went right across the front of me (I assume heading to the second red arrow) , not taking either of the Oracle lanes. No signal.