At least you'll know you've taken one speeder off the road.
At least you'll know you've taken one speeder off the road.
Ok, turning this argument on its head - how far do you have to be on the roundabout for the blame to pass to the car coming from the right?
[TW]Fox;12311315 said:But if there is no injury then no police would attend and no experts would take any data to establish this.
Ok, turning this argument on its head - how far do you have to be on the roundabout for the blame to pass to the car coming from the right?
I rekon the claim would just go 50/50 and you'll both end up loosing out on NCB and your excess....
At least you'll know you've taken one speeder off the road.
Surely you supposed to stop at the roundabout and check its clear before you enter it anyway, not just barrel on through.
Rule 185: Give priority to traffic approaching from your right.
That's the extent of the law on the matter. I'd say you could argue this and make a case for the fact you entered the roundabout with no approaching traffic from the right. Once on it, some idiot doing 50 in a 30 and hitting you side-on will need to be judged on a case by case basis as some roundabouts have some really curvy entrances that don't lend well to visibility, particularly when plonkers are involved.
Even despite this, you can get caught out with speeding drivers entering curvy entrances making judgement impossible. Oh, and rule 185 doesn't say you need to stop.Surely you supposed to stop at the roundabout and check its clear before you enter it anyway, not just barrel on through.
On a case by case basis, having seen the vehicle you're at fault as you were in a position to make a judgement on it...except he said 'you see a car, but it is quite far away'
Therefore no arguement about not seeing it..
Not unless it has a solid white line and stop sign indicating you should stop.
I always toot people who stop at roundabouts. Some people can't drive forward and look right at the same time.Whoops!
I was wondering why I seem to get beeped at so often when at a roundabout!![]()
on the odd occasion when I cane it around a roundabout and get the inevitable people misjudging my speed and pulling out, I always consider it to be my own fault and wouldn't dream of chastising them.
Whoops!
I was wondering why I seem to get beeped at so often when at a roundabout!![]()
You're lucky it's only been beeps, it's quite a common factor in rear end shunts as far as I am aware.