Roundabouts. ARGH!

mrk said:
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2) People who change lanes on zig zags on a more technical roundabout like the ones down here.

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arghhh!!! we have a roundabout at the entrance to swansea that goes over two bridges and has traffic lights everywhere. firstly it needs yellow hashed boxes as when the light goes red in the next junction people will queue all the way back up to their lights so when our lights go green (already on roundabout) we can go about 10 yards then face a wall of traffic! :( then there are those who don't understand how to follow lanes, so many people cut me up/almost side swipe me or pit maneuver me because they think because they want the motorway they can go into any lane that says motorway....NO!!! there are the white dotted lines on the floor to show the lanes going round the bends but yet people just cut straight across them! :( I always driver slowly around that bend now as I'm just waiting for someone to cut across... what makes me more mad is when they beep at me as if to tell me I'm in the wrong?!?! I've read the road signs and follow the road markings.... are they really that stupid/blind? EVERY DAMN MORNING!!! :p
 
Oh yes I have that on the way home, using this roundabout:

http://goo.gl/maps/3X16D

I take the first exit so I'm in the left lane and if someone's going straight on in the middle lane, half the time they'll stray into the left lane. Muppets.
 
I saw the name A316 and instantly knew you were on about this roundabout!

I see people using the left lane for the 4th exit all the time, thank **** there is 2 lanes on that exit!
But that round about is screwed up in every way, who puts zebra crossings 10 yards after an exit?!
 
LizardKing said:
I saw the name A316 and instantly knew you were on about this roundabout!

I see people using the left lane for the 4th exit all the time, thank **** there is 2 lanes on that exit!
But that round about is screwed up in every way, who puts zebra crossings 10 yards after an exit?!
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I actually had to STOP the other day because some ****ing brain dead slobbering **** went all the way round to the 4th exit in the left lane. I was so irate, especially after a motorcyclist decided to almost kill himself with the aid of my car on the A316 2 minutes prior.

Yes, those zebra crossings are the most dangerous, idiotic idea in the world as well. Who's bright idea were they?! Honestly.
 
Take this double roundabout section by home. The left lane is only for going left and more times than anyone reasonable would like you find people will carry on going straight to the 2nd exit from the left lane as if they didn't even see the lane bending left and markers on the road.

Then there are those who just cut right over the zig zags...
 
Making a mistake and being in the wrong lane is fine by me, it happens. It's all about how the driver handles it, though.

If guns were legal in the UK I'd dread to think how many would be loaded and sat in gloveboxes :D
 
Howard said:
Why are the general public totally and utterly incapable of understanding how to navigate them properly?! It's not rocket science, people. If the exit is past the 12 o'clock position, USE THE BLOODY RIGHT HAND LANE. I made a thread about this a few years ago but I feel the need to do it again.
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sorry but this 12 o'clock stuff isn't true and there's no mention of it in the highway code, iirc.

B@
 
Rossi~ said:
I hate the roundabouts that have 2 lans running on to it; left for 1st (2 lanes off) and 2nd (2 lanes off) exit and right for 3rd(1 lane off) and 4th(2 lanes off) exit, simple right?
But the roundabout has 3 lanes, the middle lane being the "free-for-all" lane.
So many accidents...

http://goo.gl/maps/R3e2d

"free-for-all"
http://goo.gl/maps/HoI4N
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I started a thread raging about that exact part of the roundabout when some dip **** cut me up swerving accross the lanes there.

MW
 
How about the people who pull out infront of you when you are already on the roundabout and then make no effort to increase their speed?
 
I know that roundabout and I don't think they are wrong using the left lane. It's not as simple as if it past 12 use the right lane. If it was the left lane would serve one exit and the right lane three.
 
Totally with Howard on this. Bad lane etiquette at roundabout when its busy just causes mayhem.

I'm pretty sure most problems could be solved with improved signs and road markings, and liberal use of an 'educating stick' against anyone doing it wrong :p
 
The ring road in bristol does my nut in, why you might ask?

The reason is over a length of less than 5 miles there is over 10 roundabouts on this road and the road is a dual carriageway. The obsession with large roundabouts like on this ring road also does my nut in. Most of the time these don't have to be so bloody big.


Arggggggggh :mad:
 
Ignoring the fact that people can't use lanes, my biggest gripe is that in addition to this, they also can't even indicate to show their intentions. I think 80% around here don't indicate left to exit a roundabout. I've had to stop so many times for no reason because of this.

Unless it's a mini roundabout, you need to indicate left to leave, even if you're going straight over/2nd exits etc.! When I didn't see, I don't have mind reading powers to know where you entered the roundabout or where you're planning on leaving!
 
- caught this only this evening on my way home from work. OK so the Corsa is wandering all over the shop, but the Ranger Rover doesn't exactly help himself!
 
mrk said:
Take this double roundabout section by home. The left lane is only for going left and more times than anyone reasonable would like you find people will carry on going straight to the 2nd exit from the left lane as if they didn't even see the lane bending left and markers on the road.

Then there are those who just cut right over the zig zags...
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As annoying as that is, I'm more interested in the 'Explosion Museum'! :eek:
 
What's more interesting is Vector Fleetlands, all the naval torpedos and missiles are there as well as the armoury. My work experience was there, fired some GPMGs and other stuff!
 
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