There's a roundabout near me and on one of the entries, you stay in the left Lane to turn right, as it's a three Lane exit and the other two exits are 2 Lane, plus a single Lane tesco entrance. Very weird, locals seem to use it properly but you reallyhhave to keep your wits about you asppeople frequently get confused.
Who's correct ?
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There's a roundabout near me and on one of the entries, you stay in the left Lane to turn right, as it's a three Lane exit and the other two exits are 2 Lane, plus a single Lane tesco entrance. Very weird, locals seem to use it properly but you reallyhhave to keep your wits about you asppeople frequently get confused.
Non standard roundabouts where they don't put any markings on the road until you're actually at the roundabout are annoying.
Life would be easier if you had 300 yards notice you need to be in a different lane to that you'd expect, otherwise it just ensures lane abuse on the actual roundabout.
Life would be easier if you had 300 yards notice you need to be in a different lane to that you'd expect, otherwise it just ensures lane abuse on the actual roundabout.
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They never put markings on the road far enough ahead to get in lane either. There have been a few times I've wanted to go straight on at a roundabout so I'm in the left hand lane in traffic, only to find a few meters before the roundabout road markings showing left lane as left only and right hand lane as straight on. Now have to try and get into the right lane in the middle of heavy traffic.
oh wesimmo beat me to it
oh wesimmo beat me to it
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Unless there are signs or lane markings to the contrary, the left lane is for left turns or any exit that is displayed on the roundabout approach sign as being up to and including 12 o'clock.
It recently came to my attention that the roundabout approach sign is king and not the physical layout of the roundabout and that local knowledge means **** all if you aren't local.
It recently came to my attention that the roundabout approach sign is king and not the physical layout of the roundabout and that local knowledge means **** all if you aren't local.
Roundabout near me is like this. It is clearly marked, if you want to go 2nd left use the left lane but you get idiots coming to it in the straight on lane then just pushing into the 2nd left exit.
You also get a lot of people in rush hour who don't see it as a roundabout so don't stop - many cars having to emergency brake in the middle of the roundabout because people won't give way to them!
You also get a lot of people in rush hour who don't see it as a roundabout so don't stop - many cars having to emergency brake in the middle of the roundabout because people won't give way to them!
Exactly what 'snips86x' has said and in fact I'm pretty sure they use this example in the Highway Code book.
So much this.
Number of times i've come to a roundabout with 3-4 cars already queueing, and as such covering the lane markings, only to realise I needed to be in the right hand lane to go straight on (because reasons!).
It'd be useful if lane markings were on the sign leading to the roundabout, or at intervals further out leading up to it.
Islands have never been a problem and I can't figure out how people who have no lane discipline but I have sympathy for people who end up in the wrong lanes. A stupid one that causes so many problem by me is an island that has 2 roads on with 4 lanes each but the island is only 3 lanes wide and the exits are single lane or dual carriageway.
I hate this, and it's often the case at traffic light controlled junctions with more than one lane, too. It's a little annoying if you're in an unfamiliar area and you don't know whether the left lane is straight on and left or left only or whatever..
Some road layout designs are baffling.
They usually do this because surveyors tell them it will ease congestion, however as the surveyors only record which exits are the busiest not which routes across the roundabout are, they often end up having the opposite effect lol.
Especially when you take into consideration the number of people caught in the wrong lane then trying to shove back into the correct lane
Sorry to hijack the thread but i've got a different example for people's opinions.
I've had to put the picture in satellite view due to it being a 2 lane roundabout, with no entrance/exit markings.
Approaching the roundabout from point A, is 2 lanes, exiting the roundabout at point B is also 2 lanes.
I take the blue lane, although passing 2 exits, on the 3rd exit you must stick to the left lane. If you wanted the right lane of the 3rd exit then you'd follow the blue lane. The number of times I see people starting in the yellow lane, then after the second exit the drift into the blue lane to take the 3rd exit. I could understand this logic if the 3rd exit was only a single lane road, but being a double lane road, they should follow the lanes as highlighted below? Thoughts?
I've had to put the picture in satellite view due to it being a 2 lane roundabout, with no entrance/exit markings.
Approaching the roundabout from point A, is 2 lanes, exiting the roundabout at point B is also 2 lanes.
I take the blue lane, although passing 2 exits, on the 3rd exit you must stick to the left lane. If you wanted the right lane of the 3rd exit then you'd follow the blue lane. The number of times I see people starting in the yellow lane, then after the second exit the drift into the blue lane to take the 3rd exit. I could understand this logic if the 3rd exit was only a single lane road, but being a double lane road, they should follow the lanes as highlighted below? Thoughts?
did you mean yellow?
hummm.... well if both lanes are allowed to take that exit from the start then they should stick to their lane (especially if there's a lane divider following that route all the way....which there looks to be)
I think they'd be going under the assumption that left lane was for the first two junctions so feel it's correct to move over as they are taking that next exit... which would be wrong in this case, but could be correct on others where the left lane essentially filters off..... I think
but what you say makes sense to stick to their lane as they are (ignoring coming back down the road you entered from) the only dual carriageway roads.
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Sorry to hijack the thread but i've got a different example for people's opinions.
I've had to put the picture in satellite view due to it being a 2 lane roundabout, with no entrance/exit markings.
Approaching the roundabout from point A, is 2 lanes, exiting the roundabout at point B is also 2 lanes.
I take the blue lane, although passing 2 exits, on the 3rd exit you must stick to the left lane. If you wanted the right lane of the 3rd exit then you'd follow the blue lane. The number of times I see people starting in the yellow lane, then after the second exit the drift into the blue lane to take the 3rd exit. I could understand this logic if the 3rd exit was only a single lane road, but being a double lane road, they should follow the lanes as highlighted below? Thoughts?
By that logic you could have someone come on at the next entrance after point A, go all the way around to the exit after point B and cutting off the people in the yellow lane wanting out at point B.
Hard to see if there are any other markings to stop what I am suggesting above.
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Found the junction on street view. I'd probably start on the yellow line as I'm going past 12 clock and after passing the second junction move into the blue lane to take the exit. If people look and indicate properly then this shouldn't be an issue. The exit isn't immediately marked as 2 lanes so it isn't immediately clear, and if you happened to have someone on your left you wouldn't want to have them go straight on* while you're trying to take the exit, though that mainly becomes a problem with traffic lights on roundabouts as you can easily end up with traffic on your inside.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svwhiLZEsON7RNEmI9HB_kg!2e0
That's streetview of the exit in question, looking at that exiting from the right hand lane would just feel wrong.
*Had someone in a Bentley sat to my left at some traffic lights to get onto a roundabout, 4 lanes (2 left onto the motorway, 2 onto and around the roundabout) him in the very left lane and me and the lane next to him expecting to turn left onto the motorway. Only he decided he would just continue straight onto the roundabout across my lane. Thank god I was paying attention to him as I would have been side swiped rather than being forced to go all the way around the roundabout.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svwhiLZEsON7RNEmI9HB_kg!2e0
That's streetview of the exit in question, looking at that exiting from the right hand lane would just feel wrong.
*Had someone in a Bentley sat to my left at some traffic lights to get onto a roundabout, 4 lanes (2 left onto the motorway, 2 onto and around the roundabout) him in the very left lane and me and the lane next to him expecting to turn left onto the motorway. Only he decided he would just continue straight onto the roundabout across my lane. Thank god I was paying attention to him as I would have been side swiped rather than being forced to go all the way around the roundabout.
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