Perpetual Fear Of Roundabouts
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:40 pm
Please help! I have passed my test but still feel that I don’t really get roundabouts. I understand the theory ie to go left stay left, to get off at the last exit stay right etc. But when they have multiple lanes and exists the theory seems to become complicated.
The M40 Banbury roundabout causes me grief. I never really seem to know the right lane to be in and this has undermined my confidence at dealing with all roundabouts. If anyone can help it would be appreciated.
There are four exits and I want to take the third to Banbury. There are two lanes approaching and the arrows on the floor say that I can go in either lane to Banbury.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 13.42&z=14
If I choose the left lane to go onto the roundabout I have to pass over the first exit lanes. I can now only go into the outside lane on the roundabout as there is traffic to my right:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 26.88&z=14
Now this bit I don’t get. There is often traffic to the side of me but if I continue I will be sent off down the M40. I have to signal right to try and stay on the roundabout and pray that someone lets me in:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 26.43&z=14
Start again. Through practice I start off in the right hand lane. I have a choice of three lanes to go into. My theory tells me that I should try to keep left. But if I have all of a couple of seconds I can see that the left lane can actually go into the outside lane of the roundabout. So I guess I keep in the middle. This in turn becomes the outside and feeds me off on the third exit, hooray!
I find the arrows on the floor quite confusing. This is another roundabout in Banbury. From the M40 roundabout I would presume that with three lanes you would feed onto the same lane on the roundabout. But with the outside lane only going first left does that now mean that the middle lane should feed to the outside lane of the roundabout and the right lane to the middle?
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 18.35&z=14
I guess I don’t really get why some roundabouts allow the outside lane to turn left or straight on and others just keep left. If there’s heavy traffic it can be difficult to see what is written on the floor.
Any advice about how to deal with these multilane roundabouts with arrows pointing everywhere would be great!
The M40 Banbury roundabout causes me grief. I never really seem to know the right lane to be in and this has undermined my confidence at dealing with all roundabouts. If anyone can help it would be appreciated.
There are four exits and I want to take the third to Banbury. There are two lanes approaching and the arrows on the floor say that I can go in either lane to Banbury.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 13.42&z=14
If I choose the left lane to go onto the roundabout I have to pass over the first exit lanes. I can now only go into the outside lane on the roundabout as there is traffic to my right:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 26.88&z=14
Now this bit I don’t get. There is often traffic to the side of me but if I continue I will be sent off down the M40. I have to signal right to try and stay on the roundabout and pray that someone lets me in:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 26.43&z=14
Start again. Through practice I start off in the right hand lane. I have a choice of three lanes to go into. My theory tells me that I should try to keep left. But if I have all of a couple of seconds I can see that the left lane can actually go into the outside lane of the roundabout. So I guess I keep in the middle. This in turn becomes the outside and feeds me off on the third exit, hooray!
I find the arrows on the floor quite confusing. This is another roundabout in Banbury. From the M40 roundabout I would presume that with three lanes you would feed onto the same lane on the roundabout. But with the outside lane only going first left does that now mean that the middle lane should feed to the outside lane of the roundabout and the right lane to the middle?
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=banbur ... 18.35&z=14
I guess I don’t really get why some roundabouts allow the outside lane to turn left or straight on and others just keep left. If there’s heavy traffic it can be difficult to see what is written on the floor.
Any advice about how to deal with these multilane roundabouts with arrows pointing everywhere would be great!