gcl2013 wrote:Should I move round to the right whilst keeping to the middle until after I pass the straight on exit and then mirror signal maneuver over to the left lane, or are you supposed to start moving left earlier so that you are in the left lane by the time you have passed the straight on exit?
gcl2013 wrote:In practice sometines I see cars in the left lane will carry on round to the right instead of straight on. [...] they might do this even if I was alongside them thereby cutting into me ?
gcl2013 wrote:Thanks, that's what I thought was correct.
In practice sometines I see cars in the left lane will carry on round to the right instead of straight on. Do you think they only do this when they know the middle lane is clear or do you think that they might do this even if I was alongside them thereby cutting into me ?
gcl2013 wrote:Would it still be the right thing to do in this situation for example?
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gcl2013 wrote:Generally speaking, is the technique you described in your first reply the best approach to use whenever you are taking the third (right hand) exit in a roundabout lane marked straight on and right? Would it still be the right thing to do in this situation for example?
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gcl2013 wrote:In the first roundabout I asked about - the Newport one - if I was in the middle lane prior to the straight on exit, could I go round to the right and stay in the middle lane if I wanted to? Or do I have to move over?
gcl2013 wrote:That's the last question I promise
The main lesson from this is that you need to work really hard at being in the correct lane prior to and then immediately after joining the roundabout.
The only place where there is no potential conflict to the right is if you are on the inside lane. A strategy that can be useful if you don't know which lane to use is to start with the inner-most lane and circulate until you've worked out how to start the spiral out to your chosen exit.
gcl2013 wrote:My original understanding of the correct approach was the same as you described, but because so many cars were doing something else I ended up convinced I was understanding it wrong which was what promoted me to make this thread!
gcl2013 wrote:Needed to use the Newport roundabout again on Saturday, and due to the traffic lights ended up being in the middle lane just before the straight on exit with vehicles on both sides. Because of what vehicles have done previously and as most people including me had come from the motorway I had a strong feeling that the van to my left would be continuing right in the left lane instead of carrying straight back onto the motorway.
The van accelerated hard when the lights went green anyway so I just eased back and let him cross in front, but then I got beeped by the car behind him as I carried on heading straight.
Short of stopping in my lane until there is nothing to my left is there anything I could have done to avoid getting beeped? Also, in situations like this is there ever a case for doing what others are doing even when it's incorrect? I feel like I am the one causing all the confusion whilst perversely nobody else conflicts with one another as everyone is doing the wrong thing.
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