The other day a situation came about at a cross roads with traffic lights. It made me wonder what a good driver would have done or what i should do in a test situation.
I intended to turn right, there was no yellow box just a standard cross road. The light goes green, but my exit road was blocked and a portion of the junction ,due to someone doing a manouver between some badly parked cars. This had caused congestion and so there were still cars in the middle of the junction waiting to clear.
I held back to wait for it to clear , only to hear a car beeping from behind perhaps understandbly as he wanted to go straight on.
WHAT are my options besides holding back, and causing conjestion behind me?
1)drive into the middle of the junction to turn right regardless? and in doing so, once the traffic lights had turned red, i would have blocked cars from my left and right, had my exit road still not cleared.
2) in a test situation should i just abandon turning right and go straight on and have the examiner divert me?
3) OR am i entitled to do what i did, as i didnt cause the conjestion in the first place?
As always i really appreciate any of your time and expertise. Seems like a catch22 this one.
all the best billy
(a pic of the junction below)
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Charte ... 52,,0,3.96