Need some advice

[shereen]

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As shown in this image I come off at the second exit at this roundabout and use the right lane approaching the roundabout, problem is stupid cagers use the left lane to come off at the same exit as me and I have countless near misses.

Question. If I did happen to have an accident would I be found at fault as I am technically cutting them up and moving into their lane or should I incorrectly use the left lane and avoid any potential accidents??
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[0l0dom0l0]

Does the road give you any indication as to where you should be? ie arrows?

Can you get a street view of it?
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You're supposed to give way to the outer 'ring' of the roundabout when you're on the inner, regardless of where you believe they should or shouldn't be. I should add; unless there are clear road markings to the contrary.

However, I have won an insurance claim in the past against someone in the outside lane when I crossed their path.

Given your fragile status, on a bike, I'd do whatever seems safest at the time. You don't get bonus points for being killed whilst doing 'the right thing'.
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[Rogerborg]

I'd likely enter using the right lane, stay there until past the first exit (so that cagers waiting at it don't think I'm exiting) then carefully move to the left lane and stay there until the 2nd exit.

Probably not an "on test" answer, but you're looking for pragmatism rather than textbook, right?
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[DrDonnyBrago]

They'll cut you up instead.


TBH though being prepared for being cut up is easier than doing it to someone else safely.

I would probably enter in the right lane, stick with it until past the 1st exit then get over and wait for the 2nd exit.

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[angryjonny]

Awkward one really. Technically, as you can't get back on the A3, your exit is "straight on" and as the 2nd exit, the left lane would ordinarily be the one you'd use. And although there isn't a right turn on the roundabout you will get people going full circle to take that left-turn off the sliproad back onto the A3.

I don't think there is really a right answer to this. Whichever lane you choose you'll get cars in the other lane trying to go the same way as you. I'd probably use the left lane - if I did have a coming together with a car, I could argue that I was going straight on via the 2nd exit and that's why I chose the left lane.

Of course I say this without having ridden it myself. Experience will teach you what the majority of drivers do. The right answer probably depends on how the traffic is stacked at the point in time you're negotiating it.

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[Rogerborg]

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[Vincent]

There's a roundabout with this problem east bound on the A14. It has traffic lights, and, as you approach them, there are 4 lanes. The far left lane is for turning left only, the two middle lanes are for straight on, on to a dual carriageway, and the right lane is for turning right only. As you move onto the roundabout, there are 3 lanes and people in the 2nd lane from the lights always veer over into the centre lane instead of staying in the left lane. It's lethal, and to make it worse, the road markings on the roundabout are worn away and vurtualy invisible. It's an open invitation for insurance scammers and there must have been loads of scrapes there. I doubt if anything will ever be done to make it safer, even repainting the markings.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=A14+Bar+hill&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=np&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x47d879de122aa77f:0xcfada0123ab4b749,A14,+Bar+Hill,+Cambridgeshire+CB23+8&gl=uk&ei=Z2hKTojhComJhQeekqibCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ8gEwAA
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[iooi]

2 lanes onto a roundabout =
Left for exit 1 & 2
Right for 3 & 4

Or in this case its a free for all.

Just make sure that if using the right lane (and I would use that as well) that you ensure that you do not put yourself in a situation where you can get squashed on the exit.
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