round-a-bouts

[Reano]

i have a question.....

when it comes to roundabouts, i get confused in which lane i should be in, the inside lane...or outside?.
i try my best to avoid all roundabouts at any cost, but recently ive been needing to go over them to get to certain places....if the turning i was going to go off was the next one on the round-a-bout from mine, i would stick to the outside lane, but when it comes to turnings straight opposite me i get kinda puzzled....normally i would constantly stick to the outside lane, but intill recently i got cut up buy a car (Who in fact, shot straight in front of me at high speed, any closer she would have nocked me off, dunno if i was in the wrong or not...) so now i basically find round-a-bouts real intimidating......

ive asked many people the same question and never got a proper answer (either the asnwer was : err...dunno. or: any lane.)

any advice on using roundabouts would be great, and very much appreciated!!

[Mantzy]

Unless turning right at a roundabout or completing a U-turn, you should always be in the left hand lane. So says the highway code.

However, i personally go in either lane if going straight across as in theory, it should be any bother to those in the left hand lane if i pull off at the straight, unless we're trying to exit the roundabout at the same time.

Hope that helps
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[Ade067]

Well all roundabouts are different but something I was told when learning to drive is think of the roundabout as a clock,if you're exit is past 12'o clock use the right hand lane if its before 12 use the left lane,this normally only applies to 2 lane roads...for multi lane roads (3 or more) then its a bit more difficult but usually if you want to go left use the left lane,straight over use the centre lane or to turn right the right hand lane,when turning right or going right around the roundabout (u turn) move over to the left lane just as you pass the exit before the one you want,check over you're shoulder and indicate 1st though.

On most roundabouts there should be arrows painted in the road telling you which lane you should use so look out for them,be careful in the wet though as the painted arrows are slippery!

You're best bet would be to get plenty of practice when the roads are fairly quiet like early on a Sunday morning or something.

Best of luck and try not to panic or get scared as thats when mistakes will happen.

[Villers]

Mantzy, thats the technique I often use but heard a horror story a couple of weeks ago. My mates brother had come off the motorway and was going round the roundabout heading for his turn off. He thought nothing of going round the inside as the road he was joining was dual carriageway. As he was doing so a woman in a 206 joined from an adjacent carriageway, just as he turned veered left onto his exit she wiped him out. theyre currently arguing the toss, but somehow he managed to smash his face in through his lid and his wife 'bounced' down the road like a 'spacehopper'. Think that was his affectionate term

[Reano]

i think id rather not cut others up when i turn off, if i go in the inside lane, so i might just continue my way and stick to the outside lane.....at least then i can keep an eye on any other cars if they cut me up.

[Josh]

If you are in the outside lane going past "12 o'clock" people may well pull onto the roundabout in front of you, annoying when you are hanging off at high speeds...
But most roundabouts have lane indication, and I think the official advice is that anything up to and including "straight over" is outside lane, past that, inside lane merging into outside as you pass the turn off before yours.
But it also depends on the markings on the roundabout, many differ.
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Highway code on roundabouts

https://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/17.shtml
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[Dom_]

Go round the roundabout in any lane as you want because i rule the road and go faster than all the other cars.


















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