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[TamaJosh]

About five minutes ago, coming home from a really short (5 min) trip I encountered one of our road network's finest arse holes.

At a mini roundabout I was turning right, I looked right, indicated, got to the roundabout, slowed, looked right and went round the dot before turning right.

Unfortunately, the arse behind me failed to see either of the two checks, the indicators, or the turning motion I was making and decided to drive up the inside of the mini roundabout (you know, the wrong way round) and then seemed surprised to see they were on a collision course with me. They slammed on their brakes (without a care for the people behind) and glared at me.

I don't mind people going over the dot but people just ignoring the roundabout rules (which is why we have mini roundabouts, to enforce roundabout rules on a small junction) and cutting in before the dot is dangerous, could have knocked me off.

This has happened like five times, I'm always very cautious of that roundabout.


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[Kris]

Every two days, on the way home from work I fill up at the local petrol station.

I turn off the main road home, go down a steep hill and the garage is at the bottom of the hill on the left. The forecourt is situated on the LHS corner of an old T-junction which is now a mini-roundabout. To enter the forecourt you have to turn left at the mini roundabout and do an immediate left again. It has been this layout for 15+ years.

So every two nights, almost without fail, some nobchomper tailgates me down the hill, almost rams me as I slow for the roundabout as the other entry is obscured by foliage, then almost rams me again as I slow for the entrance for the forecourt. It makes no difference if I indicate twice, use arm signals, literally crawl from roundabout to entrance etc etc. And yet they glare at me.
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This roundabout is the bane of my existence!

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So from looking at the statistics before us, roundabouts are the root of all evil
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I'm usually going to fast to have people bother me from behind at a roundabout
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This is the bane of my life:

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Its the A690 from Sunderland > Durham

It has a "No Car Lane" running pretty much all the way from Sunderland city centre to that roundabout ^^^

I only use the lane if turning left at that roundabout. That being said, it is horrendous for cars who don't bother to check their mirrors who also want to turn left and just pull straight over after the "No Car Lane" finishes.

The stupid thing is right next to the road is a police station You would of thought people would be more diligent around it..... but no.

A couple of weeks an oldish bloke started to pull across as I was right next to him. I blipped the horn, he sharpish corrected what he was doing. I continued, shook my head a bit. Turned left and then about 200 yards down the road indicated to turn right and moved into the centre bit. He flies down the inside of me cuts straight across me making me swerve into the oncoming lane and pulls up just after the right turn. He starts gesturing me pull over, which I duly obliged.

I'm guessing he thought because I was on the 125 (still had the L plates on) I was some 17 y/o. So pulled over he starts shouting at me saying I should of gave way to him and he was a "biker". He got a bit of a shock when I took my helmet off, mid correcting him he ran back to his car and sped off. Grrrrrrr'ing cager idiot.
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[mistergixer]

Roundabouts are a fantastic piece of road design. Unfortunately, they are used by humans - and therein lies the problem!

One that always makes me chuckle is a mini-roundabout close by my house. It has 3 roads leading to it, and every now and then 3 cars arrive at the same time all wanting to turn right.

Nobody can go, because they have to give way to someone who is (in turn) having to give way to someone else.

So, everyone stops, and just looks at each other, waiting for someone to go first. Eventually someone decides to go - but, inevitably the others have decided to go at the same time.

Everyone lurches forward a foot, then stops, then looks at each other again.....then lurches forward again, stops, and looks.....

It's quite entertaining to watch.


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