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Indicating at a roundabout
tdenson
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Why do some people indicate right when they enter a roundabout and are going straight on. Surely, their immediate act is to turn left, so how on earth can indicating right be the correct thing to do ? A lot of people do this and on many occasions I have attempted to overtake someone on the left who is going straight ahead because I have interpreted their indication of turning right as meaning they are turning right.
The only thing that annoys me more than this are drivers who just will not use a bus lane when it is not in use (and drive at 20mph in the right hand lane). Trouble is this is very prevalent - I use a couple of roads with bus lanes regularly that also have speed cams and I would say that 95% at least of drivers do not use the bus lane when they can.
The only thing that annoys me more than this are drivers who just will not use a bus lane when it is not in use (and drive at 20mph in the right hand lane). Trouble is this is very prevalent - I use a couple of roads with bus lanes regularly that also have speed cams and I would say that 95% at least of drivers do not use the bus lane when they can.
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You pull out, then realise they're heading straight for you.Dangerous indicating.>:(
Yes, so do I
This is true.If I'm driving along and I see someone in the distance waiting to cross.I'll indicate my intentions.They can take it or leave it.But at least I've done my bit.
Isn't it for the cars on the other side of the roads benefit and pedestrians should there be any?
I don't know as I can't recall ever seeing this, or I didn't notice because it didn't cause a problem.
Older drivers were taught to always indicate right when they are going straight ahead.
I see far more drivers that use no indicators whatsoever when navigating a roundabout.
You enter the roundabout at 6 o'clock, if the exit you want is further on than 12pm (i.e. straight ahead) then you indicate right.
If it's at, say, 9 o'clock, you indicate left.
If you literally are going straight on to exit at 12o'clock then you don't indicate at all until you've gone passed the exit before 12 o'clock. Then you indicate left.
Is this really confusing?! It's not if you think of the roundabout as a clock!
edit: Oh look here it is explained:
http://www.monk1.com/resources/12oclock+roundabouts.pdf
This got me thinking about a roundabout near me:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=jtwfow&s=8#.U8HOGJRdXTo (excuse the poor drawing).
I indicate right for junctions 2, 3 and 4 - although I always worry a bit about doing so for no.2
Hiya Jimbo.Nice to see you in your blazer at Wimbers last week!.
I use my indicators if it helps anyone,road user or pedestrian.It's what seperates us from them.
Why? Signalling right for junction two tells people waiting at junction one that you are not going straight ahead.
I would do the same, so that anyone waiting in the first junction would know not to pull out, then I would indicate left after the first junction, if turning down the second.
A lot of indicating though depends on the size of the roundabout and the size of the exits.
Well yes, but I guess that's my point, it's neither strictly right, nor straight on. It's in 'the middle'.
It seems to me that as the idea of having indicators is to indicate your intentions to other road users, it makes more sense to use your indicators to indicate your intentions to other road users, as opposed to using them to give some vague of idea of where you may or may not be heading. I was once knocked off my bike on a roundabout by a bloke indicating right but actually turning left, so the idea of actively signalling your intentions rather than relying on the self cancelling mechanism is IMHO a good one.
Same here, whenever I approach a roundabout that's the first thing that pops into my head. It annoys me when people signal too early so they are signalling to come off at the next exit but start indicating before the previous exit. That's why I never pull out until I see the car actually turning in to the road or exit.
Haha very funny. But in case anyone doesn't get the joke, we weren't.
If I am going straight ahead at a very small roundabout I do not indicate at all.
I probably use my indicators a little too much for my own good if I am honest.