two lane roundabout laws

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[QUOTE=Dicky Ticker;2078724]

The one thing I can't understand is people who go round a roundabout with the righthand indicator on. You can only go one way round a roundabout

These are the poor lost souls ( Halloween's their night ) who drive Marie Celestes & are doomed to go round forever until they either run out of fuel or lose the will to live - usually the latter!

[TEC]

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

The one thing I can't understand is people who go round a roundabout with the righthand indicator on.....

The idea is that people waiting to pull out might not knowing you are going to pass in front of them and not peel off at the next junction

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Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

The one thing I can't understand is people who go round a roundabout with the righthand indicator on. You can only go one way round a roundabout

These are the poor lost souls ( Halloween's their night ) who drive Marie Celestes & are doomed to go round forever until they either run out of fuel or lose the will to live - usually the latter!

did you have to pass a test?

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Originally Posted by TEC

The idea is that people waiting to pull out might not knowing you are going to pass in front of them and not peel off at the next junction

It's also written in the highway code to do so. In fact the only time you shouldn't be indicating on a "normal" roundabout is when you're going straight on and haven't reached your exit yet.

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Basically if you were cutting across on front of the other vehicle to exit the roundabout then expect some grief. You would have to show that they did something to cause you to think they were taking the same exit as you (for example were they indicating left) for you to stand any chance.

the left-hand drive foreign lorry drivers allways use the left hand lane at roundabouts weather there going left, right, stright on or back the way they came!! and wont see you in there mirrors as they lose all vision down the right hand side when they turn right!, i use the same rule for everyone at roundabouts......there out to kill you!

Originally Posted by nik_nunez

well thats what happened, i was in the right lane to go straight and a taxi was in the left lane to go right (so he went past 2 exits as he hit me), as you can imagine he hit me as i went to exit, but his insurances company have said it was my fault as i should have not been going straight from the right lane even tho it is 2 lanes on and off,

now i have told my insurance company not to accept their claim but was just looking for some laws to back things up

You need to look at rule 162 of the Highway Code. This says "when taking the last exit or going full circle:

1. signal right and aproach in the right hand lane
2. keep to the right on the roundabout until you need to change lanes and exit the roundabout
3. signal left after you have passed the exit before the one you want

Sounds like the manouvre the taxi was doing, but not in accordance with the above

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

Only signal your intention i.e. pealing off left when level with the junction before the one you intend to take. Where lane markings exist they are the precident

The one thing I can't understand is people who go round a roundabout with the righthand indicator on. You can only go one way round a roundabout

So you are one of these ****s??? One of my pet hates that!

Indicators also let pedestrians know driver intentions.

Not only is it totally fecking lazy and inconsiderate to not indicate - the switch, lever whatever can't be more than a few inches away, but it also fuels congestion at busy roundabouts.

i did do a lifesaver but he was so close i could not avoid him fully, but i did try to turn away and was almost at a standstill when he hit me

either way i look at it he was in the left lane indicating right and going past 2 turn off to go right which is against the highway code, yeah in essense i went in front of him but i had a right to turn off, if he was going striaght like the law states it would have been ok