Roundabout question!

[Comrade]

Never thougth about this until now, in my part of world, theres a roundabout two lanes 3 exits, now on approach the road divides into two lanes one immediate left -first exit, the second is for straight ahead and third exit. Now the right hand lane ( 2nd and 3rd exit ) is marked with a arrow pointing to right.

Now, if im going straight ahead i have to use right hand lane But do i have to use right indicator? i see people doing this but to me it seems wrong as its the only indication your going to take 3rd exit!

please advise!

[Guest akey]

Short answer is no. But you should indicate left once you have passed the first exit.

[Comrade]

thought so, is what ive been doing despite some irate drivers telling me to indicate lol

oh and ta akey

[dispersion]

drivers shouldn't get annoyed. If your not indicating left, then your obviously going to be going straight ahead or further. But car drivers (steriotyipically) always feel that they no more than riders.

[Guest akey]

thought so, is what ive been doing despite some irate drivers telling me to indicate lol

oh and ta akey

 

tell the car drivers to read the highway code mate

[OhJay]

'coz car drivers have a long, well established history of always indicating correctly...

No wait

From your description it sounds like you're doing exactly the right thing. Only question I'd ask is what's the arrow in the left lane? Is left lane left only coz you mention the arrow in the right lane pointing right. If you're going straight over don't indicate right, the guy coming out of the road you're going in to will get confused and wait for you unnecessarily and he'll have a legitimate gripe.

[Comrade]

sorry, i should've added the left hand lane shows left handed arrow

[OhJay]

Then yeah, right hand lane approach, no indicator

Indicate left as soon as your front wheel passes the first exit and go

If you approach in the left hand lane there's a very real risk someone will pull out on you from that first road

[Comrade]

cheers chaps!

[Remy]

Sounds like you're doing the right thing but the road markings on the right lane should indicate straight ahead and right, a bit confusing if it has a right arrow only!

[Comrade]

heres a link to google maps folks

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=princes ... 2,,0,20.92

[Lumor_uk]

I thought they only used arrows when there are more than two lanes.

Going by what the IAM advanced biker book says, if it's past the 12 o'clock position you should consider indicating right.

I would at that round about, as soon as you've past the first exit indicate left.

[Comrade]

Checked with ADI chap and he says indicate right , but its critical that you check mirrors and blindspot as roundabouts as such can be dangerous as everyone will have different ideas about it!

[Stu]

As its off 12 oclock I would indicate

[Hoover]

in my part of world, theres a roundabout two lanes 3 exits,

what your descibing is technicly right but it would normally be classed as two exits as the third is back where you have come from, so take it as two exits and indicate as either left or right depending which way your going.