Questioning the way I use roundabouts.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:53 pm
I have been driving 12 years now, give or take. and i was taught to use the 12 o'clock rule when no other markings are present on a roundabout. This has served me well for a good portion of my driving life but there is one roundabout that has me questioning my training.
The above picture shows a roundabout i am using regularly as part of my job as a delivery driver and the specific problem i'm having is going across from A to C (see annotations on the picture).
At the moment, I use the right lane and proceed around the roundabout in the right lane, indicating off when passing 'B', This seems perfectly logical to me, except i haven't seen anyone else do this. Every other road user sticks to the left lane all the way round.
I have read the highway code, it says simply to use the appropriate lane when not taking the first or last exits.
In fact the only publication i can find that comes close to this situation is http://www.asktheadi.co.uk/?page_id=78. Right at the bottom it shows an example similar to the above roundabout stating you should stay in the left lane, indicating right until you pass exit 1. then indicate off.
This seems wrong to me so basically i'm after a second opinion and/or clarification as to how to drive in this particular situation.
Also sorry for the wall of text.
The above picture shows a roundabout i am using regularly as part of my job as a delivery driver and the specific problem i'm having is going across from A to C (see annotations on the picture).
At the moment, I use the right lane and proceed around the roundabout in the right lane, indicating off when passing 'B', This seems perfectly logical to me, except i haven't seen anyone else do this. Every other road user sticks to the left lane all the way round.
I have read the highway code, it says simply to use the appropriate lane when not taking the first or last exits.
In fact the only publication i can find that comes close to this situation is http://www.asktheadi.co.uk/?page_id=78. Right at the bottom it shows an example similar to the above roundabout stating you should stay in the left lane, indicating right until you pass exit 1. then indicate off.
This seems wrong to me so basically i'm after a second opinion and/or clarification as to how to drive in this particular situation.
Also sorry for the wall of text.