ograymic wrote:I have read the highway code, it says simply to use the appropriate lane when not taking the first or last exits...
As with all things advanced driving... it just depends.
If there was no other traffic about I would take as straight a line as possible. Entering via lane 1, moving to lane 2 through the roundabout and then positioning to the right of the exit lane to open up the view to the left on the road to The Pulhams. But that's if I have the road to myself. The OP doesn't.
As I said... it all depends. The OP has a slower moving vehicle and he drives this roundabout when it is busy. So, How about this for a mildly controversial solution to the problem the OP has illustrated:
1). Enter the R/B from the left-hand lane (lane 1).
2). Stay in lane 1 on the R/B but immediately signal RIGHT.
This signal will inform two other groups of road user:
a) ... drivers entering the R/B from the direction of Norwich (the large white van in the Google picture) who will be informed that you will be crossing their entrance onto the R/B and that you do not intend to exit towards Norwich notwithstanding your position in lane 1, and
b) ... drivers approaching from the right in lane 2, ie. from the direction of Ipswich, who intend to exit towards Norwich who will be informed that you intend to cut across the Norwich exit and will not be exiting towards Norwich.
3). Immediately after passing the Norwich exit, and before the entry from Norwich (ie. before the large white lorry) signal LEFT.
4). Exit towards The Pulhams.
Now, I know that many contributors to PistonHeads, and probably also on this forum, decry the driver who "signals right, then signals left" when going straight ahead at a R/B. But, these are inevitably drivers who are following the miscreant and may not necessarily appreciate that the driver in front is trying to inform other road users who might benefit from those signals.
Just a thought.