Exiting Roundabouts

[ianrauk]

I originally read the thread as Exciting Roundabouts

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I originally read the thread as Exciting Roundabouts

That would be the one in Hemel Hempstead (I think) which is a roundabout surrounded by 5 or 6 other roundabouts, it works perfectly if people know & use the same rules, unfortunately not everybody should be allowed a licence.

 

[Alex321]

That would be the one in Hemel Hempstead (I think) which is a roundabout surrounded by 5 or 6 other roundabouts, it works perfectly if people know & use the same rules, unfortunately not everybody should be allowed a licence.

There is a similar one in Swindon, known locally as the "magic roundabout". I had to negotiate it a few times when I worked in Swindon, and found it actually seemed to work much better than you might expect.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

There is a similar one in Swindon, known locally as the "magic roundabout". I had to negotiate it a few times when I worked in Swindon, and found it actually seemed to work much better than you might expect.

Maybe I'm wrong & it's Swindon

Edit:- it is Hemel or at least the one I was thinking of

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Maybe I'm wrong & it's Swindon

There is one in Hemel Hempstead too. Not far away from a company I have visited several times over the years.

 

[T4tomo]

We do the Hemel one on the bikes at times, its not too bad to negotiate as the traffic speeds are generally pretty slow.

It actually works very well, its sort of a roundabout you can go both ways around

the swindon one has a roundabout in the middle of 5 or 6 others, hemel is just 6 linked mini-Rs

 

[Alex321]

Maybe I'm wrong & it's Swindon

Edit:- it is Hemel or at least the one I was thinking of

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Yes, I knew about the one in Hemel, though I've only ever been there once.

It seems the Swindon one is officially called the Magic Roundabout now

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

No, I'm not wrong. That is absolutely what the Highway code used to say.

Whether it is actually a valid thing tio do is another question

I was always taught to stay in the left lane by my driving instructors but if it said something different in the HC i'll take your word for it.
I get it if people are strangers to a certain roundabout and might think there's a double lane on exit but i think it's mostly people trying to get an advantage on you.ie if i go faster i'll reach the exit before you.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was always taught to stay in the left lane by my driving instructors but if it said something different in the HC i'll take your word for it.
I get it if people are strangers to a certain roundabout and might think there's a double lane on exit but i think it's mostly people trying to get an advantage on you.ie if i go faster i'll reach the exit before you.

We clearly disagree on this, if the road marking say you can use both lanes to go straight forward & there are cars already in the left lane & nothing/less in the right lane then you are free to join that lane. This is what I was taught on my advanced motorcycle test, but I did also fail my first car test for not changing lanes to the left on a 2 lane one way street, so you're are actually not wrong, you're just out of date.

 

[Mike_P]

Lad taking his driving theory test today, this sort of thing.

Picture 2

https://www.theorytestadvice.co.uk/learn-to-drive/roundabouts.php

And far too many signal right on the approach and go straight on

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

@Phaeton
I'm well past my sell by date

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

When entering or exiting a roundabout on two wheels, self-preservation is uppermost in my mind, not my rights.

I apply the same strategy on two, four or more wheels

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I apply the same strategy on two, four or more wheels

And not just on roundabouts