Joining a road

[User]

 

[jonny jeez]

so, this Junction?

Surely just indicate left?

Cant see a no left turn option

 

[Andy_R]

so, this Junction?
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Surely just indicate left?

Cant see a no left turn option

I reckon it's this one:

in which case I wouldn't bother indicating. An indication is a signal of your intent to do something, ie turn. Your position, just being at this particular junction, does the exact same thing.

 

[robjh]

Or even if you mean here

I'd join the main carriageway without indicating at this junction, as there's nowhere else you could be going.

(Edit : post #3 beat me to it and said the same thing)

 

[jonny jeez]

I reckon it's this one:
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in which case I wouldn't bother indicating. An indication is a signal of your intent to do something, ie turn. Your position, just being at this particular junction, does the exact same thing.

Agreed...but why was one option to indicate right?

I'm so confused

 

[Drago]

If you can only turn left (or right), why indicate at all? Only indicate if it's beneficial for another road user, and if you've done your obs thoroughly and identified that there aren't any road users to benefit, then don't indicate. For most folk indicating is simply a substitute for looking.

 

[Milkfloat]

Agreed...but why was one option to indicate right?

I'm so confused

I assume like people do joining a dual carriageway / motorway to show that you intend to move into their lane. Personally, I would not indicate at all here.

 

[Milkfloat]

Side note> I don't see a turn restriction preventing the right turn here, although the road geometry suggests you should not do it, I would have thought a legal sign would be necessary.

 

[Dirk]

It's not a slip road; it's a Give Way junction, albeit at an acute angle.
If there isn't a 'No Right Turn' sign, then if a signal is required the only acceptable signal would be for a left turn.

 

[lutonloony]

Does " floor it" and hope for the best count?

 

[Racing roadkill]

I reckon it's this one:
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in which case I wouldn't bother indicating. An indication is a signal of your intent to do something, ie turn. Your position, just being at this particular junction, does the exact same thing.

Not to traffic in the left hand lane on the A road it doesn't.

 

[Racing roadkill]

[QUOTE 4702909, member: 9609"]

the fast lane.


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Drive in the left hand lane, unless you are overtaking. There is no "fast lane".

 

[ufkacbln]

[QUOTE 4702839, member: 76"]Yes it's this one.

MiniUser76 is learning to drive, he asked me how he should indicate here. I suggested that if he was going to indicate it should be right, as he is joining a road. His instructor said don't indicate as his intention would be obvious, but that he should indicate when joining a motorway or dual carriageway, in which situation I think his intention is even more obvious [/QUOTE]

The trick is intention.

Motorway or dual carriageway on joining and staying in the inside lane no need to signal, but If you are intending to move into an outer lane, the signal gives other drivers notice of that intention as you join

The junction is different in different images. In one case the "central lane" is for traffic turning into your junction, and in another has a hatched "reservation"

In both cases you will stay in the lane, so no signal

 

[Racing roadkill]

The trick is intention.

Motorway or dual carriageway on joining and staying in the inside lane no need to signal, but If you are intending to move into an outer lane, the signal gives other drivers notice of that intention as you join

The junction is different in different images. In one case the "central lane" is for traffic turning into your junction, and in another has a hatched "reservation"

In both cases you will stay in the lane, so no signal

 

[Globalti]

A left signal would be pointless and ridiculous.

If the two lanes ran parallel I would signal if there was anybody who needed to know my intention but at that junction I'd simply join if it was clear, go to "sport" on the DSG and boot it filling the air with noxious fumes.