who decided it was a good idea to indicate right when going straight on at a roundabout?

Question

this is an infruiating habit and is danerous i dont know how it started and it isnt in the highway code i've even seen driving instructors doing it

for the info of those who assume i passed my test as a member of essex police i was trained to advanced level and to drive lgv's under emergency conditions...no i dont flash my headlights other than as in the case of the audible warning instrument to warn other road users of my presence on the road and a car displaying L plates should only be driven by a pupil or an instructor to or from or on a lesson or a test...if its not the instructor driving badly then the instructor needs a slap anyway

Answer 1

a complete idiot probably the same idiot that decided that its OK to come up the inside of a lorry when going round a roundabout

Answer 2

I am SO in agreement with you on this one !!!!!

A suicidaly bad motorcyclist friend of mine does this.... He claims the instructor at the Bike Training centre told him to do it... I suspect it's a misunderstanding but I cant fgure out how it has come about either, unless it it for use on bigger roundabouts with more than just the usual Left, Straight on and Right options (See Tesco's (Olding corner) roundabout in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

I'm guessing people see any exit other than One or Two as a right turn so they indicate accordingly. Personaly I think people who indicate right and go straignt on should be tugged by the traffic police for 'due care'.

My driving instructor was very clear on roundabout indication I'm glad to say, and I recall there being question about this when I did my Threory and hazzard perception test earlier this year. (yes.. I did finally pass the car driving test at 36 yrs old).

Answer 3

At a conventional roundabout, with four equally spaced roads off (i.e. it would be a crossroads, but for the roundabout), when intending to go straight on, you should not indicate before you enter the roundabout, but then you indicate left before you leave at the 2nd exit (and you start indicating left, when you are level with the 1st exit).

To turn left, you indicate left before entering the roundabout, and keep the indicator on until you leave at the 1st exit.

To turn right, you indicate right before entering the roundabout and keep the indicator on until you are level with the 2nd exit, whereupon you change the indicator to left until you leave at the 3rd exit.

The only time it would be appropriate to signal right, when going straight on, is if the road layout was unconventional, and the straight on (2nd) exit was at the 1 o'clock position or more, (you enter at 6 o'clock). In other words if you went through more than half a circle (greater than 180°).

Answer 4

Its all about helping the traffic flow properly and its called courtesy. If I am going straight on at a roundabout I will indicate right until I have passed all the left hand turns I don't want to take, and then I indicate left to say I am turning off. This allows people waiting at the roundabout to understand I am continuing round the roundabout, so they know not to pull out in front of me, and once I indicate left then people further round the roundabout know its ok to pull out because I will be turning off.

There are plenty more annoying places where people use their indicators incorrectly. I find it more infuriating when people don't indicate at roundabouts or turnings at all. Its also one of those times when people adopt habits that aren't in the highway code. I am sure you use your lights to flash people out, don't you? And that is against the rules of the highway code.

Answer 5

i think you are exagerating that you see driving instructors doing it , its more than thier jobs worth. dont always assume just because you see a driving school car that it is an instructor behind the wheel,it could be a family member or friend that has borrowed the car so think on.

Answer 6

in case you rigidity a BMW, Volvo or Merc (motor vehicle) then get into the incorrect lane and don't difficulty to point in any respect, that seems to be the rule of thumb they save on with. in any different case, if turning first left then point out left, if going right now on do no longer point out whilst drawing near the roundabout yet point out left in basic terms in the previous you bypass away. If turning ideal then point out ideal then point out left in basic terms in the previous you bypass away the roundabout. be conscious that this rule is somewhat confusing to word on maximum painted on (as distinctive from having a raised island) mini-roundabouts, superb in basic terms point out left or ideal whichever is desirable.

Answer 7

If you are going straight then why is there a need to indicate right?!?!?! where is the logic in that? What is annoying is the people that don't indicate and they are going right!! ....or left!!! bunch of lazy daisys thats why!!

Answer 8

I was taught if going straight don't indicate right, just indicate left and the first exit

Answer 9

how did you ever get a licence? you dont need a signal when going straight ahead untill just before you exit then you whack on a left indicator!

Answer 10

I've never seen this. Are you sure that you understand what is happening? Or maybe you live / drive in an area where many motorists are indecisive???