You're approaching a roundabout and there's two lanes.
The left hand lane is all choked up with cars, but the right hand lane is pretty clear.
You approach the roundabout in the right hand lane even though you want to go left or straight over.
You drive onto the roundabout in the right hand lane and drive ALL the way around it and move over for your chosen exit.
You get to exit without having had to sit in the jammed up left hand lane!
Do any of you do this? I can't believe the amount of drivers who just sit in the traffic jam when they could be moving!
2007-11-16 03:09:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Panos - this is in the UK and it's perfectly legal. You can spend all day going around the roundabout if you want to.
2007-11-16 04:15:16 · update #1
I do it all the time, but now that you've told the whole world (you numpty), it's not going to work any more.
2007-11-16 22:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha ha, yes! I used to do this all the time on one particular roundabout in Fife, just as you approach the Kincardine Bridge. There were roadworks and the traffic could be backed up for over a mile, so I'd take the right hand lane, indicate right and swing onto the road, thus cutting my delay by a good 20 mins!
2007-11-16 07:26:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do this all the time too. I've seen a queue of over 200m in one lane before and only 2 cars in the other. Of course go all the way round cut your journey time by 10 minutes easily! Its amusing too watch peoples faces too when they can see what your doing : )
2007-11-16 03:17:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do this quite alot, also when there all queuing for an exit of the motorway I drive up and cut in at the front, lane hoggers are the ones that bug me the most though.
2007-11-16 08:24:54 · answer #4 · answered by gizmo-570 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL - I was in Flint last week with the Bronco - it has a 6" fabtec lift and 38" super swampers.
Well I had to get to the college - when I took the exit - I noticed a bunch of traffic ( it was never a bad spot) well they now have one of these roundabouts.
After sitting in traffic for 10 minutes, I jumped the curb, and made my turn -
2007-11-16 03:21:18 · answer #5 · answered by pablo35escobar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do that all the time I know its crazy when people sit there and wait but don't spread the secret we will end up jamming both lanes !!!!
2007-11-16 03:15:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yep!
My old car was an unusual gold colour and I used to get lots of angry glares from the drivers I'd overtaken as they recognised my car as the one that had passed them and indicated right when I passed them, still queueing to get onto the roundabout!
Why more drivers don't do it is beyond me, and it stops congestion on the roads?!
2007-11-16 03:23:58 · answer #7 · answered by Watsit 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yep, the legal and safe way to jump qeues (rather than just cutting them up at the roundabout exit!).
Now Shhhhhh!!! Stop telling people!
2007-11-16 03:57:10 · answer #8 · answered by Steven N 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes I have done it, buit it needs to be quite a tailback in the other lane to make it worthwhile.
2007-11-16 07:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When people refuse to let me into the 'correct' lane even when I am indicating, then I do it - just to spite them.
2007-11-16 23:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by Rob T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋