Quote from: knighty on December 04, 2012, 00:13:48 AM
left

or I would anyway


one roundabout next to where my grandmother used to live...

1 road leads up to it... and then splits into 4 at the roundabout

2 exits and back the way you came (can go straight on, right, or back the way you came)

there's more lanes into it than there are out of it ?

I think you misunderstood my description. The roundabout has 3 exits.

Left, straight on or back down the road you just came up.

I would be in the right lane, it's simple when there are only 2 exits. A lane for each exit.

If there was another exit at the 9o'clock point then I would doi it completely different.
Left lane for, left exit and straight over. Right lane for 9o'clock exit.

It's easy to follow the logic if you look at how large roundabouts are structured like big ones next to motorway sliproads, where the lanes round the roundabout arc to the left to put you in position for the next exit. The same should be true of any roundabout, 1st exit = left lane, any other = right lane then move over gradually to left lane after the penultimate exit to the one you want. There are plenty of real roundabouts where this is way too impractical though like some where there are traffic lights and busy traffic making it very hard to cut in when you need to, I don't think it really matters too much either way so long as you indicate properly well in advance and aren't a knob about moving across. The amount of people that don't indicate at all on roundabouts is scary.

I agree, signal when leaving roundabout or changing lane inside it, which lane is best depends on traffic and should be obvious enough.

Quote from: bear on December 04, 2012, 12:21:11 PM
I agree, signal when leaving roundabout or changing lane inside it, which lane is best depends on traffic and should be obvious enough.

On large roundabouts I'll only signal when I'm leaving the roundabout (or going around it) I won't signal individual lane changes as I go around as Anything else runs the risk of someone mistaking a lane change for an exit and driving onto the roundabout in front of you causing an accident.

Quote from: M3ta7h3ad on December 04, 2012, 20:34:24 PM

Quote from: bear on December 04, 2012, 12:21:11 PM
I agree, signal when leaving roundabout or changing lane inside it, which lane is best depends on traffic and should be obvious enough.

On large roundabouts I'll only signal when I'm leaving the roundabout (or going around it) I won't signal individual lane changes as I go around as Anything else runs the risk of someone mistaking a lane change for an exit and driving onto the roundabout in front of you causing an accident.

Depends on the size and layout of the roundabout if I give signal at lane change.

Quote from: M3ta7h3ad on December 04, 2012, 20:34:24 PM

Quote from: bear on December 04, 2012, 12:21:11 PM
I agree, signal when leaving roundabout or changing lane inside it, which lane is best depends on traffic and should be obvious enough.

On large roundabouts I'll only signal when I'm leaving the roundabout (or going around it) I won't signal individual lane changes as I go around as Anything else runs the risk of someone mistaking a lane change for an exit and driving onto the roundabout in front of you causing an accident.

In most cases I've found thats far more likely the other way around, people pulling out on each other assuming they're coming off at the next exit because they haven't bothered indicating right to go round. Does depend on the roundabout size though as bear said.

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on December 04, 2012, 22:40:48 PM

Quote from: M3ta7h3ad on December 04, 2012, 20:34:24 PM

Quote from: bear on December 04, 2012, 12:21:11 PM
I agree, signal when leaving roundabout or changing lane inside it, which lane is best depends on traffic and should be obvious enough.

On large roundabouts I'll only signal when I'm leaving the roundabout (or going around it) I won't signal individual lane changes as I go around as Anything else runs the risk of someone mistaking a lane change for an exit and driving onto the roundabout in front of you causing an accident.

In most cases I've found thats far more likely the other way around, people pulling out on each other assuming they're coming off at the next exit because they haven't bothered indicating right to go round. Does depend on the roundabout size though as bear said.

"Or going around it".

Ah, gotcha

In sweden it is crazy the "traffic board" saying  signal before entering to show if left or right (in sweden right would be next exit and left around)and than signal when leaving also signal at all lanechanges roundabout or not. The Police say signal when leaving or changing lanes nothing more.