Right.. coming from point A, there are 2 lanes entering the roundabout, lane 1 and lane 2. If I want to exit at point B, which is the correct lane to be in when entering the roundabout?
Exit B only has 1 lane, so driver's in lane 1 and 2 will need to merge.
I use this roundabout often and it's probably 50/50 between drivers that use lane 1 and 2.
Lane 2 makes the most sense to me.. what do you think?
by mashedtaytos
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I’d go with two. But you know people will use one as well and just annoy you
[12 o’clock rule](https://www.theaa.ie/blog/roundabout-faqs/)
Lane 2. You move into lane 1 after you have cleared the last exit before B (assuming the traffic coming onto the roundabout from that exit let you merge !)
Lane two, mergjng into lane one after the second exit.
Ah Carrickmines roundabout. Nobody drives any of them roundabouts properly. No indicators either.
Only a muppet will enter lane 1💥
How is this even a question?
2, all day long.
Weave wildly between the two, or the best one I have seen is to take that little known shortcut right from lane 2 to B.
2 and merge left after the exit before your turn *edit after 12 rule here comes into play wouldn’t it
Its lane 2. Its genuinely fucked how stupid so many drivers are in this country
Always lane 2
2, 2 is the only answer, anyone saying 1 needs put in a hole.
Why would you even consider the left lane? If you did, the same ‘logic’ could be implied to use the right lane to go left. You will cause conflict.
The 12 o’clock rule is the law ; and it’s what’s on the official driving test guidelines if you enter into lane 1 on your driving test to come off at B it’s a grade 2 fault.
You should be in lane 2. Once you go past the 12 o’clock position you enter the roundabout in the right lane, indicating right until you need to leave the roundabout. Unless instructed otherwise.
Always lane two, unless marked otherwise.
Lane 2
Lane 2 is correct. But you have to be always watching for the person in lane 1.
off topic but New Zealand signs are foolproof.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/dsHQTEmaPFz5gm1u9
I guess all the people who choose lane 1 just don’t use reddit then. Cos there’s plenty of them.
How to properly navigate these roundabouts does have me going around in circles..
Terrifying that people are actually asking that question and also presumably driving vehicles every day
2B to 1 to exit
Start in lane one, scandinavian flick into lane two, gratituous drift sideways across both lanes, countersteer to exit.
Lane 2, but with the aim of moving to Lane 1 after clearing the last exit, it would be unlikely that anyone would be on your inside should you stay on Lane 2, but make sure to check your gobshite mirror (your left mirror the largely shows nothing but the rare gobshite doing some fuckery on a roundabout).
This is not even a confusing one. It’s very obviously lane 2. Always follow the 12 o clock rule unless it’s indicated on the roundabout. What you can do after the first exit is check your mirrors and exit into the first lane itself if no one is there.
How I determine which lane to go is if coming from my direction I need to exit through a left exit, I go to the left lane, if it’s a right exit, I go to the right lane.
In the absence of any road markings lane 2. But I can think of at least one roundabout similar that requires you to be in lane 1.
The Glenageary roundabout at The Graduate Pub in Dublin has you enter at 6, pass one exit, and hit the second exit at about 2 o’clock, all from lane 1. It’s a shit show. But it’s marked on the road.
2. People are so ignorant of this. Also people are meant to indicate right first and once passed the exit before yours, then indicate left.
2
2, end of
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Right lane always when the exit is more than halfway round the roundabout.
I had similar look at week. Someone was in lane 1, nearly went into the back of me and had the cheek to blow his horn for ages at me (I was indicating). He then proceeded to be the typical middle lane driver.
Left-side lane turns left, right-side lane goes right. If it was a standard 4 exits, then left-side is for straight on also.
I had a brief argument with a guy at a roundabout once about this. He protested that he was in the left lane but should be allowed to go all the way around to the right. I stopped my car and got out, at which point he reconsidered his attitude to road rage and drove away at pace.
The stupid prick.
If you can’t answer this correctly, you shouldn’t driving! The driving standards in this country are ridiculous.
It’s lane 2. Anyone saying/doing otherwise doesn’t know how to drive.
https://preview.redd.it/vsrrwyygmhrc1.jpeg?width=630&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cdf2d2eb11b5e279db12bf8ffc57b594b9a4fc56
Lane 2, except it says otherwise on the horizontal or vertical signs.
Christ people it’s 2. How would anyone pass their driving exam without knowing that