So, like it says, am I delulu or was right to be irritated?

Was driving home and in one roundabout nearly crashed into this other car, basically because in my mind he should have given me space inside the roundabout.

For context the road coming into the roundabout has two lanes, one for those exiting to the left or 3rd exit, the other for those exiting to the right/1st exit and straight ahead/2nd exit.

I was heading to the left, guy in front was going straight ahead, there should have been space for both of us to complete our manoeuvres unimpeded within the roundabout if he had followed his lane and hugged the outer circle, instead of eating into my lane causing me to brake abruptly.

Video attached for reference. Wanted to blur out the reg.number but I just took a screen recording on my phone, and couldn’t be bothered to do a full on video edit.

Incident at around the 28-30 second mark.

So was am a delulu for being worked up about this, or am I right to be annoyed?





by jaeger313

12 comments

  1. Technically right to be annoyed just try not to. This happens all the time. People in general cannot be trusted with advanced things like roundabouts, merge lanes, etc.

  2. Nah you’re right the car cut you off. But have had that happen so many times that I just expect it in a situation like this

  3. one thing i will comment on is that you should adjust your headlight that guy is probebly blind due to your evangalism with the lights

    but yeah it looks like a dual lane roundabout but i am of the opinion that one should always drive staggerd through it just in case. and not try to overtake wile in the inner corner just in case this happens.

  4. Yeah the van was sloppy about keeping in his lane. OTOH there were no lane markings inside the roundabout. And sad as it may be, you should expect people to be careless while driving.

    Some people cut the roundabouts, some don’t, and then they get annoyed at each other.

    Funny story: In Norway the norm is to not cut them but to do the whole curve in the rightmost lane when you’re going straight ahead. Like you expected the van to do. I tried doing exactly that in a rented car in Portugal, and got honked at by the locals until I gave up and started cutting. Norms and expectations vary from place to place, and sometimes it seems even from hour to hour.

    The trick is to assume that everyone else is a maniac, and drive defensively. Especially in places where people have ample opportunity to make bad choices, like roundabouts.

  5. You are technically correct, as the other driver was incorrectly placed in the round-about by coming into your lane.

    However, cutting through round-abouts happen all the time, so it might be wise to play it safely and not assume the other car will drive correctly in this instance. Take a more passive approach and avoid collision.

  6. Don’t trust people to not follow the rules. I always stagger myself because, well… people are dumb.

  7. Not delulu, I lay on the horn when people do this.

    Yes, I’m horny, fite me.

  8. Langebrukrysset i Hokksund detta her ja, kjente igjen etter to sekunder ahahaha

  9. Not delulu, I lay on the horn when people do this.

    Yes, I’m horny, fite me.

  10. It is work vehicles like this white van that will drive straight through a roundabout rather than follow the lanes or other rules. They’re maybe so used to the route they forget others may be on the road.

    Source: commuting as a cyclist and seeing quite a bit of this

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