I’m still trying to figure out what a lad was pissed at me this morning for, I’m coming from the N3 over to [this](https://www.google.com/maps/@53.401755,-6.3761541,3a,75y,60.58h,78.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8E3yOJqmOiM5eg3G6lCRdQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) roundabout in Blanchardstown, as the bus lane ends I move over to the left as I’m heading straight and my exit is a single lane one, wait a bit at the roundabout for traffic to clear and I take off along with some cars on the right lane, I notice a red car behind me in the right lane. As I turn off he slams on the horn, hes behind and over my shoulder so I cant exactly see what hes up to but he has enough space if he wanted to turn right. But he didn’t, he was going straight as well and I could see in my rear mirror his hands in the air and his face red.
I know a lot of people forget that the bus lane ends or are just lazy as at peek traffic everyone is heading straight but like I’m not doing anything wrong am I? Like some roundabouts are stay right for straight, I know one exists in Carlow like that but it’s an oddity and is clearly marked as such, M50 junction roundabouts also have some different setups but they have markings for it too. This just has the normal markings. Am I not seeing a hidden sign or what te fuck.
Like in Google Streetview I actually see the exact same scenario, the Honda behind the Google car is taking the left lane and the Mazda is taking the right lane, despite both going straight.
I don’t really give a fuck about the lad being a baby, just seeing if there’s something my “culchie” eyes weren’t seeing as streetview didnt help.
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You post is a bit confusing. Anyway, you should stay in the left lane if you’re going straight.
Based on the picture it looks like you were in the correct lane.
The official rule is if you imagine the roundabout as a clock, you enter at 6, if the exit is after 12 you go inside lane, otherwise stay on outside.
But I notice in Dublin people tend to just take the left lane if going straight.
I can’t understand how in 2022 they can’t put markings on every roundabout… and how people don’t ask for markings…
Shifting into the left lane in the 5 m between the bus lane ending and the roundabout is unnecessary. That close to a roundabout a driver’s focus should be on whether the roundabout is clear to enter. Having drivers focus on their left to see the way if clear, entering the left lane, and then entering the roundabout all within about 1-2 seconds is a recipe for an accident. I suspect the other driver was angry due to a perception that you took advantage of the lacuna in the rules of the road to undertake him.