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nickytoco wrote:You have the right-away once you going round.....all other traffic tryin to enter the round-a-bout supposed to wait....the catch with that roundabout is that when you coming from st. james it does be tricky tryin to figure out if a car coming round going towards st. james or going to continue coming round to go st. clair or to tragarete.
Indicators
Left/right indicators should be used to clearly indicate all instances of going left and right. It's that simple. The worst place to decide not to bother is at a British roundabout, a traffic monstrosity that has most tourists quaking in their boots. On a roundabout you should indicate left only if you are taking an immediate left. If you do not indicate left or right, drivers will assume that you are going to take another left exit in the first 180 degrees of the roundabout. If you are planning on going further than 180 degrees - ie, anything other than left or straight ahead - you should indicate right and drive close to the island at the centre of the roundabout. Once you have passed the last exit before the one you plan to leave on you should indicate left to show that you plan to get off at the next exit. Tourists confused by the whole process may just want to indicate right and steer hard around the central island until they get their bearings on the third or fourth trip around.
There are exceptions to this use of the indicators on the roundabout, largely because of unusual roundabout shapes. You should judge the shape of the roundabout by the road signs that precede it. If your exit is indicated anywhere on the left of the route leading straight ahead, assume you should follow the 'left' procedure. If indicated right of straight ahead, use the 'right' procedure. Some roundabouts will also have multiple lanes, in which case you should try to judge the correct lane to be in from road signs prior to the roundabout and markings on the road. In the UK it is helpful to know:
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What the official letter and the number of the road you are after is - eg, A34, B5036
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What the most likely abbreviation is for the town you are going to - eg, Stkp for Stockport, G'hd for Gateshead
When using indicators to indicate your intention to switch lane, you should indicate long enough before making the manoeuvre to ensure that everyone knows what you're going to do. This does not mean that you should allow the indicator to flash once or indicate while you are completing the manoeuvre - or, worse still, after you've started. Indicators are there to make your intentions clear, not as a means to fanfare your skills during the event!
nickytoco wrote:You have the right-away once you going round.....all other traffic tryin to enter the round-a-bout supposed to wait....the catch with that roundabout is that when you coming from st. james it does be tricky tryin to figure out if a car coming round going towards st. james or going to continue coming round to go st. clair or to tragarete.
saxman642 wrote:nickytoco wrote:You have the right-away once you going round.....all other traffic tryin to enter the round-a-bout supposed to wait....the catch with that roundabout is that when you coming from st. james it does be tricky tryin to figure out if a car coming round going towards st. james or going to continue coming round to go st. clair or to tragarete.
I learned this trick a couple months ago, and it's worked for me:
while ON the round about, keep your right indicator on... and just as you about to turn off the roundabout, use your left indicator...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A795567Indicators
Left/right indicators should be used to clearly indicate all instances of going left and right. It's that simple. The worst place to decide not to bother is at a British roundabout, a traffic monstrosity that has most tourists quaking in their boots. On a roundabout you should indicate left only if you are taking an immediate left. If you do not indicate left or right, drivers will assume that you are going to take another left exit in the first 180 degrees of the roundabout. If you are planning on going further than 180 degrees - ie, anything other than left or straight ahead - you should indicate right and drive close to the island at the centre of the roundabout. Once you have passed the last exit before the one you plan to leave on you should indicate left to show that you plan to get off at the next exit. Tourists confused by the whole process may just want to indicate right and steer hard around the central island until they get their bearings on the third or fourth trip around.
There are exceptions to this use of the indicators on the roundabout, largely because of unusual roundabout shapes. You should judge the shape of the roundabout by the road signs that precede it. If your exit is indicated anywhere on the left of the route leading straight ahead, assume you should follow the 'left' procedure. If indicated right of straight ahead, use the 'right' procedure. Some roundabouts will also have multiple lanes, in which case you should try to judge the correct lane to be in from road signs prior to the roundabout and markings on the road. In the UK it is helpful to know:
*
What the official letter and the number of the road you are after is - eg, A34, B5036
*
What the most likely abbreviation is for the town you are going to - eg, Stkp for Stockport, G'hd for Gateshead
When using indicators to indicate your intention to switch lane, you should indicate long enough before making the manoeuvre to ensure that everyone knows what you're going to do. This does not mean that you should allow the indicator to flash once or indicate while you are completing the manoeuvre - or, worse still, after you've started. Indicators are there to make your intentions clear, not as a means to fanfare your skills during the event!
The info in the document below will certainly apply here in
TT... an should be used
http://www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/asset ... sement.pdf
ZeroOne wrote:First of all, when entering the round about you supposed to put on your right indicator so that all cars coming from st james will know to stop. Once on the you on the round about you have the right of way.
Now, this is how that particular round about was designed.
When the cars coming from st. james have stopped then the cars existing from st clair can exit one or two at a time depening on the direction of the car on the round about.
I live in st. james so i know.
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