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[PTA]

Try roundabouts in Spain.
Fun!

 

[Sam Vimes]

Not really a roundabout but I tried to return a rental car to Madrid airport. I could see the terminal building and rental compound but went past them several times on some sort of ring road. Eventually my number came up and I found the off ramp.

 

[ProfJohnL]

Here in the Highlands drivers seem to forget that cars have a reverse gear.

On single track roads many will go past a Passing Place and try and squeeze past rather than reverse up. I stand my ground in the middle and force them to go off road.

It must be the sight of that Kilt that scares them

 

[Sam Vimes]

It's gruesome

 

[Devonisheaven]

I have noticed a massive increase in drivers who have failed to keep the car’s indicator fluid topped up and in the functional range.
Mel

Soon to be a thing of the past, apparently they now fit electric indicators as standard on BMWs and Audi’s. Fingers crossed things should improve.

 

[Sam Vimes]

Soon to be a thing of the past, apparently they now fit electric indicators as standard on BMWs and Audi’s. Fingers crossed things should improve.

I think you have to pay a monthly subscription to use them and people will forget to pay.

 

[Beachball]

Try roundabouts in Spain.
Fun!

Yes i driven in Menorca the roundabouts were well sign posted and easy to get to our destination

 

[PTA]

Yes i driven in Menorca the roundabouts were well sign posted and easy to get to our destination

...with traffic using the inside lane to "overtake" when turning left?

 

[Bluetonic]

Come to Milton Keynes for a days Roundabout awareness course.
Besides over 130 major roundabouts there are over 100 mini roundabouts. And now there are going to be two of these Cross Roundabouts,
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I've been. It appears that no one entering a roundabout stops to check traffic on the roundabout.

 

[Beachball]

...with traffic using the inside lane to "overtake" when turning left?

We only hired a car to see some of the place and came across a roundabout and just followed the signs and had no problem .

 

[JTQ]

Mr Plodd, re Canford Bottom.

I for one far from share your enthusiasm as towing our lengthy unit I am frequently coming from the east and need to turn into Colehill Wimborne.
Then in the daytime it can prove an absolute nightmare, unless one decides to abuse the system. In the early hours of the morning it is fine!

The fundamental issue lays with the "cross hatching" zones, without having to enter these, or get your butt over them, without a clear exit, you can be stuck for absolute ages with many car and white van horns blaring out to move. The cause is vehicles streaming from the Ferndown and Poole roads totally block ones progress, leaving insufficient room for much longer than a solo car or van.
In some respects I don't doubt it is better than it was but it shows a fundamental lack of appreciation of how longer units can make that particular manoeuvre, at high traffic density times, well legally.

Travelling west from Ferndown on the A31 I dread it other than when simply going strait over along the A31.

 

[Hutch]

I've been. It appears that no one entering a roundabout stops to check traffic on the roundabout.

If you have priority left lanes, on entry to the round about you don't need too.