roundabouts

Jan 13, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 73 Replies

I thought it would be give way to the left if Australia drives on the left. France had (has?) priorite a droite.

I cannot see how it would work the other way round. If you (in Australia) had to give way to traffic from the right, how would that traffic get to your lane without first having to give way to traffic from its right? Would you have to assess the traffic coming in the other direction to know whether to give way to a vehicle joining the road?

Both "on" and "in" from guidance from the 2 States I checked before posting*. I didn't /deliberately/ switch from your use of "in" to my "on"; probably just a case of "monkey see, monkey post the one he read last".

*Victoria: "Before entering a roundabout, you must give way to any:

vehicle already in the roundabout tram entering or approaching the roundabout."

Queensland: "When approaching a roundabout you must give way to all vehicles already on the roundabout."

The reverse. Approach Greenhill Bridge Road, exit Greenhill Road (West).

I think 'North' may be set differently on our respective Google Maps. I would still agree with you.

Of course not. That would be a recipe for gridlock - like the French used to have at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with priorite a droite. It would mean traffic is allowed to get *onto* the roundabout but would find it next to impossible to get *off*.

That was at unsigned junctions onto main roads, and f****ng stupid it was, too.

Suggest you apply some brain cells to the matter, otherwise you will fail your driving test.

never did in my day and that is ONLY if you are effectrively turning right

I'm sure you don't. But if an oncoming car is signalling right, you know you'll have to give way to it. I've no doubt you're one of those wallies who think using indicators wastes fuel.

You really are a selfish type. If approaching a roundabout where a vehicle is waiting to join from the left, if you signal you're turning left when you are, it doesn't have to give way to you.

But then logic never was your strong point.

And in particular, if it's a mini-roundabout, your indicating left tells the car to your left it won't need to give way to you, so if it isn't turning left it might take priority over a car to your right that you

*would* have had to give way to ...

Thankfully, the driving test does not deal in hypotheticals.

Quite. But I'd guess Turnip thinks roundabouts some novelty that won't catch on. In his village at least.

Yes it was a game of chicken - can he make it? can't he make it? Will he pull out?

A bus wouldn't dare venture into Turnip's village. It is pleb transport.

We never mentioned the art teachers mass within ear shot the physics teacher.

She went to mass watchers.

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