• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    People who actually know how to signal in a roundabout are a rare breed. Dunno how it’s in other countries but the German rules actually make sense: Don’t signal when entering. There’s exactly one way to go, so why would you. Don’t signal when driving around the roundabout as that’s straight ahead (even if it’s a circle). Do signal before the exit you want to take, this is for the benefit of people waiting to enter (or maybe those behind but only on 2-lane roundabouts). As a corollary: If you signal while you enter you’re pining straight for the first exit… but honestly avoid it too many people signal wrong so it’s better to not play fast+loose.

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      10 months ago

      That’s not the way I learned in France, where they make you signal left before entering and use the inner lane, only if you’re going further than halfway through the roundabout.

      You signal right before entering only if you’re taking the first exit.

      In any case you signal right after driving past the last exit before your own.

    • psud@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Australian rules are (we keep left and go clockwise around roundabouts)

      • If turning left, indicate left throughout the entry and exit
      • If turning right, indicate right, indicate left after the exit before the one you are using
      • If going straight ahead don’t indicate on entry, indicate left after the exit before the one you’re taking

      I’m sure most people follow the rules, but I see a lot who indicate wrong, and the drivers of the various premium brands don’t indicate at all ever

    • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      in the Netherlands people often do signal left while on the roundabout but that feels mostly because of cyclists who also do so.

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          10 months ago

          Roundabouts and bikes aren’t really a problem? It’s normally safer to do them normally than dismount and use the pedestrian crossings like they seem to want you to do (unless there are traffic light controlled crossings)

          You just have to hold your lane like you are a car.

          • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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            10 months ago

            Roundabouts and bikes aren’t really a problem?

            In theory, probably not.

            In every single situation that I have experienced, when both car and bike were in a roundabout together, there was some kind of problem (mostly not serious, fortunately).

            You just have to hold your lane

            Yes. Most times one or both did not do that.

        • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world
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          10 months ago

          My experience as a cyclist has been that I’m generally the safest I can be when I ride in the middle of the car lane.
          That includes roundabouts.