Roundabout rules

[forty two]

Getting seriously pissed off with people indicating right when entering a roundabout when in fact they are travelling straight ahead :nono: It seems to be ever since this 'new' regulation came in a while ago stating that one must indicate when leaving a roundabout. Now I thought that was always the case and people seem to have added this new rule by themselves thinking it must be helpful to let everyone know where they are NOT going. :mad: Oh, and the turning right out of an uncontrolled side road. No-one seems to know this rule either!
End of rave. I'll get over it. :drinkup:

[WINJA]

ITS JUST A LACK OF EDUCATION, I HATE ANDY KNACKSTEAD BUT WHEN HE EXPLAINED IT ON TELLY IT MADE GOOD SENSE , HE JUST HAS TO ADVERTISE IT MORE

[bondagebunny]

it has been in the Road Code and part of the driver licence test for 16 years or so - only thing new is that you get fined 150 if you do not indicate off the roundabout.

[MD]

Yeah that's annoying 42 but whats worse and dangerous is idiots indicating left LONG before reaching'/entering a roundabout who intend to go straight through. Seems to be a favorite game for old farts. Reached the point now after a few close calls that anyone approaching on my right with their left indicator on I usually play it safe and wait to make sure they don't mean "try and guess everyone which of the 4 exits I really intend to swing left out off this roundabout" ... Arseholes. And if someone pulled out ahead of them- bang crash, fooled by their left indicating, the offending idiot would refuse to believe they were the cause.
LTNZ have failed to advertise the rules enough. As Winja said Andy shitstack explained it well - but once only for about 20 seconds. That picture 42 posted above is brill, so why isn't it plastered before every roundabout.

Just as annoying is that I've yet to see any Police enforcement at roundabouts. Should be such easy pickings to issue a weeks quota in half an hour.

[Magua]

Well I feel a little stupid, I was not aware of the second rule. It seems that most people don't know it either. I'll try it now and again but I think I'd be in touch with my insurance company a fair bit if I was to try it every unmarked intersection.

[myvice]

When approaching a roundabout and intending to go straight through, indicate to the right and then the left as you pass the car waiting on your left.
As you will have to allow for the 3-second rule of indication befor turning you must travel at approximately 5 kph.
If there is no car waiting on your left to indicate to you must wait for one to arrive so you can indicate to them.
While traveling through the roundabout if there is a car waiting opposite you, you have to position your vehicle as to have your left-hand indicator totally shielded from their view.
Sorry, got that bit wrong.
If there is a car waiting opposite you, you have to position your vehicle so they can clearly see both your left-hand indicators befor you drive into them.
When approaching a roundabout from the North and intending to turn toward the East it will pay to consult your onboard compass befor interacting to the left and heading straight through.
If heading toward a roundabout from any direction not covered under sub section B-5.8/N it would pay to advise all other roundabout attendees your intentions by post three working days prior.

[forty two]

When approaching a roundabout and intending to go straight through, indicate to the right and then the left as you pass the car waiting on your left.
As you will have to allow for the 3-second rule of indication befor turning you must travel at approximately 5 kph.
If there is no car waiting on your left to indicate to you must wait for one to arrive so you can indicate to them.
While traveling through the roundabout if there is a car waiting opposite you, you have to position your vehicle as to have your left-hand indicator totally shielded from their view.
Sorry, got that bit wrong.
If there is a car waiting opposite you, you have to position your vehicle so they can clearly see both your left-hand indicators befor you drive into them.
When approaching a roundabout from the North and intending to turn toward the East it will pay to consult your onboard compass befor interacting to the left and heading straight through.
If heading toward a roundabout from any direction not covered under sub section B-5.8/N it would pay to advise all other roundabout attendees your intentions by post three working days prior.

They need someone like you in Wellington on the 'Roundabout regulations designed to drive people crazy' committee. :yes:

[MikeL]

I suspect that when the new enforcement policy was announced some months ago the rules were not explained correctly. I know that I definitely got the impression that one was required to signal when entering a roundabout (either left, or right if going right or straight ahead). Subsequently I found out that this is not the case. You are not required to signal when entering the roundabout if going straight ahead, but you are required to signal left when exiting the roundabout.
I try to do so wherever possible, but at a chaotic roundabout like Royal Oak, signalling takes a lower priority than avoiding the homicidal idiots and the visually impaired. It doesn't help that at the precise moment I'm supposed to be signalling I'm usually changing gear...