Just had a car scrape #@!*&*@

[firefighter]

You indicate to get to the outside lane ... like a normal lane change.

But the comments about marked lanes on roundabouts sound very reasonable. If both lanes were marked as an exit, then fair enough.

Nah man i'm pretty sure you don't change lanes in a roundabout.....never did during my class 2 and 4 truck licence training (both a week long driving the south is. with a defence force driving instructor bleating over your every mistake lol)

I'm pretty sure you just indicate for your exit.....although from memory it never presented itself as an issue......I must have always chosen the right lane.

I suppose no-one would wanna bump uglies with a unimog or 2228 anyway.lol

[ckai]

An excellent point!

So he scraped the rear panel of your car?

Sounds like a pretty clear case of cutting lanes while going through a round-a-bout. The fact being that if you are in front of him then its on him to stop.

I've heard of people slamming on their brakes for no reason and the guy behind plowing into them, was the following vehicle's fault for not stopping in time. The same thing goes for round-a-bouts... if someone is in front of them, drive into them at your own peril.

There's no point in arguing with them, most insurance companies have a clause in their contract saying that you are not allowed to admit fault.

Let the insurance co fight it

Yeah scraped rear passenger door all the way back to rear corner bummer. Real light scuff but some deep scratches. I wouldn't say the repair would cost that much.

Yeah, the view of you being at fault when hitting someone from behind is interesting. I've actually hit someone (in my younger days) when they stopped in the middle on an intersection and it ended up being "my fault". I learnt a valuable lesson that day. Let the car in front go well ahead from an intersection before moving. Assume they could stop for any stupid reason.

But alas, an update.....

The insurance company gave him a tinkle and he managed to admit fault Totally didn't see that coming at all from how he was carrying on last night! And they're sending my car to a 'gold' repairer. haha of course they are. Why not?

So there ya go.