Roundabout argument help!

[sil3nt]

Settle this argument for me please. Had a lady pull out in front of me at a roundabout and GF went nuts at me for not indicating right even though i am adamant that where i was going was straight ahead therefore i only had to indicate left to exit.

This is the roundabout http://maps.google.co.nz/?ie=UTF8&ll...02414&t=h&z=19

I am on whatawhata road on the inside lane where the black car is. I am going to exit at killarney road. I drive around and get to where the white car is when i indicate left to exit and someone pulls out from where the other black car is at the exit before killarney.

The argument is this.
GF thinks i should indicate right and then left.
I think i only have to indicate left as i am heading straight through.

Mates think i am right Mum agrees with the GF. Its silly but someone needs to win this.

[Toot Toot]

You need to learn that your girlfriend is always right.

Including this time....

[White trash]

No one wins trafic rules arguments. Ever.

Another good one is the four way stop sign on the intersection of Cuba and Able TAsman (I think) in Wellington. That's fucking HILARIOUS.

[howdamnhard]

Read the road code.

[Ragingrob]

Going by the road rules, yes if you're going straight through then you only need to indicate your exit turn.

Lady shouldn't have pulled out unless you were indicating left to turn off at the previous exit.

[Nasty]

You are right ... but trust me .. are you sure you want this to go on ... drop it.

[Kendog]

To me it looks like the SH23 exit is straight ahead, so would only need a left indication when you are exiting.

The exit you were going to take looks more like a right turn (based on that picture)

[texn]

I didn't think any one knew how to use indicators in Hamilton.

[sil3nt]

Her argument is i am not going straight i am going "round" as this is quite a large roundabout. I am confident that had there actually been an accident the other lady would have been in the wrong.

[sil3nt]

To me it looks like the SH23 exit is straight ahead, so would only need a left indication when you are exiting.

The exit you were going to take looks more like a right turn (based on that picture)

The SH23 exit is the first exit available from the inside lane that i was in therefore to me it is the left exit. Killarney is the second available exit and therefore it is straight ahead.

[Ragingrob]

Her argument is i am not going straight i am going "round" as this is quite a large roundabout. I am confident that had there actually been an accident the other lady would have been in the wrong.

Well the lane you were in has a straight arrow in it, and the straight arrow definitely refers to Killarney rd... So yeah, technically you would only need to indicate your exit.

[Kendog]

The SH23 exit is the first exit available from the inside lane that i was in therefore to me it is the left exit. Killarney is the second available exit and therefore it is straight ahead.

Ahh, I was looking at Dinsdale as your first exit, but I see it has another entry prior to entering the roundabout.

The only way to be sure then is to take the direct line (avoiding the trees of course). That way no indicators are required.

[steve_t]

I'd probably move into the lane closest to the roundabout and probably would indicate right until I got just past the SH23 exit. With a roundabout this large, I'd err on the side of caution in that there is no straight ahead... but that's just me. With this one, it's more than 180 degrees ahead (going clockwise) so you might as well consider it a (slight) right exit.
Sorry to side with your GF.
With a small 4 entrance roundabout, indicating right when going straight unnecessarily holds up the person coming straight towards you... ie you shouldn't do it. With this example if you indicate right and then left after you pass the SH23 exit, you're not holding anyone up. Clear as mud?
As the others have said, is it really worth arguing about?

[Grahameeboy]

Her argument is i am not going straight i am going "round" as this is quite a large roundabout. I am confident that had there actually been an accident the other lady would have been in the wrong.

Okay Guys....a roundabout has curves so at some point you are going "round" but not "around" but the key point is that you were taking the exit which is straight ahead of your exit regardless of how big the roundabout is...the dynamics are the same.

Done

[Grahameeboy]

I'd probably move into the lane closest to the roundabout and probably would indicate right until I got just past the SH23 exit. With a roundabout this large, I'd err on the side of caution in that there is no straight ahead... but that's just me. With this one, it's more than 180 degrees ahead (going clockwise) so you might as well consider it a (slight) right exit.
Sorry to side with your GF.
With a small 4 entrance roundabout, indicating right when going straight unnecessarily holds up the person coming straight towards you... ie you shouldn't do it. With this example if you indicate right and then left after you pass the SH23 exit, you're not holding anyone up. Clear as mud?
As the others have said, is it really worth arguing about?

Oh dear............