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Have people forgotten how to use mini roundabouts?

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Boxoo · 30/09/2024 18:14

Every day driving to work I need to drive past 3 mini roundabouts. In the last few months I've noticed that some other drivers are stopping to let those to their left go. I've seen drivers flash their lights as they're approaching and wave those to their left to go. Like you would at a junction if you were letting someone out. Which then confuses people as obviously they shouldn't be going. It also then confuses the drivers on the other side of them as they should be allowing the flashing driver to go but he's stopped waiting for the people on his left to go! And it causes total carnage as now no one wants to go as no one knows what's happening! Today I was behind a car who let out about 8 cars coming from his left while he just sat there waving them on through. (And no his exit wasn't blocked so he wasn't just keeping the way clear. He could get fully across but he just kept waiting for the entire queue of those waiting to go first)
I just feel like more and more people recently are treating mini roundabouts as junctions rather than roundabouts. It's making a busy road even busier with everyone just at a standstill because everyone is confused!

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CherryValley5 · 30/09/2024 18:16

Personally I don’t think that they should exist. They aren’t efficient and many drivers either don’t use them correctly or simply drive over the top of them. Any time I use a busy one it’s carnage

Boxoo · 30/09/2024 18:18

CherryValley5 · 30/09/2024 18:16

Personally I don’t think that they should exist. They aren’t efficient and many drivers either don’t use them correctly or simply drive over the top of them. Any time I use a busy one it’s carnage

I kind of agree. But I'm not sure what would work in its place? Traffic lights? A normal junction wouldn't work in some places as those turning right would never get out. You'd be fully reliant on kind drivers letting you out both ways.

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chisanunian · 30/09/2024 18:21

Forgotten how to use them? In my view, most people never learned how to negotiate them in the first place.

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