Roundabout with diagram , was I wrong?

[Ridelikethewindypops]

I'm the red line, white van is blue line, he was behind me in my blind spot, yellow x is where I indicated to leave the roundabout. He blew me out of it.
This is the town I live in ( hopefully unrecognisable from the air 😀) But if I was wrong ( and I'm prepared to admit it if voting is unanimous ) Then I have been going around this roundabout incorrectly my whole adult life!

Why would people assume the "most appropriate" lane means right lane for going straight on? It means left lane for left or straight on and right for anything past that, unless the road signs and/or road markings tell you otherwise. The "most appropriate" lane here was the left lane.

When the highway code uses "most appropriate" they expect people to understand how roundabouts work.

My experience of driving in Ireland is that people take a much more tailored and individual approach to roundabout usage. I think it may date back to the period where people didn’t have driving tests. The same holds true of dual carriageways. Btw I am Irish.

It was me who started the Brooklyn Beckham thread however. But this is proving way more controversial!
The only rule on Irish roundabouts is there are no rules 😱

This thread is terrifying!

This is the issue, rather than the choice of lane.
Perhaps you tried to change lanes without properly checking whether anyone was there. If you were aware of what was around you that shouldn't have been able to happen because the van should have been visible either in your mirror or blind spot. If you didn't even realise there was an inside lane despite regularly using the roundabout it suggests you weren't really paying enough attention!

Of course it may be that the van driver approached too quickly - and it sounds like maybe he was, he sounds a bit aggressive hooting if he was quite a way back. He really should have let you do your manoeuvre rather than undertaking.

Really it's no different to changing into the left lane on a motorway. You always need to yield if someone is in that lane. However they could be at fault if they were undertaking at speed.

It is a bit. (Hope we are talking about the same posts.)

The first one you were fine to be in that lane but you should have signalled and moved over earlier.

My experience of driving in Ireland is that people take a much more tailored and individual approach to roundabout usage
That's my story and I'm sticking to it 😅

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Oh whoops hang on getting the pics muddled up. Ignore me. As you were.

If he entered after you he was probably also at fault. He should have hung back rather than trying to nip up the inside.

The scary thing is that people think that being in the "right lane" gives you the right to hoot and potentially crash into other drivers that you perceive to be wrong. If people just drove a bit more carefully, allowing for other people to make mistakes, the roads would be much safer.

Is it really equal fault crashes on roundabouts? If was in the left lane going straight on and some noodle in the right lane decided to plough into me because someone told them it's Choose Your Own Lane Adventure in 1986, I'd be pissed off with a 50/50 fault!

If this is what your road looks like then you were fine, if not then sorry OP. But at least you questioned it!! It's worse when people remain ignorant

There's a similar roundabout near me, but the '12 o'clock' exit is just slightly past the hour with two lanes leading in, so people use both lanes. I know I have although I feel like I should only use the left lane to get from A to B. It's very busy as well so both lanes are used from A and into B.

Oh cross posted with @Fromwetome whose picture looks almost exactly like my real life roundabout!

Not always, it depends on the roundabout and what each driver is saying and witness or CCTV or dash cam.

The lane you were in was to turn right only. You were in the wrong

Pop onto google street view and take a look at the sign before the roundabouts. That will tell you whether you were right or not, and also whether everyone else offering their opinions is right or not.

Back when I learnt to drive, Charlie Brown's roundabout didn't have the lanes marked out.

You're both entitled to go ahead from either lane there. He's in the wrong, because he was behind and should have adjusted his speed accordingly, to allow you to exit safely. There are no arrows on the road to indicate otherwise.

That said, I'd probably have chose the left hand lane.

You're wrong.

No, no I'm not.

When going straight ahead you’re fine to use either lane - he’s being an idiot

and don't assume the other driver knows what they are doing either😁