Keltbray employ maniacs

[hopless500]

That's just apalling..

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

[QUOTE 2562383, member: 30090"]You're in the wrong lane, glass houses and all that.[/quote]
Maybe entering the roundabout in a car you should be in the middle lane if you're going straight on but it's a fast roundabout and the middle lane would often be the most dangerous option. Buses use the same lane to go straight on. However, I see nothing even potentially wrong with the cyclist's lane positioning for the next exit. Have I misunderstood you?

 

[benb]

[QUOTE 2562383, member: 30090"]You're in the wrong lane, glass houses and all that.[/quote]


Yeah, you're right, being in the wrong lane is exactly the same as driving a multi-ton vehicle into a cyclist.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 2562383, member: 30090"]You're in the wrong lane, glass houses and all that.[/quote]

Don't talk rot.

GC

 

[HLaB]

[QUOTE 2562383, member: 30090"]You're in the wrong lane, glass houses and all that.[/quote]
They are maybe in the wron lane on approach but that shouldn't matter when they are comming up to the entry 100m or more away and they are in the correct lane there, the driving in this case and the OP and the pictured

 

[veloevol]

I've had the same thing happen at that junction. Drivers just don't want to give way.

 

[Beebo]

I cycle over the Sun in the Sands roundabout a fair bit, and always take a strong primary in the left hand lane when going straight on, even though the arrows state that you should be in the middle lane.
It would be far more dangerous to take the middle lane and bikes can't go left on the roundabout anyway, because that leads down to the A2 Blackwall Tunnel.
Those arrows are there to help with congetsion when the tunnel gets blocked and the traffic backs up on to the roundabout.

 

[snorri]

[QUOTE 2562383, member: 30090"]You're in the wrong lane, glass houses and all that.[/quote]
In the absence of lane markings shouldn't everyone be exercising even more cauition before pulling out?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I cycle over the Sun in the Sands roundabout a fair bit, and always take a strong primary in the left hand lane when going straight on, even though the arrows state that you should be in the middle lane.
It would be far more dangerous to take the middle lane and bikes can't go left on the roundabout anyway, because that leads down to the A2 Blackwall Tunnel.
Those arrows are there to help with congetsion when the tunnel gets blocked and the traffic backs up on to the roundabout.

I agree entirely. Also the middle lane is a mixture of traffic going straight on and turning right onto the A2 Dover direction - a 50mph road barred to cyclists.

 

[Mugshot]

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In all cases watch out for and give plenty of room to

• pedestrians who may be crossing the approach and exit roads
• traffic crossing in front of you on the roundabout, especially vehicles intending to leave by the next exit
• traffic which may be straddling lanes or positioned incorrectly
• motorcyclists
• cyclists and horse riders who may stay in the left-hand lane and signal right if they intend to continue round the roundabout. Allow them to do so
• long vehicles (including those towing trailers). These might have to take a different course or straddle lanes either approaching or on the roundabout because of their length. Watch out for their signals.

 

[benb]

[QUOTE 2562433, member: 30090"]I don't recall the truck driving into the OP in the vid or am I missing something?[/quote]

No thanks to the driver! Only thanks to some good reactions from the cyclist.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 2562433, member: 30090"]I don't recall the truck driving into the OP in the vid or am I missing something?[/quote]

The point.


GC

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Anyhow, seeing as @Beebo knows the junction, and I've been cycling it in its various guises since the late 1960s, maybe we should invite @User30090 to show us how it's done.

 

[Melonfish]

what needs to be done to get these damned maniacs off the road? i mean seriously there is some appalling driving going on there.

 

[glenn forger]

That rider's bold positioning saved him.