amandaholden Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 If youre approaching the roundabout and are turning left for Walkley you should be in the left lane. For Netherthorpe you are not turning left, it is classed as straight on. Pretty simple really - unless you are signalling left when you hit the roundabout, youre not turning left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny5 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Use the left lane. Be patient and wait for a large enough gap and don't take any chances. It's a weird roundabout because everybody seems to drive like Lewis Hamilton on it and I'm not sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 If youre approaching the roundabout and are turning left for Walkley you should be in the left lane. For Netherthorpe you are not turning left, it is classed as straight on. Pretty simple really - unless you are signalling left when you hit the roundabout, youre not turning left! Pretty simple, yet you've managed to be wrong (underlined) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amandaholden Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Im not wrong! left is for left turn!! straight on doesnt have to be 12 o'clock, it simply means not left! ---------- Post added 04-06-2015 at 22:30 ---------- Im not wrong! left is for left turn!! straight on doesnt have to be 12 o'clock, it simply means not left! further more, if you are waiting at the next exit to get on to the roundabout and see a car in the left lane, you could set off goingm assuming they are turning left as per their lane markings, only to have them NOT turn off to the left and plough into the side of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eater Sundae Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Im not wrong! left is for left turn!! straight on doesnt have to be 12 o'clock, it simply means not left! ---------- Post added 04-06-2015 at 22:30 ---------- further more, if you are waiting at the next exit to get on to the roundabout and see a car in the left lane, you could set off goingm assuming they are turning left as per their lane markings, only to have them NOT turn off to the left and plough into the side of you. I'd bet that over 95% of cars approaching in the left hand lane go down Netherthorpe Road and not sharp left towards Walkley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Im not wrong! left is for left turn!! straight on doesnt have to be 12 o'clock, it simply means not left! You are wrong, and on two counts as it happens! Look: If youre approaching the roundabout and are turning left for Walkley you should be in the left lane. For Netherthorpe you are not turning left, it is classed as straight on. Pretty simple really - unless you are signalling left when you hit the roundabout, youre not turning left! OK, look at this and explain the markings between the silver car (entering Walkley) and the black car (entering Nether LH Lane)... what is that dash for in the middle of the two cars? clue: the left lane IS for Netherthorpe Road as well as Walkley And second: If youre approaching the roundabout and are turning left for Walkley you should be in the left lane. For Netherthorpe you are not turning left, it is classed as straight on. If you were right and Netherthorpe is classed as 'straight on', then surely you can turn down Netherthorpe in the far right lane, as that also displays 'straight on' (you can see it just on this map). Try and go 'straight on' down Netherthorpe Road from the right-hand lane, and if there is traffic can you record how it goes and post it?? further more, if you are waiting at the next exit to get on to the roundabout and see a car in the left lane, you could set off goingm assuming they are turning left as per their lane markings, only to have them NOT turn off to the left and plough into the side of you. and people slag taxi drivers off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Take the far right lane every time, then just plot a revolving elliptical path focused around the centre of the roundabout. When the major axis of your elliptical trajectory precesses to intersect with your preferred exit point, you can continue your journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I'd bet that over 95% of cars approaching in the left hand lane go down Netherthorpe Road and not sharp left towards Walkley. Exactly Eater, because they're in the correct lane for it (yes, you could go in lane 2 to get there as mentioned by a few, but I think it was established that this is riskier - not only that more importantly at some junction entries, the closer to the roundabout the longer you wait, and this is one of those cases) e.g. It's the opposite when coming up Broad Lane to get to Walkley, hence why so many choose the far right lane going up then chance it by cutting up people who have queued up in the correct lane for longer. The reason for the right lane here being less used is because there are earlier better alternatives for most to get to the bottom of Netherthorpe. ---------- Post added 04-06-2015 at 23:14 ---------- Take the far right lane every time, then just plot a revolving elliptical path focused around the centre of the roundabout. When the major axis of your elliptical trajectory precesses to intersect with your preferred exit point, you can continue your journey. This works when coming clockwise around the ring-road at Bramall Lane roundabout, when you want to go straight ahead (one loop the loop=no danger and less queueing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Im not wrong! left is for left turn!! straight on doesnt have to be 12 o'clock, it simply means not left! ---------- Post added 04-06-2015 at 22:30 ---------- further more, if you are waiting at the next exit to get on to the roundabout and see a car in the left lane, you could set off goingm assuming they are turning left as per their lane markings, only to have them NOT turn off to the left and plough into the side of you. So long as you understood that left was the 1st two exits and that straight on meant the second one again (in the RHL) and the next one, then everything would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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