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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <7ce27be6-5fe1-4280-b2d4-fd8f9df2b8ff@s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.driving,uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Cycle lane on roundabout - who has priority? Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:22:36 -0700 (PDT) References: <8MWdncMmBO9qOUTUnZ2dnUVZ8r6WnZ2d@posted.plusnet>  <2jkCl.22712$Lv4.6234@newsfe30.ams2> Lines: 34 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.251.147 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1239128556 20234 127.0.0.1 (7 Apr 2009 18:22:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:22:36 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.251.147; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032609 Firefox/3.0.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 3022 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:693978

On Apr 6, 10:54=A0am, "Brian Robertson"  wrote: > NM wrote: > > On 6 Apr, 07:45, "Mortimer"  wrote: > >> I saw a roundabout yesterday which had a green cycle lane around the > >> edge - between the outer kerb and the lane for cars/lorries/buses. > >> This started me wondering who has priority over whom when a car in > >> the inner lane (closer to the centre of the roundabout) wants to > >> leave the roundabout and there is a cyclist on his left wanting to > >> go straight on and leave at a later exit. > > >> Normally the situation wouldn't arise because on a roundabout with > >> more than one lane the driver wanting to turn left would be required > >> to position himself on the *left* of the one wanting to go straight > >> on or turn right, but in this case the lane markings demand the > >> opposite positioning. > > >> Should the cyclist give way to the car because one should never > >> overtake a vehicle that is indicating to turn towards the side on > >> which you are contemplating overtaking? Or should the car driver > >> stop in the middle of the roundabout and wait until the cyclist has > >> overtaken him on his left and the cycle lane that he wants to cross > >> is clear? > > >> Does the Highway Code describe the rules for this situation? > > > The biggest vehicle rules, that puts cyclists at the bottom of the > > pecking order where they rightfully belong. > > A fine example of a scummy petrol-head admitting that he believes he has = the > right to intimidate, injure, and even kill cyclists if they get in his wa= y.

Yes Glug, that's exactly what he said, well done.