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Hi, this is incredibly tedious but it bugs me and I’m starting to wonder if Im in the wrong

Every weekday I have to go up summers street coming from great western way, around Bruce street bridges.

About halfway round is a set of traffic lights. Roughly where I’ve begun marking the image below

The middle lane arrow points straight ahead (as does the left hand lane). The right hand arrow points right

It’s my understanding therefore that the left and middle lanes are BOTH going straight ahead. The right hand lane is going right

About 50% of the time somebody from that middle lane takes the right hand exit, into the lane im going into to exit the roundabout. It happens so frequently im questioning whether im in the wrong.

Image below to illustrate, I’m sure plenty have used this piece of road. I apologise for how boring this is


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Left hand lane straight ahead
Middle straight ahead
Right turn right

You are correct

Should be in the left hand lane just after great western way
 Road markings show that. Awful roundabout. Get cut up so many times from people going to the outlet from B&Q way


Talking of roundabouts. How many cunts do a U-turn on a mini roundabout when it clearly states in the highway code that you shouldn't!

Vindication.

Yes sippo, the red lane (to my mind) is the one that goes into the left lane after GWW to exit the roundabout. It’s that point where you will regularly get cut off from someone in the middle (yellow) lane

Preferred the old Bruce street roundabouts never any discrepancies then.

Don’t get me started on the routes people take across the magic roundabout

I quite often go the long way round on magic roundabout to get ahead of a 25mph slowcoach on Drove Road heading towards County Road exit.
That is on a Sunday morning though, probably wouldn't get away with it any other time.

I just make sure I'm going faster than everyone else.

Magic roundabout. From Drove road towards Burger King. Always go the long way around. Each roundabout has three lanes. Not difficult. 1 goes left, two go straight on/right.

My favourite way to cross the magic roundabout was always slightly pissed up on match day, straight across the middle. On foot obvs. I'm not a monster. But it always felt fun.

Frogger

When I'm feeling particularly saucy I'll do the old turn right to turn left trick on a roundabout, normally when there's a fuck off queue for turning left and nothing turning right. Anyone else?

Main culprit for this used to be the air balloon on the A417 outside Cheltenham. I'm not proud of it but every now and then would save me an important wedge of time trying to get to the M5.

Yeah I do this from time to time, from Old Town toward Marlborough Road for example, get in the right hand lane, go round the roundabout and cut out all the traffic in the left lane.

Same at Transfer Bridges if i'm heading left past McDonalds.

That was always a good trick going left onto great western way at north star

We also used to do that. If you had broke your stride to avoid traffic, it was going to be a bad result.

Great, so 30 years of decline is down to you and your family/friends. Forget a competitive budget, Clem needs to send Mr Stevens to Vietnam to learn how they cross the road.

https://youtu.be/HuOkiR4KSfM?si=kh0aaaoKzSSwXgle

I'll throw in the M4 J16 roundabout and people using the Wroughton lane to jump into the Wootton Bassett lane at the lights. Infuriates me.

Winds me up everytime I see it but  W'Ton marked on the roads could be either Wroughton or Wootton Bassett couldn't it? Stupid road markings really.

I'll be honest, I made that mistake first couple of times. Was obvious once I saw the actual Bassett marking

Agree. WRO & RWB might be a better option.

Go that route every day, the thing that winds me up are those that use the Wroughton lane to undertake the RWB queue. Yesterday a van did that then realised he was going to block the lane so carried on and did a U turn at the lights just off the roundabout to head back to RWB.

I drive it daily and see the same morons doing it every day. They know what they're doing.

I'm surprised no one has answered this roundabout question in a roundabout way ::)

Sorry mate. Couldn't resist. :)

Lovely word play WB. Wouldn't expect anything less from your good self  :D