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From: Zaz on 23 Jan 2010 16:39
On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into one.
I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the roundabout,
use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers.

I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to
overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the exited
the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for about 40
yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too narrow they
both stopped at the same time.

From: Ray Keattch on 23 Jan 2010 17:49
Zaz wrote:
> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into one.
> I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the roundabout,
> use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers.
>
> I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to
> overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the exited
> the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for about 40
> yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too narrow they
> both stopped at the same time.

Nothing wrong in using an open stretch of road. However, safety needs to
be considered anywhere.

--
MrBitsy.
From: JNugent on 23 Jan 2010 18:06
Zaz wrote:

> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into one.
> I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the roundabout,
> use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers.

The overtaken often regard overtaking as pointless.

> I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to
> overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the exited
> the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for about 40
> yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too narrow they
> both stopped at the same time.

Hilarious.

Even more hilarious if the driver on the nearside had managed to engineer an
accident, eh?
From: Vicko Zoomba on 23 Jan 2010 18:36
On 23 Jan, 21:39, Zaz <z...(a)zaz.zaz> wrote:
> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into one.
> I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the roundabout,
> use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers.
>
> I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to
> overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the exited
> the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for about 40
> yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too narrow they
> both stopped at the same time.

This was the same layout at South Queensferry on the A8000 for years
before the motorway link was built. The roundabout section was
absolutely mobbed at rush hour everday. One time when two cars coming
off the roundabout got jammed too tight and the drivers ending trading
punches right in front of the stationary traffic.

McKevvy
From: Mr. Benn on 24 Jan 2010 05:05
Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in
news:6e5780e1-a179-48eb-9564-98bff42ad389(a)m25g2000yqc.googlegroups.com:

> On 23 Jan, 21:39, Zaz <z...(a)zaz.zaz> wrote:
>> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into
>> one. I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the
>> roundabout, use this road design to pointlessly overtake other
>> drivers.
>>
>> I had to laugh at the one driver who tried that but didn't manage to
>> overtake the other vehicle who matched his speed perfectly. As the
>> exited the roundabout they both ended up driving side by side for
>> about 40 yards. To add to the comedy when the road finally got too
>> narrow they both stopped at the same time.
>
> This was the same layout at South Queensferry on the A8000 for years
> before the motorway link was built. The roundabout section was
> absolutely mobbed at rush hour everday. One time when two cars coming
> off the roundabout got jammed too tight and the drivers ending trading
> punches right in front of the stationary traffic.

These systems are pointless and lead to the risk of confrontation.
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