Approaching a roundabout and then proceeding on

The Black Oil · 02-04-2012 10:44AM #1

I'm generally OK at this and at roundabouts in general, but I've one thing I'm still a bit stuck on. Approaching is fine, if there's something coming I stop, but then proceeding on once it's clear is a little tricky. It's fine if there's a stream of stuff coming from the right as I stop and get ready, but if it's one car, I stop and get a little caught out. People behind just expect you to be instantly ready to move and I'm not always and so they get impatient. So, any advice for that little second or two before the car on the right is clear and you're waiting to proceed? What are others doing, hanging just below the bite?

padma · 02-04-2012 10:52AM

Short tip, slow down as your coming to the roundabout and try to time it so you don't have to stop, if not feasible, just be at the ready and as the car is coming towards you go for the biting point and get ready for take off, though a good word of advice is forget others behind you and concentrate on your own.

MascotDec85 · 03-04-2012 06:22AM

As said above try to time it right so you don't have to stop. Going down to first gear and off the clutch just before you reach it might buy you the vital seconds to let the car away and you slip on behind it.

If you do stop just move off as if you were at a STOP sign and the road was clear.

Wishbone Ash · 03-04-2012 10:06AM

As others have said you need to "read" the road better and avoid coming to a stop (assuming sight lines are good).

Black Oil wrote: »

People behind just expect you to be instantly ready to move and I'm not always

If you have to stop and a single vehicle is on the roundabout you should be in gear and moving forward as it is approaching you. It sounds like you are waiting until the vehicle has passed before engaging gear.

Approaching a roundabout and then proceeding on

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