Which is the correct lane?

[Ki3r]

Unsure where the best place for this is, sorry if its not here.

I use the Fleets Bridge roundabout daily, coming off the Dorset Way, and going towards Waterloo Road. My question is, as I using the correct lane? A few times I've been cut up by someone in the other lane, which makes me think I'm not in the right one.

Hopefully the screen prints/google maps explains it.

If I remember rightly, the red route (mine) says 'Wimborne', and you take Waterloo Road to get to Wimborne. The blue route says 'Dorchester', which is the turning before Waterloo Road (A35).

Does anyone know who is right? You can tend to tell if someone is going to try and sneak infront of you, but been wondering it for a while.



Hopefully that makes sense to everyone.

[davepoth]

It's a st junction. Count the lanes - five filter into three and that will never work without beeping, slamming on of brakes and swearing.

[Ki3r]

davepoth said:

It's a st junction. Count the lanes - five filter into three and that will never work without beeping, slamming on of brakes and swearing.

Ha, thats one way of putting it xD. Hate using it.

[simoid]

Feck knows!

One of those situations where I'd make sure I'm not adjacent to another car who might make a move.

Especially not in their blind spot

[Red Devil]

The problem with this roundabout is the painted destinations. The middle lane of the slip road off Dorset Way is marked WIMBORNE. The natural progression is to stay in that lane yet within a very short distance it suddenly becomes the lane for DORCH(ester), so to get into the lane marked Wimborne at that point the blue car is in immediate conflict with the red one in the adjacent lane. Yet go a bit further round without deviation and the middle lane previously marked DORCH(ester) reverts to WIMBORNE! Totally counter-intuitive and confusing. In other words an utter cluster.

As to who is in the wrong, simoid has a point. However if the finger has to be pointed it is towards the OP. He should stay in lane and proceed over the dashed line and the RWOOD marking at the 6 o'clock position. By doing so, he will end up in the second lane from the right at the bridge (under Dorset Way). Thus if both cars are heading for Wimborne they can remain parallel all the way round the roundabout and end up in lanes 1 & 2 of Wimborne Road.

I reckon this roundabout requires a considerable degree of local knowledge. Anyone not familiar with it is going to get into difficulty very quickly.

[7mike]

Red Devil said:

I reckon this roundabout requires a considerable degree of local knowledge. Anyone not familiar with it is going to get into difficulty very quickly.

Just as well they don't get many tourists in Dorset then

I guess regular mirror checks, awareness, and a sense of mutual cooperation amongst all drivers is what is realy needed. But that;s as likely as peace in the Middle East.

[cupraray]

Ki3r said:

Unsure where the best place for this is, sorry if its not here.

I use the Fleets Bridge roundabout daily, coming off the Dorset Way, and going towards Waterloo Road. My question is, as I using the correct lane? A few times I've been cut up by someone in the other lane, which makes me think I'm not in the right one.

Hopefully the screen prints/google maps explains it.

If I remember rightly, the red route (mine) says 'Wimborne', and you take Waterloo Road to get to Wimborne. The blue route says 'Dorchester', which is the turning before Waterloo Road (A35).

Does anyone know who is right? You can tend to tell if someone is going to try and sneak infront of you, but been wondering it for a while.



Hopefully that makes sense to everyone.

I would have stayed right,gone left where it begins with F

Edited by cupraray on Thursday 7th November 14:30