Why the 'Exit roundabouts in outside lane' strategy?

[HertsBiker]

This one puzzles me, the LHL is empty for miles, yet people are exiting in the RHL, and then after a short while (or when the RHL closes) moving to the LHL.
Is this how they are taught now, or are they trying to block people from overtaking?

[GeniusOfLove]

HertsBiker said:

This one puzzles me, the LHL is empty for miles, yet people are exiting in the RHL, and then after a short while (or when the RHL closes) moving to the LHL.
Is this how they are taught now, or are they trying to block people from overtaking?

I've noticed that. If you use the roundabout and lanes properly, and not like a brain dead Morlock you are effectively forced to either undertake them or accelerate at slower than NPC in a Qashqai speed to create space for them to come over. It'd make me damned nervous to be next to a driver like that if I was on a bike.

[Sebring440]

HertsBiker said:

Exit roundabouts in outside lane

This one puzzles me, the LHL is empty for miles, yet people are exiting in the RHL, and then after a short while (or when the RHL closes) moving to the LHL.
Is this how they are taught now, or are they trying to block people from overtaking?

Must be a big roundabout if the LHL is empty for miles.

[GeniusOfLove]

Sebring440 said:

Must be a big roundabout if the LHL is empty for miles.

You often hear it said that people love a pedant and the contribute much to a conversation.

Oh, hang on, no, that's not how people feel about pedants

[Dingu]

GeniusOfLove said:

Sebring440 said:

Must be a big roundabout if the LHL is empty for miles.

You often hear it said that people love a pedant and the contribute much to a conversation.

Oh, hang on, no, that's not how people feel about pedants

It’s actually not clear from the OP if he means just roundabouts. Especially with the right hand lane closure aspect.

[Smint]

Not timing the roundabout/traffic to straighten it out in perfect safety? the beauty of being out on the road at 4am.

Lane hogging? baulking someone possibly the only bit of control some henpecked twerp has so he's milking every opportunity before he gets home and resumes his place.

[Scott OSRS]

If I use lane two to go right on an unfamiliar roundabout I will sometimes exit into the 2nd lane, as there are some roundabouts around here where cars can go right in lane one so I don’t want to risk cutting somebody off. I will then move across as soon as it is safe to do so (unless I need lane two eg overtaking, turning right soon etc).

[flatlandsman]

I have no idea where this middle lane outside lane hogging is coming from, it can only be habit and following what parents do, which if you think about it logically is where you learn a lot of skills as a kid. So they just follow parents.

Sadly, there are some trends to it I have noticed, not that I can go into here,

But I learned an awful lot from watching my Dad drive, and I suspect many other kids just follow their parents driving patterns, and this is how they have ether learned or been taught how to drive, to not use lanes.

[Jag_NE]

In my MX5 I always take the racing line, if that happens to fall with the boundaries of a lane so be it.