The amount of drivers I see in Shrewsbury not using a signal for turning right at a roundabout is immense.

Is it different rules in Shrewsbury for signalling, the clients I take for a Driving Test wouldn't pass if they were to follow suit.

Forgive me for ranting here but I find it seems more common in Shrewsbury than in other areas not to use your signals.

Signals are used to warn and inform and should be used at all junctions, roundabouts being junctions, as long as it doesn't confuse other road users.


...Roy

Too right,the number of times i have waited for a car at a junction and he or she has turned of without a signal.

A little off topic d67 but i want to pick your brains,my wife has just passed her advanced driving test,now, my driving is far from perfect but i was taught to use my gears when slowing ,she says thats wrong and i should be braking and changing down at below 30mph,who is right??

Hi avronb, we teach our learners to block change (slow the vehicle with the brakes until you reach a suitable speed for the gear that you are in or intend to go to, the idea being your hands are off the steering wheel for less time so you have more control).

So technically your wife is correct, but I tend to teach a combination of both.

When you are on a long approach to a roundabout and you want to slow gradually over a period of time working down the gears gives a much smoother ride.

Plus of course we can use the gears to help our brakes particularly going down a steep hill.

It is what is right for the particular situation you are in, more important is driving safe, being aware of what is going on around you and dealing with situations correctly by anticipation of others, I trust your wife wouldn't let you get away with not applying a signal for a right turn at a roundabout.

Regards ..Roy

Whilst in Telford most locally-taught drivers cannot use roundabouts!

Lane switching at the last moment is the order of the day, and some people seem to drive in as near a straight line as they can!

And there are those who do not know which lanes to use at roundabouts and who do not know who has priority.

A professional driver I know from out of the area is amused and baffled by the "Telford Roundabout Drivers" as he calls them. He believes they are amongst the worst in the UK.

Ah yes, no indication the one thing that really annoys me when driving, especially on mini islands.

Whilst on the motoring topic, I can't believe the amount of drivers I still see on a daily basis using their mobile phones whilst driving. That really annoys me too.

Finally... (I'll get off my soapbox in a min)

Does anyone regularly use the Dobbies Island as it’s known on the A5?

If you are heading south on the A49 towards Bayston Hill or back up to Meole Brace, cars get caught across the live lanes when the lights turn to red. The amount of vehicles that then have to swerve to avoid them is ridiculous.

How a major accident has not happened yet I'm not sure.

While on the subject of roundabouts, what do you all think of how the roundabouts in Shrewsbury are sign posted?

It seems like right turns as it appears on the sign, when at the roundabout are a straight on, straight on can be way after the 12 o clock position which would normally be treated as a right turn.

Not mentioning any roundabout in particular but there are several which confuse learners as well as experienced drivers.

...Roy

And even more entertaining are the drivers who indicate left at a roundabout and who then take the next right turning! :lol:

I never turn right at a roundabout when going to work!!

The other day at a roundabout at in Shrewsbury I stopped for a car approaching in the outer lane signalling left. The driver didn't turn into the road I'd just come along but carried on. He didn't take the next left turn nor the one after that (cutting up a car in the inner lane in the process) but carried on around the roundabout. As to where he was going your guess is as good as mine!

He probably didn't know, either! :lol: