Death-trap roundabouts on the A1 : M62 & M25

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Roll-on them finishing the new underpass to link the M62E to the A1S. I am sick of coming down the slip-road in the right hand lane to turn right (which is also marked as right turn only lane) and have cars/vans/impatient truckers coming down the nearside lane (which is marked A1N and Services only) and have them follow me round the roundabout for the A1S on my nearside. It happens EVERY time I go that way. I’m going to start taking bets :open_mouth: .

I won’t give way to them and if they’re up my nearside when I get past the M62E ramp back on, I indicate left and pull over regardless (making sure I don’t make contact, obviously - as tempting as it is :sunglasses: ). If there’s someone in the way, tough [zb]. My air horn regularly gets an airing there :angry: .

It’s a similar craic when you come off the M25 anti-clockwise for the A1N. There are two unmarked lanes down to the humungous roundabout and as a professional driver and knowing the lane markings on the roundabout I take the right hand lane, also indicating right. As you get through the lights, the road splits into 3 lanes which I believe are marked left, straight on and right respectively. Again I take the right hand lane. As you get through those lights the left hand lane disappears off on the exit to where ever it goes, the middle lane then becomes the nearside lane and the right hand lane splits into 2 lanes which is clearly marked on the road.

Naturally, I continue indicating right but follow the line markings on my nearside which actually feeds you into the middle lane with another 3 lane appearing. What happens is that those in the straight on lane at the previous set of lights ignore the fact that their lane feeds to the nearside and continue in the centre of the carriageway thus crossing the lane separation line and forcing you into the outside right turn lane. This is very poor road planning/marking in my opinion and the junction should be clearly marked which lanes feed onto which roads and the lane markings altered accordingly if necessary.

It was only this Wednesday that I had a rigid driver cut across the line into my lane knock my nearside mirror back, nearly colliding with my nearside. Thankfully, as I know the roundabout well I anticipated it happening and got out of the way, but when we got to the lights 10yds further along I got up and give him a large slice of my mind about paying attention to road markings etc. :angry:

I’m sure in true Highways style, they’ll wait until a few more people are killed then they’ll install humps, cycle-lanes, chevrons, 7.5t limits, width restrictions, height restrictions, cameras, bus-lanes to “help” us and then reduce our space to our “artics only need 9ft” to make us completely happy when trying to negotiate the roundabout in future… :unamused:

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you should try the roundabout on the M25 J1B going down to crossways, you’ll have fun there too!! :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

regards
paul

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flatbedman:
you should try the roundabout on the M25 J1B going down to crossways, you’ll have fun there too!! :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

regards
paul

Is that A2 Paul :question:

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Similar thing with the M25/A12 junction 28 Rob. Actually i had a rant about it here trucknetuk.com/bbsuk/Forum1/HTML/002785.html a while ago :imp:

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Rob K:

flatbedman:
you should try the roundabout on the M25 J1B going down to crossways, you’ll have fun there too!! :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

regards
paul

Is that A2 Paul :question:

no not that one its as you come over dart xing through the toll its( immediatly) :confused: on the left ,great joy that one :laughing: :laughing:

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innit:
its as you come over dart xing through the toll its( immediatly) :confused: on the left ,great joy that one :laughing: :laughing:

Use that slip a lot, but luckily i’m nearly always heading for Erith Oil Works, so it’s the left hand lane all the way! Know what you mean though, it’s also a pain in the [zb] at the same doughnut headin back off the '206 to join the '25 clockwise, especially when it’s busy. Shut your eyes and bury your right foot, that’s what everyone else seems to do! :wink:

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roger breaker

when ya come to the last doughnut on the dual carriage way were it go,s right towards that there stink hole called erith oil works , don,t it wind you up every one comes from nowere our yards right on that junction its bloody murder :laughing:

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It’s the same on the A50 Leicester ring road roundabout. They all go up your inside if your in the correct lane and hoot you if you use the other :unamused: . I hedge my bets and have both :laughing: .

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Roger Breaker:
Shut your eyes and bury your right foot, that’s what everyone else seems to do! :wink:

Ahhhhh. You’ll be adopting the Maltese approach to roundabouts then.

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The roundabout at the M42 J6 / A45 is a real nasty. Come off the island onto the A45 sliproad towards Brum and you have 2 lanes, and then the M42 sliproad all feeding down to one lane to join the A45, whilst at the same time you get traffic off the A45 heading towards the NEC and very badly signed airport. Next you get the dithering drivers trying to work out the sliproad to the airport or NEC (what they dont realise is that they rejoin at the next roundabout!)

Then theres all the bods in the wrong lanes and it all adds up to fun :smiley:

Calv