How often do you see maneuvers like this white BMW?
Posted by Classic_Peasant@reddit | miltonkeynes | View on Reddit | 57 comments
Posted by Classic_Peasant@reddit | miltonkeynes | View on Reddit | 57 comments
EponymousHoward@reddit
Too bloody many on the Northfield Roundabout.
Bright-Invite-9141@reddit
BMW are nice cars but nobody can drive them besides bus drivers BMW drivers are worst on road
Yo-Son@reddit
I saw it this week and nearly lost my mind.
He made up his own roundabout rules.
Classic_Peasant@reddit (OP)
This exact car or just same action?
Yo-Son@reddit
Same action. It just scares me half to death. We can do everything right but folks do stuff like this. Mind boggling.
Classic_Peasant@reddit (OP)
And you'll have people saying you should anticipate this or if not it's 50/50
Yo-Son@reddit
Wild. While I do anticipate it, it's still outrageous.
There are times when I can't follow the rules because others force me into the wrong lane or into them. The choice is obvious.
ArthurBumsore@reddit
All the time where I live. The Arsehole driving instructors are actually teaching them this. Unbelievable
brightleap@reddit
Literally saw it about 4 hours ago š
It's like they don't know there's going to be another roundabout in like 50m where they can just go right again.
rokstedy83@reddit
Was it a BMW also?it's a common problem with them not having indicators n all
RoofFluffy4042@reddit
I actually missed it the first time. I see this probably once every 2 months, which is far too much! Let's think for a second. If you did this in your driving test, would you pass? No! Are these people with driving licenses considerably more experienced than someone taking their driving test? Yes! Anyone caught doing this should be forced to redo their driving test and have any license removed until they have done so.
So don't even get me started on the selfish pricks that think speeding is OK, I'm not talking 10 miles over, but these people who do 20-30 over the speed limit on busy roads should be jailed and never be given a license ever again
Sweaty_Subject5004@reddit
10% accidents caused by drink driving, 10% caused by speeding. 80% caused by slow, sober people. Personally, I'm much happier people driving fast as at least they are concentrating and doing the "driving" part of operating a car. 95% of drivers I share one grid and one roundabout with will do between 2 and 5 incorrect things (wrong speed, wrong speed of manoeuvre, wrong lane, wrong indicators).
2JagsPrescott@reddit
Same goes for people who go around 20-30 mph under the limit.
RoofFluffy4042@reddit
In my opinion, not to the same extent, BUT yes. In certain situations, that can also be extremely dangerous. But they don't have a slogan that says "Lack of speed kills"
2JagsPrescott@reddit
When ironically, it's only the rapid transition from 'speed' to 'stopped' that generally proves fatal. Id argue lack of skill and foresight is what kills but that isn't very catchy.
RoofFluffy4042@reddit
I would argue that doing something you shouldn't be doing and assuming other road users will expect it and/or see it can prove fatal. Actually, anything involving a car that's moving can prove fatal, depending on the situation.
2JagsPrescott@reddit
What i was getting at, is that slogans like "speed kills" are an easy to remember message and not without merit- because going slower means any accident will might be less serious - but in the clip, the accident risk isn't speed related at all, it's simple lack of care/attention, which is usually what causes accidents whether speed related or not.
JevsyArt@reddit
Whenever I see a bmw
Throwythrow360@reddit
I know in real life (from experience), I'll brake and avoid.
But watching it in a video like this I feel like I'm 100% ready to accelerate and take the hit just to make a point.
usersinghsingh@reddit
It's an accident just to get 10 seconds ahead. The uk driving etiquette is horrible at the moment.
PowerTarget@reddit
Every goddamn day unfortunately š
Plenty-Land-3711@reddit
From BMW drivers ā¦ literally daily
MogwaiYT@reddit
Always seems to be a fucker in a BMW. Heaven forbid if they have to add 2 minutes onto a journey instead of not cutting someone up.
Apologies to any sensible BMW drivers reading this, but that brand seems to attract a particular sort of driver.
MartiniHenry577450@reddit
I am a HGV driver and I never need to look at the badge anymore, it will 90% of the time be a BMW that does something stupid, arrogant or downright dangerous
Trentdison@reddit
I've had more than one hgv pull this off on the Brinklow roundabout, approaching on A421 westbound, usually because they've joined a queue of traffic from Etheridge Ave (Brinklow estate) and haven't tried getting over to the right hand lane before the roundabout.
Also get people using the left only lane to go straight on, and people in the middle lane not moving over after the 1st turn off and merging into traffic going straight on from the right hand lane (which is for both straight on and right).
I hate that roundabout
Key-Philosopher-8050@reddit
Well I've seen it a few times but I think that they are following the lane rules.
On that particular roundabout the lane indicators for the left hand lane is indicting two options - straight ahead and to the left. On the right hand lane, straight and right.
The white beema was within their rights to make that manoeuvre as they would have gone straight.
This is the biggest issue with dual lane roundabouts.
Classic_Peasant@reddit (OP)
No
https://imgur.com/gallery/fmu8AS1
There's two lanes, the beemer lane is not entitled to go right.
They were in the left lane, which would have gone left their first exit, or straight their second.
If they wanted 3rd exit they needed right lane.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QurhsiGSZu5XqraQ6
The BMW straight on would have been the exit they decided to turn past, as they entered from my right
Key-Philosopher-8050@reddit
Yep - you're correct
Wait_ImOnReddit@reddit
Low IQ
It_is_me-Stoney@reddit
Shouldn't all cars exiting the roundabout be in the outside lane?
Classic_Peasant@reddit (OP)
https://imgur.com/gallery/fmu8AS1 There's two lanes, the beemer lane is not entitled to go right.
They were in the left lane, which would have gone left their first exit, or straight their second.
If they wanted 3rd exit they needed right lane.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QurhsiGSZu5XqraQ6
It_is_me-Stoney@reddit
Understood, but my question was on cars exiting from the inside lane. The beemer is in the wrong, but it isn't made better by cars exiting from the inside lane.
Classic_Peasant@reddit (OP)
Not sure if follow sorry.
The right had lane on roundabout is perfectly entitled to exit (straight on in this instance) into the outside lane of the next road as its dual carriageway to dual carrigeay
MoldyMojoMonkey@reddit
All the time. Seem to be a lot of middle aged and above people who don't know how to use roundabouts or indicators.
LovlehKebab@reddit
Way too often.
MGLX21@reddit
Roundabout lanes are optional in MK, the level of complacency on the roads around here is lethal, hell even I'm guilty of auto piloting on my commute sometimes but never to the extremes you see on the 70 mph roads.
Sedulous280@reddit
This is why you have to drive defensively stagger and expect them to do this very thing. You can accelerate out of danger or brake to avoid it. Keeping a bubble. Now leave your car get on two wheels. Now how vulnerable do you feel ? Motorcycles have to ride defensively as these manoeuvres will literally kill them. Then there are cyclists with zero training .
maintain a safety bubble š«§ whatever your form of transport. We share the roads with people with little or know skill . We canāt change them but we can change us.
Thanks for sharing, hope someone watches this and looks out for this hazard.
onlyrants@reddit
Hi all, I live in MK and just got my provisional license. Wanted to understand the rule, should the BMW have been on the inner route to make it safe or should they have been on the same lane but slower with an indicator to let other vehicles manoeuvre and have enough time to react? Will appear for theory test later in April so apols in advance if this q is stupid.
Classic_Peasant@reddit (OP)
It al depends on the roundabout in question, the signage and markings as they can be different.
There's one on the outskirts of MK off the A5, where you can go left from the first two lanes as the 2nd lane exits into a dual carriageway in the outer lane.
The spiral roundabout by IKEA again has different lane guidance etc.
The link provided by commentary below helps
samusian@reddit
https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/roundabouts.html See the picture when you scroll down.
elliomitch@reddit
It seems that this is the ācorrectā way to use a roundabout in Europe, so I do wonder if some of this comes from people who built their driving habits elsewhere. No excuse for such a stupidly dangerous manoeuvre tho
SpartanG188@reddit
Every fucking day in Milton Keynes
Kazumz@reddit
Roundabout country and still, people donāt fucking get it.
brannydeef1@reddit
Everyday
kdjoeyyy@reddit
Havenāt been in MK for days, is this near the Asda near stantonbury
Baba-Doo@reddit
I like to stay at home when I can, often away from the human race so not that often š¤£ but shit like this is why people die from some arse hole
natie29@reddit
Not just this but the lack of indicators too.
If I ever feel like Iām useless I just remember that someone actually gets paid to put indicators on BMWās (and the many other āhigh endā vehicles that are owned by people with main character syndrome)
Over-Sandwich@reddit
Getting stereotyped for driving a brand of car sucks, there are bad drivers on the road in all kinds of cars. Just cause someone has enough money to buy an expensive car doesnāt instantly make them a bad person/driver
DepletedPromethium@reddit
my boss drives a tesla and he never indicates, relies on his console camera to show him whats next to him and he regularly drifts and drives in the middle of the fucking road.
lazy gits and automotive technology dont mix.
GreenAmigo@reddit
all the time! kellogs corn flakes gave them their training and the ignore all rules after their test!
LeonardBetts88@reddit
Yes this happened to my partner earlier this week!
DepletedPromethium@reddit
common occurance.
i also see people in right hand lane thinking they can take the first exit when it's a single lane.
stupid people who clearly dont know how a fkin roundabout works.
moj_91@reddit
Increasingly so
dilithium-dreamer@reddit
All day long. Been in MK 18 months and hate driving here.
killah10killah@reddit
Thereās one particular roundabout where I see this dangerously often ā the one thatās beside The Range, the old Toys Rā Us and Oldbrook.
There are some driving habits that I get mildly annoyed at but that donāt hugely bother me. But when it comes to drivers turning right when theyāre in the lane to go straight or left, it completely infuriates me because itās such an easy way to cause an accident.
Having driven for about 8 years now, roundabouts are both the best and worst part of our road system.
ItsMrPantz@reddit
Itās help if they used their indicators so we had a clue what they are doing and itās not like thereās another roundabout in about what, 25 seconds.
pronoobmage@reddit
too often