People who actually know how to signal in a roundabout are a rare breed. Dunno how it’s in other countries but the German rules actually make sense: Don’t signal when entering. There’s exactly one way to go, so why would you. Don’t signal when driving around the roundabout as that’s straight ahead (even if it’s a circle). Do signal before the exit you want to take, this is for the benefit of people waiting to enter (or maybe those behind but only on 2-lane roundabouts). As a corollary: If you signal while you enter you’re pining straight for the first exit… but honestly avoid it too many people signal wrong so it’s better to not play fast+loose.
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can@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoIn Norway, you have to indicate your exit in a roundabout by activating your turn signal, and he found it difficult while turning the steering wheel, which you have to do in a roundabout. A driving student would fail their test if they don’t activate their turn signal in a roundabout in Norway.
He said:
I tested the Model 3, and noticed that I lost both focus and direction in roundabouts. It’s not directly life-threatening, but you run the risk of both driving on curbs and other cars if there are two lanes.
After posting his findings in a group for driving schools, he was met with agreement by many other instructors who said that they experienced the same issue and the risk is much higher with students.
barsoap@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
That’s not the way I learned in France, where they make you signal left before entering and use the inner lane, only if you’re going further than halfway through the roundabout.
You signal right before entering only if you’re taking the first exit.
In any case you signal right after driving past the last exit before your own.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
in the Netherlands people often do signal left while on the roundabout but that feels mostly because of cyclists who also do so.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Do they have cyclists and cars in the same roundabout at the same time?
Do any of them survive?
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My experience as a cyclist has been that I’m generally the safest I can be when I ride in the middle of the car lane.
That includes roundabouts.
psud@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Australian rules are (we keep left and go clockwise around roundabouts)
- If turning left, indicate left throughout the entry and exit
- If turning right, indicate right, indicate left after the exit before the one you are using
- If going straight ahead don’t indicate on entry, indicate left after the exit before the one you’re taking
I’m sure most people follow the rules, but I see a lot who indicate wrong, and the drivers of the various premium brands don’t indicate at all ever
snooggums@kbin.social 5 months ago
It's like car features that have been around for 70+ years are the way they are for a reason.
limelight79@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Reminds me of the guy that built that sub that got crushed. There are standards in place for good reasons and ignoring them is a bad idea.
snooggums@kbin.social 5 months ago
Yup, and just like the sub Tesla did multiple things that were substandard because they worked in controlled environments and even worked ok the real world for a short time before failing.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It should be painfully obvious by now that Elon Must is one of those “I know best” Pigheaded Ignorants.
He always “knows best” so almost a century of auto engineering verified by trillions of hours in the field use are meaningless next to his “superior” ideas (which whilst looking like UI design are painfully devoid of actual UI/UX expertise).
It’s the same reason why when he started Tesla he tried to fully automate car manufacturing whilst having zero experience in auto manufacturing and it blow up badly an his factories had to be retooled and hire actual auto-workers.
No wander he turned out to be a rightwing-nutter: In my experience “I know best” Pigheaded Ignorants is one of the most common personality profiles in that tribe.