It is rush hour on a busy roundabout in Denekamp. You want to leave the roundabout to the right. On the cycle lane to your right a cyclist is riding who keeps following the roundabout. What do you do?
- Turn off without signalling; in rush hour people see it anyway
- ✓ Signal, let the cyclist go first and then turn off
- Signal and turn off; the cyclist has to watch out for me
Correct answer: Signal, let the cyclist go first and then turn off
Explanation
False — you do not treat the cyclist as through traffic. Whoever leaves the roundabout lets the traffic that keeps following it go first, including a cyclist on the cycle lane
Why learners get this wrong
- Incorrect: you skip signalling. Before turning off you signal right, busy or not, and the cyclist following the roundabout goes first (Book p.83, p.85-86).
- Incorrect: you do not treat the cyclist as through traffic. Whoever leaves the roundabout lets the traffic that keeps following it go first, including a cyclist on the cycle lane
Topic: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
Read the rule: Core: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
Sections
- Challenge: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
- The model: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
- Core: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
- Why it matters: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
- Active recall: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
- Teach back: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority
- Memory hook: Leaving the roundabout: looking, signalling, priority