You ever been to Swindon?? Roundabout capital of the world! Tyre dealers there alll live in stately homes!!

Milton Keynes aint bad off for roundabouts either!

Fit Goodyear MT on 17" wheels

Loose 4MPG, Stereo becomes useless because of the tyre noise (except Queen and Meat Loaf!), will not aquaplane, still grips the road reasonably well even in the wet (soft compound?), but doesn't like white lines above 70MPH.

Will probably only last 20K, but boy do they work well off road. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

nothing likes white lines. They are the best skid material known to man.

dunroof wrote:

Milton Keynes aint bad off for roundabouts either!

True, but who goes round mini roundabout? I normally run over the top of the when no one is looking.

Don't get me started on mini round-abouts in Swindon! I had a very bad experience with a vectra! (I killed it with my defender)

dunroof wrote:

True, but who goes round mini roundabout? I normally run over the top of the when no one is looking.

Funny roads in Swansea or Scotland, straight roads, mini roundabouts and they only have exits straight in front of you no exits to the left or right, pointless having them in the road then

Here we go again, okay the roads arn't straight as we all know, but the point is most people drive over the top of these mini roundabouts in some form or fashion to turn left or right or go straight ahead, almost using them as a junction rather than a roundabout thats all.

The mini roundabout means "give way to traffic coming from the right" (and preferably slow down a bit too). No need to go round them. Bit worried about adopting a French idea though: Priorité à droit!!!

Past master wrote:

The mini roundabout means "give way to traffic coming from the right" (and preferably slow down a bit too). No need to go round them. Bit worried about adopting a French idea though: Priorité à droit!!!

The only answer to said idiots is to drive something large and solid, alas. Having right of way doesn't compensate for a dead passenger and, worse, a damaged Landy!

Priorité à gauche would be a nightmare, as is the actual system in France. They had more or less abolished the priorité rule, but have brought it back in a lot of villages as a cheap traffic calming measure. Doesn't calm me! At least they have adopted the English system on (most of) their roundabouts.

Past master wrote:

The mini roundabout means "give way to traffic coming from the right" (and preferably slow down a bit too). No need to go round them. Bit worried about adopting a French idea though: Priorité à droit!!!

As this now seems to be a mini roundabout thread my hijack attempt would be that as far as I know it is actually a serious motoring offence to drive over a mini roundabout, which whilst usually the only way around one is actually illegal. Sure it was a traffic cop that told me but it was some years ago SD4 Sport LE Firenze Red - no options or modifications yet, but it's early days.

Interesting - my assumption was based on driving large vehicles/trailers which won't go round them. But I was wrong. Highway code man he say:

Mini-roundabouts. Approach these in the same way as normal roundabouts. All vehicles MUST pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so. Remember, there is less space to manoeuvre and less time to signal. Avoid making U-turns at mini-roundabouts. Beware of others doing this.

I stand corrected.