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mikedz

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  1. There is the self guided part where they tell you to follow signs to X. Then they'll tell you the self guided part is over and then they will give you 'turn left' and 'turn right' etc. In my case the self guided part was mostly nonsense because he had to keep giving me new directions anyway. Ie. 'Follow signs to Slough', so I turned left at the roundabout because that's where the sign pointed to Slough. Then I drove along a straight road with no turns for a bit then he gave me a new instruction to follow signs to somewhere else. Nothing to worry about, if you go the wrong way they won't fail you so long as you do it safely. On my mod 2 the instructor told me to take 2nd left, I missed the turn and the instructor turned left anyway. He then told me to turn around where it was was safe and come back to join him.
  2. Mod 2 resit at 8.15am yesterday. Was a bit worried since it was rush-hour and my worries were well founded: First a car went the wrong way round a mini roundabout and then stopped in the middle of it, I had enough room to enter and turn left as I intended but I waited until she left the roundabout which I guess was the right thing. Then a van stopped on a big busy roundabout to let me enter the roundabout - again I didn't enter the roundabout until he started moving again. The examiner said the van shouldnt have stopped obviously but since it had I should have just gone instead of holding up the traffic on the roundabout as well as the traffic behind me. Then there was temporary traffic lights with my side of the road closed. After they went green I was riding along in the right hand lane and a car pulled straight out of a driveway in front of me and I had to emergency stop. Right at the beginning of the test the examiner asked me to pull in to the left, then told me to go in my own time. I checked mirrors and lifesaver but I forgot to indicate. I thought I screwed it up right away. After all of that.. PASSED!!!!!! And we didn't end up at the roundabout of doom!
  3. I've got my retest coming up. I went to this roundabout again today and tried it several times. On one occasion when I followed the green line (in my original post), I suddenly had a car who was following the red line catch up with me (because the red line is a shorter distance and he was travelling faster). He then had to brake and honked at me because as far as he was concerned I'd swerved out into his lane - which of course I hadn't, he should have continued going round a gone back the way he came. (as perhaps I should have done on my test). I got off my bike and watched the roundabout for a while and nearly every car followed the red line. Many followed the red line but then exited the roundabout in the left hand lane which is even worse! A large number also left the roundabout straddling both lanes. I've now done this roundabout several times following all the different coloured lines and I've come to the conclusion that none of them are safe. Even if you follow the blue line round the outside you end up with cars nearly colliding into you as you attempt to exit. I think if I hit this again on my test I will stick in the right lane and go right round and back the way I came. It appears to be the only safe way to get off this roundabout.
  4. I revisited this roundabout today and drove it several times in different directions. There are no signs that indicate anything out of the ordinary. I think the problem stems from the fact that this roundabout previously only had a left and right turn, there was no 'straight on' - this is a new road. You can find it on google here and check out the street view: Dropped pin near 69 Park Rd, Uxbridge, Greater London UB8 https://goo.gl/maps/AJy2hbpaegE2 You'll see that some of the street views are older and there are works going on. Some are newer and you can see the new lane layout. I think the roundabout has been screwed up when a new exit was built and they couldn't be bothered repainting all the lanes.
  5. Just failed my Mod2 because I went the wrong way on this roundabout in Uxbridge. The entrance has 3 lanes, the left marked as 'Left only' and the other 2 as 'straight on'. There is no 'right' arrow. http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee400/mikedzk/UxbridgeRoundabout.jpg I was told to turn right so I approached in the right hand lane (painted as 'straight ahead' on the road) and basically followed the red line. I understand why I was wrong because as I came around the roundabout suddenly I realised my lane was 'right turn only' and I didnt turn right. According to my instructor I should have followed the green line. Am I missing something or am I correct in thinking that there is no way anyone would be able to navigate that roundabout correctly unless they knew it beforehand and know not to approach in the right hand lane (unlike the highway code advice)? Secondly, it the green line correct or should I follow the blue line? Or should I follow the blue and then yellow? Cheers. Mike
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