I was always under the impression that on a “normal" 4 exit roundabout (i.e. two roads crossing), you would indicate left if going left, right if going right, and no indication if going straight on. Then whichever way you’re going you indicate left when passing the exit before. However, a number of drivers indicate right when going straight on, which means I stop expecting them to continue around but could’ve entered the roundabout. Am I incorrect here? Was there a time when something different was taught?
Here in Germany, we’re taught to only indicate when exiting the roundabout (towards the right, which would be left in your case).
Maybe some of the drivers you encounter, were taught in different countries…
That is interesting, so you would never indicate left (our right) at all?
I like our way (when used correctly) but guess it makes no difference really. Most people are turning right if indicating right so you have to stop. Its just annoying if they are indicating right but go straight and don’t indicate left until too late or not at all, so you didnt to stop. In your case over there, you would do the same if they are not indicating right so you have the same situation really.
Yeah, exactly, we never indicate left (your right).
I mean, I don’t particularly love our system, especially when turning into a roundabout and there’s a car coming up to the exit that you want to enter from, then there’s no way to tell, whether they’ll take that exit or not, until quite late, because their indicator light is facing away from you.
But yeah, it feels like the system you described would fall apart rather quickly, too, with multi-lane roundabouts or just oddly shaped roundabouts where, for example, you could interpret them as a T-junction or not.
I’m in the US and this is how I was taught. We don’t have many roundabouts and most people don’t know how to signal for them (much less use them at all) but that’s what driving schools teach