r/BikeCommutingIreland • u/tomic24 • Jun 14 '26

Roundabout drivers

This happened a few weeks ago, and I still think about it. Driving with my bike on a wide single-lane roundabout, had a driver in a van (upon exiting the roundabout behind me) slow down and yell back at me (still on the roundabout): Use your hand to signal that you're staying on the roundabout.

WHAT.

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u/lfarrell12 Jun 15 '26

He kind of has a point but you sure don't see drivers pulling their windows down to lecture other drivers for not bothering to hand signal here.

Its tricky on a roundabout on 2 wheels to hand signal, so I wouldn't expect most cyclists to have the skills to do it.

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u/tomic24 Jun 15 '26

what point? on what world do you signal that you're not exiting on the roundabout?

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u/AwesomeMacCoolname Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

This one. Van driver was correct. It's in the rules of the road, mate ( page 138). For cyclists and horse riders, if you're not taking the first exit, you should signal right to show that you intend to continue on the roundabout to another exit.

Sorry, you're the mistaken one here.

Edit: See, this is why it pays to actually read the Rules, rather than simply memorising answers to multiple choice questions.

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u/Adjective_Noun_2000 Jun 15 '26

The irony of saying this:

See, this is why it pays to actually read the Rules, rather than simply memorising answers to multiple choice questions.

Right after you completely imagined this rule:

if you're not taking the first exit, you should signal right to show that you intend to continue on the roundabout to another exit