PeterE wrote:
toltec wrote:
PeterE wrote:
Almost *exactly* the same thing happened to me a few weeks ago - a mini-roundabout had been introduced on a traffic table on a road where the main route previously had right of way.
Was there another vehicle approaching the roundabout in your case?
Yes, and like you I had to do a near-emergency stop which led me to reflect on the circumstances that had caused it.
There is a road to the right just before the roundabout and on my approach a car drove up to the end of this road in preparation to turn right in my direction. My attention was drawn to it and away from the 'crossroads' in readiness for it to pull out, once clear and eyes front the junction is ahead and another potential hazard, i.e. right turning car, pulls my attention. Now while I did a quick scan of the junction what I am looking for is vehicles & pedestrians etc. not for changes in road furniture/markings.
So a possible reason for missing the roundabout until quite late was that there were higher priority items taking my attention.
One of the things I have noticed about my driving is that I have a tendency to focus on the most immediate potential hazard for a bit longer than I feel I should. I am only talking about 1-2 seconds but obviously a lot can happen in that time. The problem is that I find drivers around here will pull out when you are less than a second or two away so taking your eyes off them can be a bad move.
I am not too sure that I am happy that you guys have been caught out too, after all if you were how often does it happen to everyone else?