JohnRA
Member Number 3801
Just in the door after coming home from the M1. Basically as I was coming off the slip road to use the rounadbout at the top of the off ramp there was a couple cars coming from the right so I had come to a complete stop at the white line at the top of the ramp to give them way on the roundabout.
My path was then clear and I double checked and continued on. Then all of a sudden I heard skidding and someone holding their horn. I look to my right and a Taxi is skidding up to my door from my right.
I'd just started turning the wheel to get around the roundabout so I hit the brakes and stop dead with no skidding, even in the wet weather we're having. The Taxi must have stopped no more than 7 or 8 inches from my door. Both of us got out and he start roaring abuse asking WTF I was at and he was going to call the Gardaí and he had righr of way.
Now, I know for a fact he was not there when I double checked and I'm adamant I had the right of way for a couple of reasons.
1. I had already entered the roundabout and was well clear of the white line at my section of the junction that indicates me to yield and the rules of the road dictate traffic that is on a roundabout has the right of way. As I'm there before him, I have right of way.
2. He must have been absolutely planting it aswell as not paying attention.
His road is a 60kph speed zone, people coming off the motorway are coming from a limit of 120kph. Even though people coming from the motorway should stop, the person in the 60kph zone should be mindful of the other motorists coming from 120kph and you'll always get the nut case that bulls through the roundabout from the 120 zone not giving a balls to other road users. So, it's far easier to foresee this and be expectant of it and be prepared to stop if you're in the 60 zone. That's how I always approach roundabouts with this layout anyway.
Long story short, I told him to ring the guards and I'd have fun watching him explain how he managed to skid to a stop coming from a 60 and there was absolutely no skids from my car coming from a 120 and the positions of our cars showed I was on the rounadbout well before him and he was the one who nearly came into the side of me.
Am I right or wrong in this instance? Opinions welcome.
My path was then clear and I double checked and continued on. Then all of a sudden I heard skidding and someone holding their horn. I look to my right and a Taxi is skidding up to my door from my right.
I'd just started turning the wheel to get around the roundabout so I hit the brakes and stop dead with no skidding, even in the wet weather we're having. The Taxi must have stopped no more than 7 or 8 inches from my door. Both of us got out and he start roaring abuse asking WTF I was at and he was going to call the Gardaí and he had righr of way.
Now, I know for a fact he was not there when I double checked and I'm adamant I had the right of way for a couple of reasons.
1. I had already entered the roundabout and was well clear of the white line at my section of the junction that indicates me to yield and the rules of the road dictate traffic that is on a roundabout has the right of way. As I'm there before him, I have right of way.
2. He must have been absolutely planting it aswell as not paying attention.
His road is a 60kph speed zone, people coming off the motorway are coming from a limit of 120kph. Even though people coming from the motorway should stop, the person in the 60kph zone should be mindful of the other motorists coming from 120kph and you'll always get the nut case that bulls through the roundabout from the 120 zone not giving a balls to other road users. So, it's far easier to foresee this and be expectant of it and be prepared to stop if you're in the 60 zone. That's how I always approach roundabouts with this layout anyway.
Long story short, I told him to ring the guards and I'd have fun watching him explain how he managed to skid to a stop coming from a 60 and there was absolutely no skids from my car coming from a 120 and the positions of our cars showed I was on the rounadbout well before him and he was the one who nearly came into the side of me.
Am I right or wrong in this instance? Opinions welcome.
Feckin nut case! I don't drive the Integra on when I'm on the roads. The only time I did push her on was when we were going over the mountains and when I'm at Mondello. Other than that I drive like a granny in it. Which is evident from the MPG I get out of it! 
