No, I am not talking about "roundabout girls!"
I am referring to the standard of driving on roundabouts in this area?
What happens is this. You approach a roundabout which has two lanes. One would normally take the left hand lane if one were taking the third exit. However, what drivers do here is this they sit in a queue of traffic in the right hand lane. Then once on the roundabout they cruise around the outside lane all the way round to the third exit, using no indication, of course.
They look shocked at any car using the inside lane. Anyone who does use the inner lane does so at their peril! As they are likely to be cut up by the outside lane huggers.
I am surprised there are not more accidents on roundabouts, to add to the already high Spanish car accident statistics.
We could all sit in the right hand lanes and add to the already congested roads particularly the N332 with a roundbout at every mile. I'm sure this is a major contributory factor to the congestion.
Or, am I missing something? Is there a special rule in the Spanish Highway Code which states this is the way to go?
All I can say is that when many of these people took their driving tests Spain didn't have any roundabouts!
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Spain has a different approach to roundabouts than the rest of Europe. So BEWARE. If you move from the inner lane to the outer (to leave the roundabout) then you are changing lanes and must always give way. Consequently drivers who stay in the outer lane and go all the way round to the third exit are IN THE RIGHT. In fact some fi¡orums recommend drivers to do this as they will therefore never be in the wrong. It is very dangerous when most (foreign) drivers are used to other (and more sensible) rules. So when you leave the roundabout always look for the idiots who will cut you up by driving right across you and they will be in the right!
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