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Maybe this chap is being filmed driving his bus as we write comments on here. it would be interesting to see a video of him going around a mini roundabout in his bus.

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Grandad,

Larger Vehicles are allowed to Cut some types of mini-roundabout if their vehicle size does not give them enough lock to go completely round it...but It's something to with The Roundabout haveing a Kerbed edge or not?

Maybe that's what distinguishes a normal full-sized roundabout from a mini one ?
On a normal roundabout the offside wheels must cross to the left of the central point of the roundabout, on a mini roundabout all you have to do is give way to the right - unless it is bounded by a solid white line or a kerbed edge. If only I could find the reference to confirm this !

Quick bit of research and it seems mini roundabouts are the same as full sized ones, you have to go round them (unless the size of vehicle makes it impossible to do so).

However it is only a mini roundabout IF it has the correct markings and signage - if the markings are not there then it is not a roundabout and you can drive over it.

The roundabout has to have arrows round the edge as shown here;
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002 ... 113_en_115

It is also not a mini roundabout if any of the following apply;
• it has a diameter less than one metre or
greater than four metres;
• it cannot be driven over;
• it has a surface colouring other than
white;
• it is not reflectorised;
• it is constructed of granite setts, block
paving or other textured material (unless
coloured white);
• it contains street furniture
• it has a raised kerb (more than 6mm);
• it has non-prescribed road markings such
as concentric rings;
• it incorporates road studs

Full explanation here; (scroll down to the definitions and use)
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... report.pdf

Looking at the video in the first post the roundabout does not comply with the traffic signs regulations and is therefore not legally a mini roundabout, therefore there is no obligation to go round it.

pity he still drove across the hatched section and on the wrong side of the road,


still would imagine his LO will stomp on him for this if only for the media attention

No action to be taken against minicab driver in Epping


A minicab driver filmed cutting across a mini-roundabout by a vigilante cyclist should keep his licence, a council committee has decided.

The driver from firm Lawlors, who was listed as Mr Hassan, appeared in front of Epping Forest licencing sub-committee yesterday after carrying out the manoeuvre outside Epping train station in December.

The public was excluded from the hearing.

A council spokesperson said: “Members of the licencing sub-committee decided to take no action in the case of the review for the private hire driver licence.

"No criminal offence occurred and there were no further reasons as to why the licence should be revoked or have any conditions."

The video was one of 398 videos published online by Dave Sherry to highlight dangerous driving in Epping Forest and Harlow.

source: http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/e ... xi_driver/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

This t*** needs to get a life

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Then why did the committee bring the driver before it?

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IDFIMH

If a complaint is made the Council have to investigate. They probably had him in to prove a point to this cyclist chap.

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Grandad,

at last a council shows a bit of sense,hardly crime of the century,yet theyre duty bound to investigate,and for once the driver never became a whipping boy for the pc brigade,i hope this nutter on the bike gets his cummupance and someone films him doing something dodgy,erseholes like him will get theirs eventually,karma

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