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| Just quickly - why don't people indicate when driving on the roundabouts? If someone drives into me from my left (because I have gone onto the roundabout assuming the driver is going straight ahead) am I to blame? | |
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Roundabouts are fairly new to the Swiss, 15 years ago there were hardly any in the country. But when the discovered they slowed down traffic, the authorities set out to convert every junction to a roundabout.
At the same time they thought they could improve on the system used in the UK for the last 70 years (where one signals where one is going) to a new system better suited to the Swiss motorist who is loathed to signal at any time. The authorities realised some sort of signal, however minimal was required, so they devise the idea that one only signals when leaving a roundabout.
The fact that this is less save is unimportant. Was is important is that the Swiss have devised a different way of driving round roundabouts.
Wait till you find our what they now advise cyclists to do at roundabouts...