Do I have any legal obligations ?

[oracleslave]

Trust me, I've become an expert on car insurance, even though I've got a 10y NCB. Wives or GFs always have had crashes, once they even got hit from the back and other party try to make it 50/50, depends on how good is your insurer.
NU is the toughest of all IMO.

spouting complete and utter bollox passed off as fact

[The Lone Gunman]

I think you will find you were in the right. The insurance may end as a 50/50 if you dont go on the offensive.
You were on a roundabout in the correct lane to leave said roundabout. He was in the wrong lane.
If both lanes go off then he drifted out of his lane or failed to take notice of other traffic whilst changing lanes.
This is only altered if it was a filter where you should give way to traffic coming from your right or crossing in front of you, but in both cases only to traffic that is indicating visibly in front of you.
The tablets may not be his, they may not be a current script, but it would be worth pointing this out to your insurers as they will use it and a trip to plod as proposed above can,t do any harm.

[Incognito]

spouting complete and utter bollox passed off as fact

You always come across people like Dow working in IT. They spout complete arse and when you tell them it's complete arse, they just repeat what they said but louder. I've learnt to nod, walk away and speak to someone who knows what they're on about.

[EternalOptimist]

I think you will find you were in the right. The insurance may end as a 50/50 if you dont go on the offensive.
You were on a roundabout in the correct lane to leave said roundabout. He was in the wrong lane.
If both lanes go off then he drifted out of his lane or failed to take notice of other traffic whilst changing lanes.
This is only altered if it was a filter where you should give way to traffic coming from your right or crossing in front of you, but in both cases only to traffic that is indicating visibly in front of you.
The tablets may not be his, they may not be a current script, but it would be worth pointing this out to your insurers as they will use it and a trip to plod as proposed above can,t do any harm.

A good summary. One fact you dont have though, this roundabout is VERY busy, even at 7am, there was no question of drifting. It is bumper to bumper in both lanes. He was either trying to force his way across me, or misjudged the situation completely.


About the tablets. I now think he may be a doctor. I found a local doctor, same name, graduated around the right time, who works in place the tablets were dispensed. curiouser and curiouser.

[Advocate]

A good summary. One fact you dont have though, this roundabout is VERY busy, even at 7am, there was no question of drifting. It is bumper to bumper in both lanes. He was either trying to force his way across me, or misjudged the situation completely.


About the tablets. I now think he may be a doctor. I found a local doctor, same name, graduated around the right time, who works in place the tablets were dispensed. curiouser and curiouser.

You're buggered, doctors are always right. He probably plays golf with the local police chief and his son is dating the daughter of the local magistrate.


He's also running a dodgy sideline in pills (judging from the packet) and can have the "local boys" come round to "discuss" with you about his car.

[Dow Jones]

You always come across people like Dow working in IT. They spout complete arse and when you tell them it's complete arse, they just repeat what they said but louder. I've learnt to nod, walk away and speak to someone who knows what they're on about.

By your own admission then, you don't know what you are talking about, as you need to find out from others.
Don't understand the personal attack on this and the other thread, if it's a difference of opinion, that's all. Keep your hair on, old chap.

Oh, and forget OS. He's got a personal vendetta against me. Bit of a Monty Python one-man crusade and all that.
He knows about my women car insurance advice from my other posts, as he is an avid reader of them.

[BrianSnail]

I remember reading somewhere that you are supposed to merge in turn from right to left...ie driver in right lane gives way to driver in left lane.

Can't find anything in the highway code, except for rule 134...

134
You should follow the signs and road markings and get into the lane as directed. In congested road conditions do not change lanes unnecessarily. Merging in turn is recommended but only if safe and appropriate when vehicles are travelling at a very low speed, e.g. when approaching road works or a road traffic incident. It is not recommended at high speed.

Seems to me that EO's "doctor" didn't merge in turn or when safe to do so.

[BrianSnail]

I am afraid it is your fault EO - surprised no one yet picked this up. He was on your right hand side - you admitted hitting him with your right bumper - so he has priority.
You must always give way to traffic on your right - old rule based on the fact that for RHDs, you can see a car on your right, whereas the other driver can't. Same aplies on the mini-roundabouts - priority to the car on your right, not a free-for-all or 1st come as a lot of drivers seem to think these days.

Shirley not, a car on your right could be in your blind spot, however he would have visability of you...even more reason for the driver on the right to give way.

[oracleslave]

Shirley not, a car on your right could be in your blind spot, however he would have visability of you...even more reason for the driver on the right to give way.

Go easy on Dow. He has people pointing out the error of his ways all day no doubt.

[Dow Jones]

This is a different scenario altogether: If you pull out in front of another car, then it's clearly your fault, even if it's on your right, as in an overtaking case. I am talking about 2 cars coming up to the same level, right has always priority over left, same as in 2 cars on a roundabout.