Confusion over Hull roundabout that sees lots of ‘near misses’

If you have a driving licence in Hull, chances are that at some point at least one of the city’s major roundabouts will have caused you some level of frustration – whether that be due to a lack of clear signage or just the careless driving of other motorists. Recently, there has been much debate over the correct way to navigate one of the major roundabouts on Hedon Road; namely the one by HMP Hull. The confusion over which lane is appropriate to use for each turnoff has caused enough confusion to prompt one local motorist to write to National Highways and seek advice. On the Hull Traffic and Travel Facebook group, Nick posted: “Ok so I saw a post on here a while back about the roundabout on Hedon Road and which lane for which exit! So I thought I would email highways and get an absolute on it, just out of interest due to a few close calls over the years. Here is the response I received, hope it helps!” Read more: Hull named as one of the UK’s pothole capitals The response from National Highways read: “We can advise that we’re carrying out a review of this roundabout later this year which is aimed at tackling issued such as those you’ve highlighted. In the meantime, we’ve attached a diagram which we hope explains the intended navigation of the roundabout clearly.” The diagram shows the correct usage of each of the roundabout’s three lanes when approached from the westbound route on Hedon Road. The lefthand lane is for the first exit onto Hedon Road only, the middle lane is for both the first exit (Hedon Road) and the second exit (Old Hedon Road), and the third lane is exclusively for those turning right onto Southcoates Lane. National Highways issued the following guidance Responding to the post, Richard said: “thank you for this post confirms the Highway Code nicely. Might have it printed so I can hand out to people when they don’t stop to give way.” Wesley, on the other hand, said: “Not hard to put a sign up, make it clear and sort the road markings out.” Codrin added: “I knew that but if you want to turn right from the second lane you’ll get a h
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