Hi Editors,
I have a question in relation to this junction in Abergavenny:
https://waze.com/editor?env=row&lat=51.80893&lon=-3.00666&marker=true&s=1715461591&zoomLevel=17&segments=389628507,122194188
When coming from the south approaching Abergavenny, the instructions as you approach the Hardwick Gyratory is not for the junction with the gyratory, but for the roundabout after.
This means that when approaching what is really to the user a roundabout within a roundabout, you get no instructions for joining it. This means it can come at you as a surprise, as you are not expecting a junction with a roundabout so soon from the instructions displayed on the app.
I understand that it is the users responsibility to follow signage etc when driving, but feel that Waze could make it easier here?
Would a lane guidance here to keep left when you join the gyratory work? Or is there another solution?
Thanks!
I don’t think lane guidance is the answer here. On approaching the gyratory, all lanes go the same way, so no lane selection is required.
After entering the gyratory, it would be good to have lane guidance approaching the roundabout, but this would give further instructions for the roundabout, and wouldn’t solve the problem of the entry to gyratory being unexpected. In any case, Waze haven’t yet got lane guidance working for roundabouts.
The only solution I can see is to give a “turn left” on the entry to the gyratory. We don’t normally give an instruction where there is no route choice, but this could be made an exception. The junction immediately east, where the b4598 joins the gyratory, already has such a “turn left”.
What do you think?
In regards to lane choice I understand, it’s useful to be in the right lane for the roundabout but you can change lanes once on the gyratory too, if that’s not working it’s moot point anyway.
I think that some sort of warning would be beneficial, so a turn left instruction would definitely help, it reduces the likelihood of someone hitting the turn at a high speed thinking they’ve got longer to go then they have.
Are you able to implement this one here in that case as that’s above my level?