Crackdown on driving over mini roundabouts

LAZY drivers have been warned to stop driving police around the bend by ignoring mini roundabouts.

Traffic police have reminded motorists they face a £30 fine for driving over the tiny traffic calmers.

Figures released by police show 45 drivers were caught and prosecuted for driving over mini roundabouts in the past year.

But a straw poll conducted by the Scunthorpe Telegraph suggests the actual figure is likely to be much higher.

Observations carried out at a mini roundabout on Ferry Road, Scunthorpe, revealed that of 270 cars who passed it in a 20-minute period, 56 per cent drove over the top.

Pc Barry Gardner, casualty reduction officer for North Lincolnshire, said: "Would you consider it appropriate to drive over the centre of Berkeley Circle roundabout? If not, then why would you drive over the middle of a mini roundabout?"

"I would like to remind all drivers it is a legal requirement to pass around the central marked area of all mini roundabouts, unless their vehicle is so large it is incapable of doing so."

The Highway Code stresses mini roundabouts are no different from their full-sized counterparts.

"Approach them in the same way as normal roundabouts. All vehicles must pass round the central markings except large vehicles, which are physically incapable of doing so."

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