Watch as driver uses controversial slingshot roundabout method to bypass heavy traffic

THIS is the shocking moment a driver uses the controversial slingshot roundabout method to bypass heavy traffic.

The TikTok user known as ‘Pedal Perspective’ posted the short clip to his social media page which has more than 4,000 followers.

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In the footage, the car is seen approaching in the outside lane while Ian says: “A classic roundabout slingshot”.

He then sarcastically adds: “I never turn down an opportunity to sling one round the roundabout and get to the shop a little bit quicker.”

While it is not clear where the filming took place, it appears to be London.

The car is then seen going past a double-decker bus and going right round the roundabout before doubling back to rejoin the queue.

The keen cyclist then adds: “Why work harder when you can work smarter?

“It’s all about that agile thinking.

“I hope you all have a good one. Lovely jubbly… Sound as a pound.”

It was only posted a day ago but has already been viewed more than 1,600 times.

While the slingshot often provokes fury from other motorists, there is actually nothing in the Highway Code to prevent it as long as you drive safely.

However, some road law experts are not certain the hack is within the rules.

Guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service says that “misusing lanes to gain an advantage over other drivers” can be counted as “careless or inconsiderate driving“.

Graham Conway, from Select Car Leasing, told Yahoo News: “Careless or inconsiderate driving typically attracts a fixed penalty of £100 and three points on your licence.

“In more serious cases motorists will have to go to court where they could face higher penalties.

“It all boils down to whether your driving ‘falls below the standard expected of a competent and careful driver’.

“Slingshotting a roundabout – or ‘misusing lanes to gain an advantage over other drivers’ – could easily fall into this category.”

Elsewhere, footage posted on the same social media site by @jobbertok shows a driver using the technique to avoid a queue of cars at Rotary Way roundabout in the Newcastle area.

The Jobbertok account shares videos which Shaun says should help drivers understand little-known rules of the road.

He has also shared footage of the moment an SUV smashed into a parked car, almost ripping the driver’s door clean off.

There have been other examples of motorists using a “roundabout slingshot” trick to avoid morning traffic, while a video of a car driver losing control on a wet roundabout went viral on social media.

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