Anyone familiar with Burnt Tree Island in the West Midlands? Nasty
little, tight island with lots and lots of usage and with 5 exits too,
I've never seen it have an 'easy period', it really needs lane markings
on the island itself and possibly traffic lights at peak times.

Anyway I was going right (4th exit) from the right-most lane of the 3
available, I know from this point of the island alot of people also do
a U-turn and comeback on themselves (5th exit), so I was going to do
the usual routine of following them then peeling off to the right hand
lane of my exit.

Reason I do this is because on this Island if it looks like you are
heading for the right hand lane of an exit people shoot-off and dive
down your inside (first exit for them) into the left lane because it
takes an age to find a gap of any kind.

Anyway I set off from the right lane and a Punto sets off at the same
time from the middle lane, as we enter he forces me very close to the
inside and we are wheel to wheel, as we go past the 3rd exit I indicate
left in a vain hope that he's heading my way, which wouldn't have
really been a problem. However still penneing me close to the Island,
he drives straight past the 4th exit I decide to avoid any unseemly
business, I ease on the brakes and let him brush past me and dive down
the righthand lane of my exit. So Mr.Punto decided to use the middle
lane to drive nearly all the way round the Island and comeback on
himself, while penning me to the inside, while I correctly try and use
the right hand lane to turn right.

Any thoughts or tips on this?