• Omega
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    19 months ago

    Oh, I fully understand. But if you getting on in the right lane going to the second exit, and some other car was ALREADY on in the second lane, there’s no way to know if you need to give right of way or if they’re about to continue to the next exit. Should I be breaking or not? Is this car about to veer in front of me?

    It’s just much simpler if right lane was first exit only.

      • Omega
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        19 months ago

        I’m talking about after you’re already in the roundabout. When the right lane’s first and second exit matches the left lane’s second and third exit and thr right lane doesn’t know if the left lane is exiting or not.

        • @[email protected]
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          29 months ago

          Yeah, that can be a bit tricky, but in my experience people use their signals and drive defensively to allow people to exit. And because entering traffic yields to both lanes, there aren’t so many cars in the roundabout at the same time that it becomes a problem.

      • prole
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        9 months ago

        I frequent a roundabout that bucks this rule, and it drives me nuts. Because the roundabout is part of a relatively major throughfare, people who are already in the circle need to yield to those who are entering from that one particular road. So as to not make the people on the major road slow down too much I guess?

        It makes sense when you think about it, and It works OK if you’re familiar with the circle, but if you’ve never driven on it before and you miss the internal yield sign (or if you’re entering from the major road and don’t see the lack of yield sign), then you’re going to cause issues.

    • prole
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      19 months ago

      Turn signals are meant to take care of that… Seems like your issue is with other drivers, not the roundabout itself.