Designed to move large amounts of traffic from wherever the cars come from, roundabouts can be confusing. When coming to a roundabout, look to the left, yield to cars close to your location, then turn right. Go until you come to your street, then turn right to get out of the roundabout. You may have to wait as vehicles enter the roundabout from your left: they have yielded to their left and now they have the right of way and do not have to yield until they exit. If there are no cars to your left, you do not have to stop (doing so may result in a rear-end crash!), just enter the roundabout and go right, being careful for pedestrians and bicycles throughout this process. Some roundabouts may be wide, but that is for large trucks to negotiate the turns. They are not two lanes unless they are striped for multiple lanes. If they are striped for more than one lane, the inside lane is to be used if you need to go past several streets to get to yours. Make a lane change into the inside lane using your signal, then when your street approaches, signal to change to the right lane, then exit the roundabout. Changing to the left lane allows other cars to enter the right lane for an immediate exit to the next street. |