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Originally Posted by l2ridehd
Roundabouts are nothing but a traffic light replacement and work EXACTLY the same way.
Exactly. If you wanted to turn right at a traffic light, you would make that lane choice before getting there and come at it from the right hand lane. You would also yield to anyone already in the traffic flow.
If you wanted to turn left at a traffic light you would make that lane choice before getting there and come at it from the left hand lane.
If you were planning to go straight through you would use either lane.
Traffic light and roundabout work the same.
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Why is this so hard to understand? At a traffic light, would you turn left from the right lane? No. Would you turn right from the left lane? Of course not. Would you pull out in front of cross traffic? Again, no. A roundabout changes nothing. Nothing. And yet, there are many who insist it is "safer" to navigate in the outside lane, no matter what. Sigh. Just do it right and remain very observant of cars around you. Always assume the car next to you is oblivious.