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Old 04-30-2018, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore View Post
Seriously PB...you too?

In fact, I thought you had just said the opposite (that you CAN make a right turn from the left lane)...in another thread?

I think I also recall you mentioning that for safety sakes, you use your turn signal when leaving a roundabout...as do I.

So if you enter the RA in the left lane, with an intent to leave (still from the left lane, because you can't change lanes in the circle) at the second or third exit...which way do you put your blinker on?

Yeah, just what I thought, the blinker is set...to make a right turn.


Now, for a change of pace, how about everyone check out what the signs say when leaving a village...with a single lane exit.

The sign exiting the village only shows one line (like the ones on the north end of Buena Vista)...so which lane do you enter in the roundabout (remembering that you're not supposed to change lanes in the circle)?

So if you wanted to go into the roundabout and take the second or third exit, per the sign (since it only shows one lane) which roundabout lane should you enter...from the single lane village exit?

I say the rules require that you enter the left lane of the roundabout, then when you get to your exit (2nd or 3rd) you turn your right blinker on...AND YOU MAKE A RIGHT TURN ACROSS THE RIGHT ROUNDABOUT LANE.

Like I originally said, there is no consistency...in signage or striping.
I also turn my right turn signal on to let the drivers that are waiting for me to clear the intersection know that I'm crossing the right lane to exit. Some drivers assume that I will continue in the left lane and illegally jump the gun.

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