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Originally Posted by Jazuela
As someone who's only visited TV so far and hasn't yet purchased a home, I have to say these traffic circles are incredibly confusing. I slow down significantly because they disorient me and I get nervous about being stuck in the wrong lane. If I'm in the right lane, and making a 3/4 turn, I'm in the wrong lane. If I'm in the left lane, and making a 1/4 turn, I'm in the wrong lane. But I'm supposed to keep up with the speed of traffic so if there's someone behind me, I worry they'll get mad if I slow down, mad if I'm in the wrong lane, mad if I get disoriented and pull over and stop because I just can't deal with that kind of stress when I'm just trying to get across the darned street.
Plus it's clear these traffic circles are dangerous, which is why there are so many threads here with so many posters saying they're dangerous. Why not ditch the circles and put in normal lanes with stop lights and turn lights, so there's absolutely no confusion whatsoever? You get in line, stop, wait til the light says you can go, then go. And everyone else stops to let you do so.
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Please, don't ever, ever do that. You might get hurt. Somebody else might get hurt. Please don't stop in a roundabout. Better to keep going, even if you're in the wrong lane, till you can pull off onto an exit.
People coming round in a roundabout can't see you and might rear-end you if they come upon you stopped. Or it could cause a multiple accident. You would be found at fault for any of that.
Just think of the roundabout as a four lane intersection. If you're going straight, either lane. If you're going right, outside lane. If you're "turning left,"you would be in the left lane at an intersection. That's what cleared it up for me, a description by some clear-minded "teacher" on this forum seven years ago. To whom I am so grateful, although I can't remember his name.