IF you want to take the 3rd exit, then you are about to make a TURN LEFT when you get into a Round About (aka an INTERSECTION).
You definitively want to make a LEFT TURN. Please get in the left lane before you get to the roundabout. Exactly what you have been doing since you started driving. The 3rd exit is a LEFT TURN. GET IN THE LEFT LANE!
IF you are taking the 2nd exit, you are going STRAIGHT. You are welcome to use both lanes.
However, beware of numbnuts who are turning LEFT form the RIGHT lane. This is usually due to not understanding their options from the Right Lane. Those options are you must either go STRAIGHT OR TURN RIGHT. Exactly what you have been doing since you started driving. NEVER TURN LEFT from the RIGHT LANE while you are in the the ROUND ABOUT.
IF you want to take the 1st exit, then TURN RIGHT. It is a no brainer to Turn Right from the Right Lane. NEVER TURN RIGHT from the LEFT LANE while you are in the the ROUND ABOUT.
IF you think you need to be in the RIGHT LANE TO EXIT the ROUND ABOUT you are MISTAKEN and DANGEROUS. Exiting at the 1st, 2nd or 3rd exit require getting in the proper lane BEFORE entering the Round About.
What you now know, please adhere to it. If you are hit by a car turning left from the right lane. The Sheriff will explain that to that culprit. And you will get a ticket.
Here is a summary your options at a ROUND ABOUT:
1ST EXIT is a RIGHT TURN. Get in the RIGHT LANE BEFORE ENTERING THE ROUND ABOUT.
2ND EXIT is actually traveling directly through the INTERSECTION and CONTINUING STRAIGHT ON THE SAME STREET. You may do this from either lane.
3RD EXIT is a LEFT TURN. Get in the LEFT LANE BEFORE ENTERING THE ROUND ABOUT.
Know that a lot of drivers cannot understand why they have to YIELD to smaller side streets when they are barreling down BV or MB. Good luck don't assume anybody knows where they are going. BE ALERT, BE SAFE.
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