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Originally Posted by Jazuela
Reason for confusion re: left turn:
Let's say I'm approaching the circle. North is straight ahead. East is to my right. West to the left. I'm coming from the South. I want to go west.
So I enter the circle via the inner-most lane. I'm now in the inside lane, travelling counter-clockwise. According to the rules, I'm in the correct lane to take a left. Except - now I'm IN the circle.
Once you are IN the circle, the only "left" that exists, is the circle itself. All exits are RIGHT exits, once you have entered the circle.
Now that's nitpicking, we all know that we're talking about a "west" exit in my scenario.
But let's continue past the nit.
We go past the first exit. The one heading east. We are now at the north exit. The next exit - the FIRST exit past the north exit, where we are at this very moment, in the inside lane, is the exit we want to take.
But that means we're in the wrong lane. Why? Because we are at the NORTH entrance to the circle right now. And everyone knows, if you are coming from the north, and need to turn west, you are taking the FIRST exit - from the north.
As soon as you move away from the entrance you came from, you are no longer turning left. That is the point some of us are trying to make, to explain WHY the last 16 pages of this thread exists.
If it were as easy and simple and elementary as some of you (and the graphics) try to make it look, there wouldn't be 16 pages (and how many other multi-page threads) of back and forth.
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No. If you are going 3/4 around, you stay in the inner lane from entrance to exit. Every sign and document tells you this. It is really no more complicated than that.
Another thing. Do not change lanes while in the roundabout. In other words, do not move from the inner lane to the outer lane prior to an exit. Continue all the way to the exit in the inner lane and take the left exit lane. Just as the pamphlet shows.