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Originally Posted by BarbinNH
They're gonna crash because vehicle B didn't yield. It doesn't matter that vehicle A is in the inside lane. Vehicle B is supposed to yield to all traffic, in both lanes. I think this part, not yielding to both lanes, is what gets people in trouble.
Also, if you look at the link that Russ provided, it says at least twice (and one of those times in red) that you are not supposed to change lanes while in the roundabout. So, logically, you must be able to exit from the inside lane.
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Exactly Barb - I explained this in my answer earlier to Tony. I think this is the biggest confusion that people have that didn't deal with roundabouts in their earlier life. Yield in a rotary is not the same as yield elsewhere. Most of the time yield (realistically not legally) means: wait until the car has gone by you (as in Ed's story).
BUT
You are not supposed to even enter the rotary when other traffic is already IN the rotary. Now granted most people will enter if the other side has just entered. But as I mentioned that wouldn't be an issue since they are far enough apart to begin with even if one does a 3/4 or full turn.
It comes down to this: the rules of the road are made so that when an accident happens - at least ONE party is wrong. Both parties can be wrong but at least one person did something legally wrong that help cause the accident.