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Originally Posted by Bill14564
You can intentionally misunderstand all that you like but ir doesn't change the markings, the guidelines, or the safe way to do things. Except for taking the first exit from tje right lane, I (always?) aim straight out of the circle regardless of the lane I am in - it's just the way the circles are laid out. I discontinue my left turn and I find myself out of the circle in the lane I am supposed to be in.
Check the signage at those circles that exit to a sing lane. If they are all like the one at Pinellas and Morse the signs will indicate that only the right lane from the road opposite the single lane exit is allowed to take that exit. No ambiguity, no changing lanes, no merging, just follow the indicated traffic pattern.
EDIT: Just checked the signage for Paige Place and it is the same as the Pinellas circle - only the right lane of El Camino is allowed to continue to Paige Place.
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But if you're coming from 441, heading to Paige Place, you are required to travel on the inside lane to get there. You're not allowed to change lanes while you're in the circle, so you can't be in the right lane from El Camino - since you were in the left lane when you entered the circle. People making a "third exit" or 3/4 way around the circle are required to be on the inside lane. And they have to exit to a single lane exit there.
People like to say it's easy - but it's not easy. That particular circle can be pretty scary because there's also a golf cart path that follows the traffic circle completely around it, without tunneling underneath. It crosses incoming/exiting circle traffic from all four sides.
As for pushing the red button in the residents only lane to the person who commented on it - many visitors don't know that the red button will raise the gate. They don't even know there's a red button, until they get to it. And many of them will cross to the visitors' gate, which is what they're supposed to do once they exit the circle. If they're coming from Paige Place they'll already be in the correct lane to exit out of the circle to the visitor's gate on Morse. But if they're not, they will have to shift to that left lane at the exit itself - unless they know in advance that they can ignore the big "RESIDENTS" marking on the pavement before they get to the gate.