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Originally Posted by Bill14564
So wrong in so many ways, almost as if you are intentionally trying to misunderstand.
When you are at a four way stop and intend go go straight across do you proceed when there is someone already in the intersection? Of course not, that would cause a crash and you would be at fault. The same goes for the circle. If you are entering from the outside (right) lane you can't shoot right in, you yield to the traffic already in the circle. Do that and no one will be crossing in front of you to turn right from the inside lane.
When I am driving north on Morse and I encounter a circle what direction do I need to go to stay on Morse? Silly question of course, I go straight. If this is the circle with Pinellas and I want to take Pinellas then which way do I go? Obviously, I turn left since turning right would put me in front of the fire station on Moyer Loop. Left, right, and straight make perfect sense at a circle unless you are intentionally trying to be confused.
Having never seen an accident in a circle I can't begin to come up with the percentage of drivers who navigate them successfully. I've seen far more accidents at stop lights so perhaps we need to replace some lights with circles to improve safety.
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I had the same thought as I read your post. There does seem to be more collisions at intersections that have traffic lights. I have seen only one RAB accident and that wasn't actually in the RAB. The accident occurred just as a vehicle exited the RAB. Someone came barreling down Morse and did not YIELD to the traffic and caused the collision.