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Originally Posted by jlaurieb
Every roundabout has a sign from either Morris or Buena Vista indicating the access route for each vehicle.
The outer lane of the roundabout is only meant as an exit lane once inside the circle it is not a left-turning lane.
The outer lane is only a straight through lane or a right turn lane. The inner lane can go straight through or turn left.
This is confusing for quite a few people, because they see a broken white line, but that line is meant for people entering from the right to cross into the traffic circle.
I am not certain whether the neighborhood roads intersecting the main roads (Morse and Buena Vista) have the same signage, but it would be helpful. It would also be helpful if people understood them.
It seems that every Villager should have a course in how to navigate roundabouts before they are handed the keys to their property.
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I agree. It's like any other traffic control convention. If everyone ignored stop signs, they wouldn't work properly. If people don't drive properly in roundabouts, they don't function as they should.
The maneuver is the same as at a regular intersection. At a regular 2 lane intersection you can either go straight or turn left from the left lane. And you can go straight or turn right from the right lane. It's exactly the same for a roundabout. It would be nice if local law enforcement actually did some enforcement at roundabouts. Station a car up at Camino Real and Buena Vista and you could pull over about 20 people per hour that drive incorrectly through that roundabout. People need to be reminded that if they don't play by the rules in roundabouts they are creating a hazard and ruining it for everyone.