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Originally Posted by Maker
Sorry, but consider ALL traffic and then discover the problem with the driving diagrams and the faulty advice and criticism G.E. gives.
Let me demonstrate how cars crash.
Let's start with no other vehicles anywhere except for 2 cars arriving at a RAB. Each one wants to travel half way through the RAB and exit. Red car comes in at 6:00 and exits at 12:00. Blue car comes in at 3:00 and exits at 9:00.
Red car is in the left lane and they are the first car to enter RAB, and goes into the inner lane of the RAB. Starts going around. (driving diagrams show driving line allowing a "straight through" route)
Blue car arrives next, and sees red car, and waits until red car is passing. Blue enters the outer lane of the RAB. (driving diagrams show driving line allowing a "straight through" route)
At 12:00 spot, red car attempts to exit. Directly in front of path of blue car. Crash happens.
Both cars are following the routes shown on published diagrams for lane use.
Cars entered when lanes were 100% clear.
Neither car is next to each other.
Neither crossed any white lines.
Both cars followed every sign diagram.
Both cars followed every lane marking arrows.
Yet, they crash.
Those diagrams fail to account for traffic entering and exiting from all 4 roads. Blindly assuming that following those travel paths is foolish. That is the problem most people fail to comprehend.
This example is for just two cars. Expand that to a lot of cars, each person following their own version of what to do.
So never be next to another car. Always expect them to turn in front of your path and leave a lot of space to stop.
Oddly, that effectively reduces lane usage to one lane. Exactly the same thing I said by mandating outside lane must exit at the next road after they enter - no going to the second road. Only one lane is allowed to go past side roads. By forcing one lane, crash potentials are drastically reduced. Since the "expert" advice spaces cars into the equivalent of one lane, it's not going to slow anything down.
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Kinda obvious you do not understand the definition of yield.
Definition: Allow other road users to GO FIRST.
In your scenario, if you understand a driver must yield, an accident would not happen.The driver would know a car needs to cross their path and they would slow down allowing them to do so.
The roundabouts in the villages are small. The blue car should not have entered the roundabout until the red car exited. It only takes a few seconds to YIELD!
Rule of a roundabout
: Yield to other vehicles. If you believe this is incorrect, Please post any literature or video that states you do not have to yield in a roundabout.