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Originally Posted by Amylag
I would like to put it out there to folks that are in the far-left lane coming into the roundabout and then decide to get off in that same left lane crossing over the right lane traffic that a directional WOULD BE HELPFUL!!!!!!! As a matter of fact, a DIRECTIONAL WOULD ALWAYS BE HELPFUL.
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I can't think of a situation where you would NOT exit from the inner/left lane of a roundabout to the left lane of the road. To exit into the right lane would require changing lanes within the roundabout which is a bad idea. But maybe I'm missing something.
As for signalling - yes, this is supposed to be done. On the other hand, the ONLY time signalling would resolve a conflict is if you were waiting to enter but you couldn't tell if the vehicle already in the roundabout was exiting.
- If the car didn't signal then you would have to wait and see what it did.
- If the car used its signal then you could pull in front of it knowing it was exiting and wouldn't hit you
- If the car had left its signal on then you could pull in front of it "knowing" it was exiting and could later explain that to the officer writing the accident report.
Personally, I wouldn't bet my safety on the other vehicle using it's signals properly; I would wait for it to commit to exiting before I entered the roundabout.