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Old 01-17-2010, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rockaway View Post
So let me get this straight. You admit to breaking driving laws since 2001.
You won't make a right turn from the left lane which is correct if you go
3/4 around but you will make a left turn from the right lane which is
illegal on any type of road, roundabout or straight.


By the way the "Newbies" did not change anything. Just pick up the
pamphlet at TV office that the police have put out you may learn something.

You say you stay in the right lane and keep an eye on the left lane so
you will not be cut off. So I guess in your mind it's ok for you to cut
everyone else off.
Hi rockaway...

This is how I see it... When a driver enters a roundabout, why should it matter how far the driver travels in that right lane to make an exit? Is it any less safe to remain in the right lane and leave the roundabout at the third exit? How about leaving the roundabout at the 2nd exit or the 1st exit and all from the right lane.What does it matter where the driver entered???

Basically, this way to navigate the roundabouts is like having a single lane roundabout. The inside lane is what makes these roundabouts dangerous and unsafe. As a driver is exiting the roundabout from the inside lane, a driver proceeding around the roundabout in the right lane could easily be hit by the driver exiting from the inside lane. Rules of the road state that the driver on the right has the right of way. That would make the driver exiting from the inside lane guilty of causing an accident.
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