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Old 07-18-2012, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by skyking View Post
The dangerous situation is when someone properly takes the second exit from the inside lane but crosses over into the curb lane of the exit street thus side swiping the car using the same exit from the outside roundabout lane (who may be just carefully taking his first exit). It is easy to understand how they work if you just think of it as a two lane road with curves and stay in your lane. If your are in the left lane, stay there. If you are in the right lane, stay there.
Exactly. That is the most common mistake. If you are on the inside lane and the exit street is two lane you have to stay to the left lane while exiting. So many people change lanes as they exit and dive into the right exit lane. Confused yet? Hahaha. The first time I was here I studied the signs and brochures. I was northbound on Morse exiting to Odell at the Mallory Square area. A driver dove into my lane from the inside, blew her horn and glared at me. I told my wife, what the heck. She is suppose to stay left and you aren't to change lanes on the circle. Two errors. I see this mistake all the time. And TV veterans believe it's ok to do this.
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