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Old 09-01-2012, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ilovetv View Post
The whole premise of a roundabout is that all traffic from 4 directions keeps on moving, and when you're actually IN the roundabout, you have 3 chances to get out of it toward the right if fire trucks come up behind you.

There's nothing worse than being stopped at a light at an intersection of 4-lane streets, and some fire trucks come up behind, or at, the line of stopped cars in the left lanes, and you cannot get over to the right because of the lines of cars. The horn blasts and sirens from the trucks are horrifying and sometimes there is nowhere for you to go to get out of the way!
This is the one exception where you don't have to obey the lights. If the first person in the line pulls into the intersection, it makes room for another car to move over. I have been in this situation 3 times, twice I was at the light and pulled into the intersection to let cars move to the right and let the ambulance have room to pass. The third time, I was farther back in the line and nobody moved. The ambulance lost precious time as we all waited for the light to change.