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Old 12-04-2012, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Joaniesmom View Post
I intended to go straight through the roundabout. I entered using the inside lane and was about to exit using the inside lane. That's where the close encounter took place. The other driver was on my right in the outside lane and was slightly behind me. I didn't see her in my blind spot. She evidently intended to continue around the roundabout in the outside lane to another exit point.
Your scenario is exactly why I prefer to use the outside lane whenever I’m going “straight through” a roundabout. However, you were not at fault, the other driver was at fault. She was either going further around in the outside lane than she should have, or else she didn’t yield to both lanes of traffic and stagger herself far enough behind you when she entered the roundabout.