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Old 12-05-2012, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by John_W View Post
I found the easiest way is to imagine a 4-way stop instead of a round circle. Each side has two lanes. If you were to make a right turn or to go straight you would of used the right lane at a 4-way stop. If you are making a left turn you would of been in the left turn. Same rules apply to a roundabout. So when you go to the third exit in the outside (right lane), you've made an illegal left turn and have put yourself in jeopardy of being T-boned by a car on the inside lane going straight. That's the one difference, the option of going straight can be made from either lane. However, if you apply all the 4-way stop rules you shouldn't have a problem.
That's what I thought, too.

The outside lane = straight or right turn and the inside lane = straight or left turn sounds easy. But it doesn't take into consideration someone doing exactly the same thing from your 3 o'clock position, assuming that you entered at 6 o'clock.
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