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Originally Posted by tzangrilli
The design of traffic circles is fine, it's drivers that cause the problems. It doesn't matter if there are 10 cars or 0 cars in the circle, it is wrong to turn left from the right lane and wrong to turn right from the left lane ---- period..
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Sorry but must disagree. The circles are not configured like a normal divided road intersection. Of coarse, I would NEVER turn left from the right lane or make a right turn from the left lane on a regular roadway where the cross roads are perpendicular to each other. That is a sure way to have an accident.
The RABs here in TV has the driver
veering to the right to exit all the time. Making a "left turn" from the right lane is not like making a left turn from the right lane at a normal intersection. In the RABs, even in the inner lane which in all intents and purposes is the "left" lane, the driver turns his wheel
to the right to exit the RAB.
I have tried, (oh, have I tried) to enter the RAB in the inside lane at the Duval gate after heading north on Buena Vista. I make a "left turn" from Buena Vista but I have a devil of a time to move to the right lane after I've exited the RAB. There is such a short distance with the dotted line to cross to the right lane to go through the resident gate that it is very dangerous for me to try. If I don't change lanes in the dotted line area, I would have to cross over a solid white line. That is illegal too. I live in Duval so this is a daily occurrence for me.
I have observed over and over, folks approaching the Duval gate from northbound Buena Vista from the outer lane in the RAB. My husband always enters the RAB in the inside lane to make the "left turn" but he always crosses the solid white line move to the right lane for the resident entry. Either way, I guess we are both wrong.