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Originally Posted by coffeebean
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.
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I have to agree with the highlighted part of coffeebean's post. It is the law, so that's how I make a "left" turn, but several times I have encountered people coming up to the RAB and turning right, cutting me off when I'm about to make my turn. I think because I'm in the inside lane, they think I am continuing around the circle, when in fact, they have no clue what I'm about to do, and they're supposed to yield coming into to a RAB but don't.
Someone suggested using the visitor lane to go through a gate in that instance, so you don't have to cross over the white lines coffeebean is talking about. Can you use a card in the visitor lane? I would do that at the St. James entrance, which I use every day, if I didn't have to stop and push a button to get someone to buzz me through.