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Originally Posted by graciegirl
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It depends on exactly what everyone is talking about. I think that we have to start using different terminology when talking about round abouts. "Making a right hand turn" is a confusing phrase. We are making a right hand turn every time we exit a round about.
We should be talking about entering and exiting the round about.
In a four way round about it is possible for two lanes to exit at any point.
Think of the round about as a clock and you are entering at 6:00. You should stay in the right hand lane if you want to exit at 3:00. If a car has entered at 12:00 or 9:00 they could be exiting that same exit from the left hand lane.
There are several possible scenarios where a car can be LEGALLY crossing in front of another car in a round about. It is the responsibility of every driver to be aware of this and anticipate what other cars in the round about may possibly do. Personally, I try to make sure that I am never directly beside a car in a round about and always expect other cars to change lanes in front of me especially if I am in the left hand lane while exiting the round about but also if I am in the right hand lane and going around to the next exit. I try to assume that a car in the right hand lane will be going around. It is important that we use our directionals when exiting or changing lanes.
Most of the time cars are entering round abouts at different times so as not to be side by side in the round about.
Gracie, take a look at your picture. If a car enters the round about from Buena Vista in the left lane and a car enters from O'Dell Circle in the right hand lane, they can both either exit at Buena Vista at the top of the diagram. In that case the car entering from O'Dell would be what jkomoros calls making a right hand turn, but the car that entered at Buena Vista could also be making that turn.