[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

This is correct until for the 15th time, you correctly enter the left lane at 6:00 planning to go straight and exit at 12:00, but some doofus enters the right lane at 6:00 beside or just behind you and at 1:00 decides to speed left in front of you t-bone style, to turn left (exit at 3:00), just as you're about to exit at 12. It is a heart stopper!!

The only way to avoid that is to use the right lane to go straight, but that doesn't always prevent it either.

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I said this several times on this forum. People talk about right and left turns. All cars exiting a round-a-bout are making a right turn.

Originally Posted by ilovetv

The first rule about roundabout safety has to be: DO NOT CHANGE LANES ONCE YOU'RE IN the roundabout.

Twice yesterday, while going north on Morse Blvd between Havana and the bridge across the lake to 466, people beside me in the roundabout decided to change lanes once in there, because apparently they "discovered" they wanted to exit at 9 o'clock after choosing the right lane when entering at 6 o'clock.

If I had not been watching them to see they were clueless, I'd have been killed before getting the chance to see the second doofus do that.

One of them was driving the most oversized, black Lincoln SUV that's so big and high off the ground that it could have run right over me in my car if I'd not been watching like a hawk so I could get out of their way. This person (who'd been creeping along like a little old lady) could not have maneuvered a tiny Smart Car safely, much less that giant truck.

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Not true. There are broken lines within the round-a-bout. Changing lanes is perfectly legal and can be done safely just as if you are on a straight road. The rules for a round-a-bout are not different than for that of a straight road.

If seasoned and experienced Villagers can't agree on the roundabout rules, how can we expect visitors and short-term renters to get it right?

Bottom line, if we all drive defensively and with extreme caution, all will be good.