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Old 09-08-2014, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by mikeod View Post
The car coming from 3 o'clock should not enter until after the cars that entered at 6 o'clock have passed. You don't enter if there are cars in either lane to your left already in the roundabout. That means that even if there is only a car in the inside lane, you still don't enter the outside lane until they have passed. This prevents the scenario you described from happening.
That's the part that a lot of folks don't get, or adhere to. The yield signs at the roundabout entrances mean yield to both lanes. If there is someone in either lane, don't enter till they've passed and both lanes are clear. And don't pass anyone, either.
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