Now I've seen it ALL in a roundabout!
 

A few minutes ago. As I yielded/stopped for vehicles in both lanes to my left, at entrance to the roundabout at Morse and Stillwater, myself heading northbound on Morse.

Vehicle to my left came around the circle as if intending to either exit onto Stillwater to my east, or keep going around to go north on Morse.

When this driver to my left got just past the exit onto southbound Morse (to my left), said driver must have thought they missed their exit and stopped and backed up, trying to get back enough to go south on Morse! Said driver screwed up drivers coming around in both lanes beside and behind him IN the roundabout, AND the drivers doing a right turn from Stillwater onto Morse southbound. It could have been an 8-car pileup.

Note to everybody who's never been here and thinks it's just a bunch of old people too feeble to drive, think again: At least eight other of us drivers were keenly alert and did not hit or get hit by that crazy person backing up inside a roundabout and at the convergence of two entry lanes northbound, two lanes southbound, and right turn lane for those turning right from Stillwater onto Morse southbound.

Please. If you do not know enough to keep going and not stop/back-up when you miss your turn IN a roundabout, please stay off the road.

Twice in the past two weeks I've had drivers in the roundabout stop and yield to me, while I was waiting to enter the roundabout. I quickly rolled down my window both times and waved the driver to keep going.

I'm happy to hear everyone reacted the way they did. You guys should get "I survived the guy going backwards in a circle" tee shirts.

I just remembered another good one from about a month ago. While going around the Turtle Mound roundabout on Buena Visa I saw a car parked on the right hand side in the roundabout. The driver was reading his map.

I see eastbound Stillwater traffic enter the roundabout in the right lane and proceed on around and go north on Morse Blvd on a regular basis. In fact, when using that roundabout it's rare not to see that happen. And it's a year round occurrence, not just a busy season phenomenon. Just have to be careful.

I have also seen a couple left turns from the right lane.....I try never to go through a roundabout with a car alongside me plus I always use turn signals which has helped.

"Be aware or the right laner doing the short route (roundabout shuffle) entering the roundabout, then crossing into the left lane and crossing back into the right lane as they exit the roundabout. All the time not using blinker or looking if some one wa besie them. Luckily for the third time in month I was anticipated this move. I try to never have car beside me in round about. I either slow down or speed up to keep the distance.

Same thing happens all the time with southbound Buena Vista cars going around in right lane to Hillsborough gate, and also 44A eastbound going around to Buena Vista north. I just hang back and wait for the inevitable

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Twice at the roundabout on Morse next to the Havana Country Club I have met cars at night going around it the wrong direction. Fortunately, traffic was light and there was not a wreck. Both times it was after 9:00 pm and I had to wonder if they were leaving the bar at Havana. This was during the previous ownership when I have been told drinks there were among the cheapest in the area.

Right when I think I've seen it all, another person makes my jaw drop! It's always an 'adventure' driving around here. Not the type of adventure I'm ever looking for but one I look out for!

Whenever I enter a roundabout, especially on my Goldwing, I always say a little prayer. You never know what folks are going to do. Can be scary.

I realize some coming here don't have a lot of roundabouts where they came from, to have experience with them. But knowing not to stop and back up diagonally to make a Y-turn at a 2-lane exit in one is pretty basic!

Isn't that multi-lane roundabout with bypass to the north from the south side? I rarely go east on Stillwater? If so there is nothing wrong with right lane traffic going around to the north exit due there is not straight through exit going east.

WSDOT - How to drive a roundabout

Look at multi-lane example on straight through example. I look for who has the right away in the circle, but can't find it.. I would think you must yield to anybody beside you or ahead of you in either lane of multi-lane round about. IMO this where it gets confusing. That's why I don't like being beside someone in roundabout.

Told a friend I assume no one knows what they are doing in a roundabout including myself. His reply is to take both lanes.

But eastbound to northbound is still a "left" turn, so one should use the left lane.