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Who knows how to drive on the round-a-bouts?

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Old 07-17-2012, 08:24 PM
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I drove from Sanibel to LSL on Morse today and saw seven villagers break the rules on the round-a-bouts. I went to a party and mentioned this to a long time villager and he argued with me saying the violators were correct. They were clearly wrong so I told the gentleman to read the round-a-bouts brochure and come back and tell me again they were right. Does anyone read the brochure and drive correctly on these things? I told my wife to assume everyone will screw up and to be super defensive. Have you read the brochure and do you drive the round-a-bouts correctly?
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Old 07-17-2012, 08:29 PM
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Yoo-hoo...........calling Bogie Shooter!!!!

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.........Have you read the brochure and do you drive the round-a-bouts correctly?
Yes.....and yes.

I believe all the roundabouts now have the correct/updated signage telling how to roll through them properly. There should be no question about what you can do from which lane now.

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Old 07-17-2012, 08:37 PM
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That is what I thought. But these people either don't read the signs or don't care what they say. We're there signs showing the wrong directions?
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Read the damn signs! Enough said!
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I drove from Sanibel to LSL on Morse today and saw seven villagers break the rules on the round-a-bouts. I went to a party and mentioned this to a long time villager and he argued with me saying the violators were correct. They were clearly wrong so I told the gentleman to read the round-a-bouts brochure and come back and tell me again they were right. Does anyone read the brochure and drive correctly on these things? I told my wife to assume everyone will screw up and to be super defensive. Have you read the brochure and do you drive the round-a-bouts correctly?
Not sure why you would ask this question. There are about 10 or more threads with hundreds and hundreds of opinions in answer to your question.
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Old 07-17-2012, 09:26 PM
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Not to open old roundabout wounds--and with my memory, I could very well be wrong--but I thought the brochure we received last fall stated you couldn't take the second exit (i.e., 180 degrees, or theoretically going straight through the "intersection") from the right lane. Then a POA bulletin said the brochure was in error, and you could take the second exit from the right lane.

So maybe reading the brochure can add to the confusion.
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Here is a diagram from that brochure. It is correct.
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Not sure why you would ask this question. There are about 10 or more threads with hundreds and hundreds of opinions in answer to your question.
Bogie,
I think Golfer was asking a purely rhetorical question out of very justified frustration.
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Who knows how to drive on round-a-bouts? I do ....carefully
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Change them to 1 lane and solve all the problems
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I thought I did but judging by how many people do it differently, maybe I don't?

I'm soooooooooo confused.
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I think the big secret is to not be directly along side another car.
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The only time I have a problem is when I am in the left lane and plan exit right at the second exit. When passing the first exit a car enters the right lane and plans to continue to his second exit. So when I am planning to exit from the left, he is planning to continue to his exit. I think both are legally in the right lane but who has the right of way. I am cautious and let the car on the right pass through first but cars behind me honk as if I should keep on going. Hope you understand this description.
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there is an app for that....up north we have arrows for the newly roundabout users
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