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Polar Bear 05-18-2021 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by I'm Popeye! (Post 1946477)
Here is the problem, which gives the right to that white SUV driver to cross the broken line.
The lane-line should be a solid white line not a broken line, IMHO.

Nope. The dashed line is proper. The driver in the right lane is allowed to go straight through the roundabout.

I'm Popeye! 05-18-2021 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by I'm Popeye! (Post 1946477)
Here is the problem, which gives the right to that white SUV driver to cross the broken line.
The lane-line should be a solid white line not a broken line, IMHO.

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Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1946506)
Nope. The dashed line is proper. The driver in the right lane is allowed to go straight through the roundabout.

That's exactly what I said, "give the White car the right to cross the line". Again, the broken line should be a solid line to keep cars from turning into oncoming traffic.
Please read carefully what others write.

Lottoguy 05-18-2021 09:51 AM

No the broken line is for those entering the roundabout from the far ride road entry.

Lottoguy 05-18-2021 09:55 AM

Then that means the person entering from the far right road can only go right immediately.

Bill14564 05-18-2021 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by I'm Popeye! (Post 1946530)
That's exactly what I said, "give the White car the right to cross the line". Again, the broken line should be a solid line to keep cars from turning into oncoming traffic.
[I] Please read carefully what others write.[/I]

Good advice. If you were to take your own advice you would have seen:

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Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 1946491)
The broken line enables drivers entering from the right to continue straight. The driver in the white car, who entered previously and not from the right, must go straight and exit the circle.

and

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Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1946506)
Nope. The dashed line is proper. The driver in the right lane is allowed to go straight through the roundabout.

Again: The rules are simple and are posted at every entry to all circles in the Villages (all that I have been through anyway).

PugMom 05-18-2021 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by MrFlorida (Post 1945500)
I always expect to be cut off in the roundabouts, and I am seldom disappointed.

ikr! just expect it & be aware that it MAY happen

Two Bills 05-18-2021 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1946231)
OK, that's an opinion, but it would have been more polite to explain WHY it was such a bad idea. The round-a-bouts have ALWAYS been problems and will ALWAYS be problems. They only seem to work well when traffic density is low. Therefore, all suggestions for change should be considered. I always liked one-way streets like the way Washington D.C. was set up. For example, it MIGHT (?) work to have all 4 lanes of Morse go (say ) SOUTH and all 4 lanes of Buena Vista go (say) NORTH. Then the smaller east / west roads could also be made one way. I believe that one-way roads tend to have fewer accidents.

Roundabouts are not a problem, they are a positive in getting cars from A to B quicker.
The problem is lazy drivers who cannot be bothered to learn the rule of the road, and make up their own rules.
The rest of the world has no problems with them.
Just Villagers!!

golfing eagles 05-18-2021 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I'm Popeye! (Post 1946477)
Here is the problem, which gives the right to that white SUV driver to cross the broken line.
The lane-line should be a solid white line not a broken line, IMHO.

And if he had just entered the RB and was going 180 degrees straight through? You would then have him crossing a SOLID white line.

PugMom 05-18-2021 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1945669)
hey deal with it, in Boston we never used a turn signal...why would we ever wanna give the enemy any information on what we're planning to do???

It's tough world out there...drive defensively and expect the unexpected

Boston has/had some of THE most confusing traffic patterns, & some of the most daring drivers i'd ever seen :icon_wink:

LiverpoolWalrus 05-18-2021 04:57 PM

Let's not be so quick to trash the "idiot driver." The driver crossed a broken white line.

This is from stateofFlorida.com:

"Broken white lines separate lines of traffic going in the same direction. They may be crossed with care."

If the line were solid where the white SUV crossed lanes, you would be correct.

stanley 05-18-2021 05:01 PM

.............and round and round we go...........................

Pun intended

LiverpoolWalrus 05-18-2021 05:04 PM

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JMintzer 05-18-2021 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus (Post 1946705)
Let's not be so quick to trash the "idiot driver." The driver crossed a broken white line.

This is from stateofFlorida.com:

"Broken white lines separate lines of traffic going in the same direction. They may be crossed with care."

If the line were solid where the white SUV crossed lanes, you would be correct.


Pretty sure that "traffic going in the same direction" doesn't include "making a left turn from the right lane"...

LiverpoolWalrus 05-18-2021 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
News flash nobody else in country does either. So, Bostonite’s aren’t special.

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Originally Posted by BlackhawksFan (Post 1946503)
It's Bostonian's.

Actually it's Bostonians.

LiverpoolWalrus 05-18-2021 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 1946718)
Pretty sure that "traffic going in the same direction" doesn't include "making a left turn from the right lane"...

OK, got ya. Busted!


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