[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

How do you make a left turn out of a traffic circle? All of the exits are on the right.

We all know what he means TH.

From his/her original vantage point they are going left (i.e. coming north up BV and you intend to take the Tall Trees entrance). You would enter the roundabout in the left lane (inner) and navigate to the tall trees entrance which is a 3/4 around in that case from their original spot.

[Bogie Shooter]

Oh no, here we go again with the dreaded roundabout thread. I predict this year there will be 175 posts with 2800 views. Such a waste of keystrokes and bandwidth. If you need education on roundabouts or want some neat comments.........just do a search on roundabouts.

Left turn out of roundabout is possible... if you are going the wrong way.

[JenAjd]

There was a tutorial in The Sun maybe a week ago (with pictures even) on how to navigate the roundabouts. If you're going to go straight ahead you stay in left lane. If you're going to turn off the roundabout you should be in the right lane.

[Avista]

If you're going straight from the left lane, be VERY CAUTIOUS!
Many stay in the right lane until they turn off. This will never change.
We all have to be very very careful.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by JenAjd

There was a tutorial in The Sun maybe a week ago (with pictures even) on how to navigate the roundabouts. If you're going to go straight ahead you stay in left lane. If you're going to turn off the roundabout you should be in the right lane.

Um, no. You can go straight ahead from the right lane as well as the left lane, just as at a regular intersection. I think it is safer to go straight ahead from the right lane so you don't have to worry about the person on the right lane blocking your progress. What you cannot do is go 3/4 of the way around from the right lane. That's like making a left turn from the right lane at an intersection.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

We try to make it a point to never get into a roundabout with another vehicle in the lane next to us. The allowable "right turn out of the left lane" when those in the right lane are allow to go straight scares the ________ out of us!!!

Bill

[Chopper]

If you go to the CDD homepage you can download a copy of the Sumter County Roundabout Guide. It has some illustrations showing the proper way to navigate through the roundabouts. A picture is worth a thousand words.

http://www.districtgov.org/index.aspx

Look for it at the bottom of the home page.

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by Chopper

If you go to the CDD homepage you can download a copy of the Sumter County Roundabout Guide. It has some illustrations showing the proper way to navigate through the roundabouts. A picture is worth a thousand words.

http://www.districtgov.org/index.aspx

Look for it at the bottom of the home page.

Love the once every 6 months roundabout discussion


I agree with Chopper - just look at the illustration - it is not any form of rocket science.

But yes you should always assume the other car next to you has NO CLUE!

[Talk Host]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

We all know what he means TH.

Hmmmmm!

[golf2140]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Oh no, here we go again with the dreaded roundabout thread. I predict this year there will be 175 posts with 2800 views. Such a waste of keystrokes and bandwidth. If you need education on roundabouts or want some neat comments.........just do a search on roundabouts.

[Mikeod]

I know what you mean about the recurring roundabout discussions, but. . . Today we were driving west on Stillwater approaching the roundabout at Canal when we saw a car coming around the roundabout heading toward LSL. Then, they stopped in the roundabout and the car behind them had to jam on the brakes to avoid a rearender. On our way back, we were heading east on Stillwater approaching the roundabout at Morse. Because I was going to go north on Morse, I moved into the left lane. The car behind me stayed in the right lane. When traffic cleared, I went around and the car beside be went all the way around to go north on Morse as well. Imagine if I had decided to go straight into Caroline gate!

I don't know why people cannot grasp the concept of the roundabout just being a different design of a regular intersection.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Jody Fisher

The other day, while I was driving into LSL on Canal St., a cart in front of me stopped dead in the roundabout where he shouldn't have been in the first place! I had to toot my horn to get him to move. Lifestyle visitors should be given a crash course in where their carts are NOT supposed to be! And, how to navigate the roundabouts, too.

So to speak.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Oh no, here we go again with the dreaded roundabout thread. I predict this year there will be 175 posts with 2800 views. Such a waste of keystrokes and bandwidth. If you need education on roundabouts or want some neat comments.........just do a search on roundabouts.

I didn't count your keystrokes to see how many you wasted.

[Talk Host]

Talk of The Villages is a forum for any member to ask any question at any time. To insist that one do a "search" for any particular subject would mean that every person would have to "search" every subject before they post a question.

On this forum, that isn't going to happen. If you want to know something, regardless of how many times is has been discussed before, just ask. Don't be intimidated by those who would banish you to the dismal halls of the search engine. My advice to them would be to not waste bandwith responding to a thread that you object to in the first place.

BTW, it is we who pay for this bandwidth. We have plenty of it and we are willing to share.