| richard ingram |
12-21-2013 01:50 PM |
Navigating Round-a-Bouts in TVs
The most important words in the brochure describing proper ways to drive round-a-bouts are "DO NOT CHANGE LANES".
Another way to understand driving round-a-bouts is to imagine you are approaching a stop light at an intersection instead of a round-a-bout. When approaching a stop light (round-a-bout) and making a R turn, use the R lane, turn on RT signals before reaching the round-a-bout and turn right at the 1st exit into the R lane.
When approaching a stop light (round-a-bout) and making a L turn, use the L or inside lane when approaching the round-a-bout, turn on L turn signal, immediately enter the inside lane of the round-a-bout, after passing the 2nd exit, turn on R turn signal and exit from the inside lane into the inside or L lane of the street. Use the visitors gate for access if you immediately encounter a gate.
When approaching a stop light (round-a-bout) and going straight thru, approach the round-a-bout from either inside lane or outside line. after passing the 1st exit turn on R turn signal and exit into the street, inside land exits into inside lane next to median, outside lane exits into outside lane of street. Remember NEVER NEVER change lanes anytime you are inside the circle or round-a-bout. Also, never never enter a round-a-bout immediately beside another auto in the circle in the inside lane. And Finally, always yield to autos already in the round-a-bout, regardless of the lane the auto is in.
The most frequent violation I observe is drivers who are going 3/4th of the way around the round-a-bouts who change lanes while still in the circle after passing the 2nd exit. The broken white line they encounter does not indicate it is OK to change lanes. The white line dividing the lanes is broken so autos approaching the round-a-bout in their R lane may go 1/2 way around the circle -- if the white line was solid it would indicate they must turn right. For those drivers who think the safest way to navigate a round-a-bout is to always use the outside lane in the circle -- U R incorrect.
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