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I don't get up to 45 mph until I'm 1/3 around the circle. :crap2: |
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However, You forgot that rule we have all heard about before...Never Assume. You know what happens when you do that. |
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Excerpts from the Sumter County BOCC brochure that we all got when we moved here: Approaching Roundabouts • Reduce your speed and prepare to YIELD to all traffic in the roundabout. • Guide signs provide guidance for approach street locations, not lane use orientation Navigating Roundabouts • Move up to the entrance line and wait for a gap in traffic. DO NOT ENTER next to a vehicle in the round about, as that vehicle may be exiting at the next exit. |
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I'm surprised this thread is 8 years old and is only 15 pages long.
Everyone must be mastering the roundabouts...:shocked: |
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In this scenario, the car exiting made a sudden lane change probably wanting to line up with the resident gate and cut the driver off. When he changed lanes, he should have made certain it was clear. Again, they were OUTSIDE of the roundabout. |
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You assumed I broke the traffic rules. I did not! I was in the right lane and went straight thru as that was my only option. Then, I turned around, headed back to the RAB and excited correctly. Some people would have switched lanes in the RAB when they made a mistake. I did not! |
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The brochure from Sumter county is post 1 of this thread |
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Same with a roundabout. If you are making a right turn and your lane is clear, you can go. The driver should not expect another vehicle in the opposite lane to suddenly cross over and cutting you off. In this scenario, the person making the right turn did it correctly. Checked to see if the lane was clear then proceeded. It was the other car who suddenly jumped lanes instead of yielding to the car that was now in front of him that was wrong. |
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What the law does not allow is to suddenly change lanes cutting a vehicle off. Again, yielding only takes a few seconds. Jumping lanes to line yourself up to the resident gate because the visitor gate is too inconvenient for you is not sufficient reason to cut a driver off. The driver who made the right hand turn did so legally. The car behind must now wait or take the visitor gate entrance. Those are the only two options. Me? I would wait before making the right turn. As many posters have stated, many drivers exit the inner circle then abruptly jump lanes to use the resident gate. I don't get it! It is not difficult to use the visitor gate. |
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But that's besides the point. While the circle works similar to a 4-way intersection, it is not. The intersecting roads have yield signs, not stop signs or stop lights. Traffic is free to enter the RB without stopping but that traffic MUST YIELD to ALL traffic already in the RB. Don't like it? Don't agree with it? Doesn't change how a RB works. |
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Proving your case is easy, just post the name of the cross street or a picture of the green sign that shows going straight does not stay on Morse. |
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I was using that as an example. An entering driver into a roundabout needs to wait until it is clear to proceed. Nothing more! If it is clear to make a right hand turn, you did it without hitting anyone or cutting anyone off, no driver behind you can cut you off on the side street. The driver behind must wait until it is clear to pass you. |
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You do not come off a roundabout POed thinking the car ahead of you stole your turn at the resident gate then decide to cut them off. |
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Approaching Roundabouts • Reduce your speed and prepare to YIELD to ALL traffic in the roundabout. • Guide signs provide guidance for approach street locations, not lane use orientation (Note---ALL traffic, not just traffic in the lane you plan to enter---ALL lanes Navigating Roundabouts • Move up to the entrance line and wait for a gap in traffic. DO NOT ENTER next to a vehicle in the round about, as that vehicle may be exiting at the next exit. Pretty clear, huh????? |
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We can argue what clear to go in a roundabout means. I am okay with that. I stated, like you, I would not make the right hand turn. Too many drivers switching lanes. But, some drivers make that choice. However, No way are you allowed to cut someone off on a side street. I don't care how you got to that street. If a car is ahead of you, you yield! the funny thing is...I am arguing this with you! I am certain neither one of us would ever cut anyone off. Can we just agree on that? Move on? Why are we debating things other people do? |
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I do not remember the RAB. Like I said, it was years ago. Perhaps, I am remembering it wrong. Who knows? Lesson learned: Make sure you know all the facts before posting something because Bill will demand you prove it. It happened! And, that is all I have to my tale. You can believe me or not, your choice. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. |
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The post by Winnie stated he was ENTERING the RB because the lane he was taking (right lane) was clear, although a vehicle was approaching in the inner lane. He was "cut off" when the truck too the same exit. In that scenario he was wrong for entering the RB in the first place Do two rights make a bigger right????? :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: |
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I would not respond to the post with the truck. If it is large and pulling a trailer, I wouldn't even think of driving near it in a roundabout. It sends chills down my spine that some drivers do not know to stop and check the surroundings BEFORE entering the circle. |
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However, as you stated, if there is a gap in traffic, you may proceed. A driver saw a gap in her lane before she made the right turn onto the side street. The person behind her should have slowed down if it was his desire to jump his exit lane. Had he exited slowly, and kept his lane, the cars would not have nearly collided. Is the driver who made the right turn right or wrong? To me, it doesn't matter! If I came off the RAB and saw that vehicle in front of me, I would have slowed down and kept my lane. It would not make sense to speed up, jump the lane, and cut the vehicle off. Slow down, and keep your lane are also rules of roundabouts. You do not pick and choose. |
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I have been the entire length of Morse many times in the past two years and I didn't remember any such left hand turn that was confusing in a RAB. But maybe I was wrong and maybe I was spreading bad information. If so then I want to correct myself. Asking for the cross street or green sign would have shown me what it was that I wasn't remembering. If "it was years ago" then certainly things might have changed. Years ago Sumter Landing, Brownwood, Rohan, and the circles with Meggison Rd didn't exist. Morse could have looked a lot different then. Perhaps it did have a left curve and a difficult RAB at that time. Fortunately, it appears that situation was corrected. |
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Common sense on roundabouts!
The only thing all drivers have to do is understand the large green roundabout signs that are located on every roundabout and watch the on road markings!
Drive as if no one ever reads these helpful road signs! |
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YAY! Roundabouts are doing a Lazarus!
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I’m a newbie & my use of RABs is: enter when check that no vehicle is in either lane. Be in the left lane if exiting the 3rd or 4th (u-turn) exit. Be in the right lane for exit 1 & 2. WATCH OUT for other cars/bikes/walkers/ & cars cutting you off. Go around more than once if exit not correct or not safe & use exit 4 (do uturn) if I goofed up which lane & lots of traffic.
Am I doing it correctly ? |
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