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-   -   Is it me or 2 lane roundabouts just don't work? (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/me-2-lane-roundabouts-just-dont-work-316194/)

Bridget Staunton 02-12-2021 07:37 AM
Thank you SIR, a lady cut my hubby & I off coming into Hillsborough she was rude & thought she didn’t do anything wrong. I am familiar because we have lots of roundabouts in Ireland. Thank you good neighbor

Skunky1 02-12-2021 07:52 AM
The signs entering a roundabout are misleading

Skunky1 02-12-2021 07:53 AM
And contradictory

xcaligirl 02-12-2021 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by boxcarwilly (Post 1900410)
IMOP....too compact to be safe..drivers are more confused than a goat on astroturf.:MOJE_whot: I treat all roundabouts like a single lane rotary and use a turn signal when exiting.
I do the same. I'll never understand the inside lane able to turn right!! I will always think they are set up for more crashes.

Two Bills 02-12-2021 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by J1ceasar (Post 1900823)
You hit the nail on the head, these roundabouts are way too small to work correctly and the speed of the cars are about 20 miles per hour too fast. I come from Jersey and the random pads are at least 100 or 200 ft across larger. Also it is ridiculous to say stay on the inside or staying on the outside Lane depending on where you get off the only safe way to drive them is to stay on the outside Lane make sure no one is next to you or trying to come in when you're going around. I really wish they would have some lights
Size in the case of roundabout does not matter.
All a roundabout does is regulate the flow of traffic at a junction.
So simple!

Doug Thomas 02-12-2021 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Surf Daddy (Post 1900844)
I can make it simpler. "Just don't get hit"
That’s my motorcycle mantra, “Just don’t get hit”!
Everything else will be fine!

CFrance 02-12-2021 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by boxcarwilly (Post 1900410)
IMOP....too compact to be safe..drivers are more confused than a goat on astroturf.:MOJE_whot: I treat all roundabouts like a single lane rotary and use a turn signal when exiting.
If you do that, you are part of the problem. The inside lane is to be used to go 3/4 of the way around from where you entered. Yield to both lanes when entering and never enter beside another car. Check behind/beside you when exiting for people who are treating the roundabout as a single lane.


Here we go again.

rlcooper70 02-12-2021 08:05 AM
If you want safety in the rotaries ... avoid being directly next to and parallel to another car. Watch the wheels of adjacent vehicles - the front wheel turns before the body of the car.

NotGolfer 02-12-2021 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 1900448)
I'll call your Traffic Circle threads and raise you 50 Dog Poops.
Add to that covid and vaxx threads as well....ALL of these have been "talked" to death!!

wbwolf 02-12-2021 08:07 AM
Roundabout
 
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Originally Posted by boxcarwilly (Post 1900410)
IMOP....too compact to be safe..drivers are more confused than a goat on astroturf.:MOJE_whot: I treat all roundabouts like a single lane rotary and use a turn signal when exiting.
I am with you 100%, do not understand why there are 2 lanes to exit??? I was trained to exit only from the right lane. 😜

CFrance 02-12-2021 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1900523)
I'll see you and raise you a Reverse Mortgage.
Reverse Mortgage has a long way to go to catch up to Dog Poop. It's the new kid on the block. :blahblahblah:

Bill1701 02-12-2021 08:48 AM
Having only one lane would work fine on the less used ones, but the traffic on Morse and Buena Vista needs two lanes. One lane would stop the people who try to drive as straight as possible. They enter in the outside lane, but cut to the inside one, and then back to the outside lane to exit.

toeser 02-12-2021 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1900420)
If you did a search, there are probably 10 threads in past that are at least 80 posts each, it's the most discussed topic in history.

Here is a quick lesson, if you follow this you will be more than OK. Just think of a 2 lane roundabout as a 2 lane 4 way stop. If you were making a left turn you would be in the left land (inside lane 3rd exit) and if you were making a right turn you would in the right (outside lane 1st exit). If you were going straight you would be in either lane (2nd exit is straight). There is even a sign before every roundabout showing where each lane can go.

https://www.drivesmartbc.ca/sites/de...rningPaths.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8wIoR7fpPJM/hqdefault.jpg

In this diagram, the yellow car at the bottom in the left lane, where can he proceed to? He can go straight using either lane, or go to the third exit using the left lane.

It's not always that simple. Let's say you are entering the Villages on Morse off from #441. When you proceed to the gates after going around the roundabout, those who use the resident gate must be in the right lane and those wishing to use the guest gate must exit from the left lane and pray no one hits the right side of their car.

chrissy2231 02-12-2021 08:51 AM
I hold back and let other car go first or I speed and go first. It works.

Aacosner 02-12-2021 08:52 AM
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Here's a better idea . Let's get some of these installed here -- they're called Magic Roundabouts in England (hopefully my first try at uploading a picture works). This is basically five roundabouts organized in a circle. Watching from the side, the inner ring rotates in the opposite direction of the individual roundabouts or the outer ring. Very efficient, though not for beginner drivers.


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