If by "3rd" exit, you mean the one at 9 O'Clock, (assuming there are exits at 3, and 12) you should enter the roundabout from the left lane of a two lane entrance, and stay in the left lane until you exit.
As described previously, if you enter from the right lane, you MUST take the first (3 O'Clock) or second (12 O'Clock) exit. You may not stay in that outside lane past the 12 O'Clock exit, as the person in the left lane may properly take that 12 O'Clock exit from the inside lane. If you are in the outside lane and proceed to the next exit, you may collide with the inside car, which is properly taking the 12 O'Clock exit.

Here is a link explaining it in pictures. Open the link in the first post of the thread. The pictures explain exactly how your "rule of thumb" is incorrect. (if I am understanding you correctly)https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...abouts-155158/

If I’m in the left lane & want to exit when the right lane is at all occupied, I just continue around again in the left lane & wait for the opportunity to move to the right lane to exit.

Huh????? If you are in the inside lane, you do not have to move into the right lane to exit unless you are improperly trying to exit at the first exit. Just stay in your lane and exit at the 2nd or third exit, as you should. If someone is to you right at that time, they improperly entered the RB when you were coming around on the inside lane, or they entered with you and are trying to go to the third exit in the outside lane, and they are wrong. Of course, much better to go around once that get in an accident.

The brochure is very clear. Does anyone disagree with this?

And away we go……..:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:
Prediction 65 posts!

I'll raise, and go all in.

Yes, it's true. This ground has been covered many times, but every time it comes up it becomes clear that too many people misunderstand the rules, so it's worth the time and trouble to try to educate folks in this regard.

The fender you save may be your own.

The ones who don’t know don’t read TOTV.

A absolutely false. From reading the posts, many who read TOTV also don’t know how to drive in a roundabout!

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That makes it too simple to understand. :BigApplause:

I never enter a roundabout next to another driver... I always expect them to cut me off, especially with out of state drivers who may not know how a roundabout works here.

Take each picture, make copies and overlay with rotating each copy by a quarter rotation. Now you have multiple cars entering and exiting in multiple lanes, with multiple combinations of the "right way" to travel.

Look at traffic entering and exiting from all 4 feeder roads. Notice now those specified travel lines now cross between copies when you look at the whole picture of all traffic from all directions. There are 24 potential collisions by following the directions in those diagrams.
So yes, I disagree.

I propose something very simple.
The right (outside) lane of the round about must always exit at every side road. Car cannot continue going in circles using the right lane.
Cars in the left lane (next to center of round about) have absolute right of way, and never yield to cars entering.

Please use turn signals when exiting.

Five out of the six pictures have a Yield sign showing and the one that doesn't have the sign has text stating, "YIELD to all traffic in the roundabout," and, "DO NOT ENTER next to a vehicle in the roundabout." NONE of the 24 potential collisions exist if the driver entering the roundabout Yields to traffic in the roundabout.

The brochure is very clear. If portions of it are ignored, the problem is not with the brochure, the problem is with the person reading the brochure.

UOnly crap shoot if you enter roundabout without yielding to traffic in both lanes of roundabout.

You didn’t yield to traffic in roundabout. I see this a lot, vehicles in right lane think they can enter roundabout when they’re no traffic in right lane of roundabout. You have or yield to both lanes in roundabout. It means approaching you entry coming around the corner. Another problem people don’t use there blinker light when existing roundabout.