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Bill14564 07-17-2023 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2236181)
If that is so, why would they need two lanes in a roundabout? Try waiting at the roundabout by the Savannah center until there is no cars in it and you will back up traffic for a mile or more. Nice idea, but not viable.

It is hard to tell if this is a serious question or just trolling.

If you are entering the roundabout while another vehicle is approaching in the inside lane then it is no surprise at all that you sometimes get cut off.

VApeople 07-17-2023 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 2236133)
We all know no one is supposed to enter a roundabout when there is another car in the roundabout.

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Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2236181)
If that is so, why would they need two lanes in a roundabout?

Our Emperor built the roundabouts and we do not ask WHY?

There is not to reason why,
There is but to do and die.

Into the roundabout,
Rode the six hundred.

fdpaq0580 07-17-2023 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by billlaur (Post 2235859)
could you imagine a 4 way stop at each roundabout...

Yes. More people seem to understand how an intersection works.

OrangeBlossomBaby 07-18-2023 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2236272)
Yes. More people seem to understand how an intersection works.

That's because - in a roundabout, if you want to "take a left" you go around the circle 3/4 and then turn your steering wheel to the RIGHT to exit the circle.

At an intersection, if you want to "take a left" you turn your steering wheel LEFT to exit the intersection.

OrangeBlossomBaby 07-18-2023 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 2236192)
Our Emperor built the roundabouts and we do not ask WHY?

There is not to reason why,
There is but to do and die.

Into the roundabout,
Rode the six hundred.

I'll be the roundabout
the words will make you out and out
I spend the day your way
call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley...

shut the front door 07-18-2023 06:28 PM

Looks like this post didn't turn out the way OP planned. As hard as it was to decipher the OP, it seems as though traffic law has escaped him/her as much as grammar lessons did.

kkingston57 07-18-2023 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2235043)
And if I’m in the inside lane and going straight through and you’re in the outside lane going around 270, I promise you I’ll sue AND win

I would bet against you. Roundabouts in TV are the most confusing round abouts that I have ever seen. Using your scenario you need to cross over the outside lane of traffic.

Dotneko 07-18-2023 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2236769)
I would bet against you. Roundabouts in TV are the most confusing round abouts that I have ever seen. Using your scenario you need to cross over the outside lane of traffic.

OMG did you read any of the past pages? He is correct.

djlnc 07-18-2023 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2236769)
I would bet against you. Roundabouts in TV are the most confusing round abouts that I have ever seen. Using your scenario you need to cross over the outside lane of traffic.

Look at the dashed lines on the road. The dashed lines leading from the inside lane, over the outside lane and to the exit means the inside lane can exit. The outside lane needs to yield.

Rainger99 07-18-2023 07:03 PM

After reading all of the posts, it seems that about half of the people in the Villages have no idea how to drive in a roundabout!

I have learned that you must be extra careful in roundabouts and assume that people are going to make illegal turns. Best course of action is avoid other cars if at all possible!

Davonu 07-18-2023 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by djlnc (Post 2236778)
Look at the dashed lines on the road. The dashed lines leading from the inside lane, over the outside lane and to the exit means the inside lane can exit. The outside lane needs to yield.

Another example of why you should NEVER drive alongside another vehicle in a roundabout.

Two Bills 07-19-2023 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by djlnc (Post 2236778)
Look at the dashed lines on the road. The dashed lines leading from the inside lane, over the outside lane and to the exit means the inside lane can exit. The outside lane needs to yield.

No offense, but you are giving bad advice.
If cars are in correct lane, and enter when both lanes are clear to the left, no car has to give way to any other car in the roundabout.
That is the whole point of a roundabout system.
Unfortunately most Villagers seem to have their own interpretation of the system, that is why there is so much confusion.
It is a really a simple process, if you bother to take the time to just learn the rule!

golfing eagles 07-19-2023 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2236811)
No offense, but you are giving bad advice.
If cars are in correct lane, and enter when both lanes are clear to the left, no car has to give way to any other car in the roundabout.
That is the whole point of a roundabout system.
Unfortunately most Villagers seem to have their own interpretation of the system, that is why there is so much confusion.
It is a really a simple process, if you bother to take the time to just learn the rule!

Absolutely correct!
However, mama always says stupid is as stupid does.

The top reasons for problems in RBs:

1) drivers going to 3rd exit in outer lane
2) drivers entering RB when another vehicle is approaching in EITHER lane
3) drivers cutting across inner lane from outer lane and back again when going to 2nd exit
4) drivers trying to take 1st exit from inner lane
5) Idiots coming to dead stop in RB presumably to let someone enter (or play on cell phone πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚)

If we eliminate those actions (or drivers πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚) we might have those flawless RBs

djlnc 07-19-2023 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2236811)
No offense, but you are giving bad advice.
If cars are in correct lane, and enter when both lanes are clear to the left, no car has to give way to any other car in the roundabout.

That's a big "if". I stand by my statement.

golfing eagles 07-19-2023 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by djlnc (Post 2236828)
That's a big "if". I stand by my statement.

The problem with standing by that statement is that the driver in the outer lane that you state must yield has already proven they are an idiot by either trying for the 3rd exit in the outer lane or entering when a vehicle was approaching


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