2 lanes once you get in there you have the right of way

So can't be compared to TV roundabouts.

not really.. but less confusion

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I have no problem with the way the roundabouts are set up. My issue is
I would like to see North, South, East & West arrows!! Very helpful especially for those not living here, then again for those who have been living here a long time and are aging.

what do you mean by "2 lanes"? Is it two lanes going into one?

How do you determine these directions when driving outside TV? I don't recall seeing those directional signs.

How does one interpret the RB instructional brochure? The only diagrams illustrating examples of how to navigate through an RB are of the main roads, nothing about the secondary/neighborhood roads. I have always assumed the rules were the same for the secondary roads. If so, then, depending on where one enters, every exit can be exited in either lane, which seems crazy to me.

You might want to check out the comment that was posted 2 previous to you!!! :)

This has already been answered.

Then rules for the roundabouts are the same through out the state of lorida. They are governed by FDOT. Anyone needing help navigating them or who need further information should use Google and search for Florida DOT video on roundabouts. Very helpful.

If people do not understand arrows now how will they ever be able read statements and understand!

Unless I'm missing something, the signage basically allows for exiting from either lane depending on where one enters the RB.

I agree...Words are subject to to being mis-understood where as arrows guide.

Arrows are on many signs all over, not just roundabouts.

The biggest problem is, the round abouts are too small to handle 2 lanes of traffic. they need to be dropped down to one lane like they are starting to do at Brownwood. Then there is NO question as to if you are exiting or continuing further around.

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And you'll have lots of time to think about it while you wait on the merging and queueing of traffic entering from two lanes.

And from 3-4 entrances.

We could raise money for MMP striping by setting up lawn chairs and selling tickets to watch all the road rage bouts.

IMHO, that's the biggest confusion. :shrug:

I simply yield to all cars in the roundabout before me. Then I move to the lane per the diagram in the sign. Never had a problem.

When the car behind you, T-bones you as you exit, then you will understand.

If he carefully does as he says he does, it won't happen.

Not really.

Yes, really. (Your turn.)

You would be safer if you got into the proper lane for your destination prior to entering the roundabout. Changing lanes, even as you enter, is not recommended. I know you probably see people travel from the right lane entering the roundabout to the left lane in the roundabout only to exit to the right lane out of the roundabout. Usually done to reduce turning the wheel, but not a good practice IMO.

Yes, I didn't explain my getting in the correct lane first to match the diagram. I do that before getting in roundabout Then I yield to whoever is in the roundabout before me. I am also on guard for those who don't know what yield means. I never change lanes once I'm in the roundabout.

#1- When entering yield to cars in roundabout
#2- Pick your lane before entering & don't change lanes
#3- You should be in the right lane if turning at the first exit, either lane if going straight ahead, and left lane for next exit or u-turn.

Yep, the above two posts are all you have to do. If one does that, they will be fine. I don't understand all of the hand-wringing about the roundabouts. The vast majority (thousands) of villagers, visitors and workers successfully navigate the roundabouts every day. The roundabouts efficiently move massive amounts of traffic through The Villages with very few incidents.

Sometimes I think that those who are so concerned about the signage, double-lanes and entrance/exit rules are actually the ones who are having problems with navigating the roundabouts.

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Well stated Mike! The signs are clear YOU CAN NOT make a left from the right lane. . . I really get peeved when society blames everyone and everything instead of seeing and admitting there own shortcomings. If people don't know how to navigate a RB, pick up one of the counties or sheriffs brochures; read the darn thing and learn. As you said "You can't fix stupid" OR lazy. . .

Yesterday, a car entering the RB from the inside lane, exited at the first right exit...right in front of me. It was the second time this has happened to me. According to the Sheriff's department, I would have been ticketed if I had t-boned one of those cars.

What good are the rules if they say every exit can be accessed from either lane depending on where one enters? You might as well say to use either lane to exit, period.

Yes, the person in the right lane will get the ticket.

Yes. And the person exiting from the inside lane was in the wrong, according to the signage.

The only times you would exit from the inside lane is when you are either going straight through the RAB or 3/4 of the way around after entering the RAB in the inside(left) lane. To be T-boned by a car in the outside lane, that car would have to have entered the RAB from your right when it should have yielded to you in the RAB, or that car tried to go 3/4 of the way around in the outside (right) lane. In either case, the driver in the right lane is wrong and deserves the ticket.

Nope. Not the same thing at all.

What I said is that these cars exited THEIR first exit from the left lane. THEY did not follow the "rules".

Probably a better sign would be "enter and exit at your own risk".

Yes. I saw that problem frequently at the RAB on Morse at Pinellas. Before Morse was opened farther south cars either had to go around to the driving range or fire station or exit onto Pinellas. As a result, I saw many cars and contractor trucks use the left(inside) lane to exit to the visitor lane of Pinellas. As I feared, some people have continued the practice.

A similar problem at the same location was people exiting :Pinellas before Morse was opened south just pulled out into the RAB because there was little or no traffic continuing around the RAB. Once Morse was opened, some continued the practice causing problems with people continuing south through the RAB.

However, these are people problems, not design problems with the RAB or signage.

Agree...Arrows are a universal language on any road. English not required!

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Would any of these help?