Common Ticket-worthy Roundabout Mistakes

When weather, roadwork or traffic incident impacts road conditions, lane control signs can change. This reduces the risk of further incidents occurring and also allows faster access for emergency or service vehicles.

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• Entering a roundabout without yielding to oncoming traffic. Yield signs are clearly posted to help prevent collisions.
• Crossing a lane of traffic to get to your exit.
• Stopping in the middle of a roundabout for no apparent reason.

Your assumptions are incorrect, it is ok to make mistakes while you are driving provided sufficient precautions are made so that it won’t cause you or other people to be involved in an accident.

another name for give way sign is yield.

There are no shortcuts to avoiding roundabouts. In Alaska alone, even the roads heading to popular Online Casino joints must pass through the roundabouts.

signal your intent A good rule of thumb is to always signal immediately before your exit, using your right indicator, just as you would when turning. Correct indication on a roundabout goes as follows: –When turning right (first exit), signal right as with a normal right turn.

When reaching a roundabout you should: Always give priority to the traffic coming from the right, unless you have been directed otherwise by signs, road markings or traffic lights. Check if the road markings allow you to proceed without giving way (always look right before joining just in case)

At double mini-roundabouts treat each roundabout separately and give way to traffic from the right….

• give priority to traffic approaching from your right, unless directed otherwise by signs, road markings or traffic lights.
• check whether road markings allow you to enter the roundabout without giving way.

Whilst Rule 185 is fine for larger roundabouts (which is what I think it originally and solely applied to) the Rule states that a driver should ” give priority to traffic approaching from your right,……” I believe this statement to be too simplistic for mini roundabouts as drivers are interpreting that traffic …

As with normal roundabouts, if turning left or right at a mini-roundabout, an indication must be applied. On normal roundabouts, vehicles frequently do not indicate, on mini-roundabouts, however, vehicles usually indicate, especially if they intend on turning right.

If two vehicles are approaching at the same time, whoever reaches and therefore enters the roundabout first has the right of way, no matter which way they enter from. So basically, you need to give way to anybody who is already on or about to enter a roundabout ahead of you.

After many years of driving, the maximum number of times I’ve driven around a roundabout is twice and that’s on rare occasions. Normally two reasons for going around again: Missed the exit first time around, most common.

Most roundabouts have a speed limit of 15 to 20 mph.

The left entry could be used for left turns and straight on-the right entry lane for turning right and straight on. So yes, you would generally be in the wrong to attempt a right turn when in the left hand lane unless “directed to do so”; in this case by way of the road markings.

Double white lines where the line nearest you is solid. This means you MUST NOT cross or straddle it unless it is safe and you need to enter adjoining premises or a side road.

“You may cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10 mph or less.” Under any other circumstances, road users aren’t permitted to cross double white lines.

It’s okay to cross a double yellow line to turn left. YOU CANNOT cross a double yellow line to pass another vehicle. Two sets of solid double yellow lines that are two or more feet apart sometimes appear as a road marking. Don’t drive on or over these road markings.