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r0ertel@lemmy.world 3 days agoTell me more about the roundabouts and exiting. Are there left exits from a roundabout? Don’t they all circulate anticlockwise (when viewed from above)?
There’s a new roundabout in my town and nobody knows how to signal. I see people enter with left signal flashing and then they’ll take the 3rd exit (out of 4 total). I’ve always entered without a signal, then exit right with a signal.
Also, I’ve seen many people go around backwards. That’s a fun surprise.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 days ago
Pretty sure that’s how you’re supposed to signal. In most places it’s not a legal requirement but it is recommended and taught by most driving instructors.
Although I do assume they switch to their right signal before taking their exit. If they don’t, then yeah that’s wrong.
r0ertel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I didn’t describe it correctly. I see people approaching the roundabout with their left signal on, leave it on until they take the 3rd exit. I’ll also see approaching with their eight signal on and take the 1st exit. The intersection used to be a standard perpendicular intersection with traffic lights.
It sounds as if you’re saying to signal left on approach indicating a merge, then signal right to indicate an exit from the circle. I can’t say that I’ve ever seen that in action.
untorquer@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yep. Left signal when entering then right signal when going to the 3rd exit. The left signal means you’re planning to continue in the roundabout which would be wrong if you’re exiting.
Car position is also a thing. Move to the right side on exit to block traffic behind.
Also on entry: left side of lane turning left, center for straight, right for right.
Idk what the rules are in the US for roundabouts. From what i recall there really aren’t any you’re just expected to use them without training and not crash.