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1. The automobile already inside the intersection (or circle) has the right of way 2. The automobile who reaches the yield sign first has the first right to enter the intersection (or circle). 3. And finally if two autos arrive at the yield sign at the same time, the automobile on the right should enter first.
Yep.
As a Bostonian, rotaries are a fact of life.
As a matter of fact, I could watch out my window as this movie was being filmed so I'm sorta an expert
We have two circles ( that's what we call them in the States) at two large intersections on the main road we travel daily. I could not be happier, far more efficient than a 4 way stop. Most everyone here gets it, the only time someone hesitates in confusion is an obvious out of towner unfamiliar with how they work.
And how they work is very simple. The cars in the circle have the right of way. As you approach you fall in line behind the last car, even if the car to your right has been there before you everyone knows that car falls in behind you. The idea is to never break the flow and it works out very very well.
In New England states, it's called a rotary. In NJ, a circle. Here in TN it's called yet another name, and in Ireland, it's a roundabout.
It doesn't matter where I've driven into and around one, those entering whatever-it's-called must yield to those already doing the dance.
In a 4-way intersection in the US, those "to your left" are yielded to. Notice, no one HAS the right of way. A right of way may be given, but should not be taken.
We have two circles ( that's what we call them in the States) at two large intersections on the main road we travel daily. I could not be happier, far more efficient than a 4 way stop. Most everyone here gets it, the only time someone hesitates in confusion is an obvious out of towner unfamiliar with how they work.
And how they work is very simple. The cars in the circle have the right of way. As you approach you fall in line behind the last car, even if the car to your right has been there before you everyone knows that car falls in behind you. The idea is to never break the flow and it works out very very well.
In Alaska and Arizona (where we have a winter house) they are called roundabouts. In Indiana, where my cousin and her family live, they are also called roundabouts. Roundabout is by far the most common term I have seen. I have also heard them called rotaries, but never circles.
Several new traffic circles have been installed in my area in recent years. One of my pet peeves is how so many drivers simply don't understand how such a simple concept works. For a long time, I just assumed it was typically stupid/inattentive/selfish Maryland drivers. This thread has opened my eyes. Frankly, I'm flabbergasted that so many posters think intersection rules apply. No wonder so many idiots who are already in the circle stop for traffic entering the circle. The entire point of traffic circles is that the vehicles in the circle have the right of way. It's as simple as that, otherwise there would be no point, would there?
In Alaska and Arizona (where we have a winter house) they are called roundabouts. In Indiana, where my cousin and her family live, they are also called roundabouts. Roundabout is by far the most common term I have seen. I have also heard them called rotaries, but never circles.
They're called circles in my area. I thought roundabout was mostly a European term. Lesson learned.
Obviously the term is a regional thing. Washington DC was designed by L'Enfant and he put in a lot of circles. Dupont Circle, Logan Circle etc are very well know intersections downtown, that word carried out to the rural Maryland landscape where we are.
And as we found out late one Sunday night after spending 6 hours drinking at a wet tee shirt contest if you drive into one at 40MPH when you didn't know it was there it can do damage to a '86 Thunderbird.
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