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Don't forget the one in Orange. That one's real fun with two lanes and parking spaces perpendicular to the curb.
Oh my gosh--I know that one too, as my husband used to work in Orange. UGH! But the all-time worst roundabout experience for me was while in Tijuana. It was a complete free-for-all--insane!
But then again, if you're in India, who needs a roundabout?!
Oh my gosh--I know that one too, as my husband used to work in Orange. UGH! But the all-time worst roundabout experience for me was while in Tijuana. It was a complete free-for-all--insane!
But then again, if you're in India, who needs a roundabout?!
Haha, that video was funny! It reminds me of driving in Miami- ok, ok I'm exagerrating a little bit but the joke in Miami is that you just have to drive like you did in the country you came from.
While I think your post is both hilarious (and enlightening to those who aren't familiar), I do have a question about No. 2... Cuz see, I'm one of those people who slow down, but I slow down because I see idiots #1 through 5 speeding at me towards the rotary (that's what I grew up calling them) at 50mph, I slow down because I know they're going to break your rule #1.
So what's a driver to do?
When in doubt, use your horn . I know what you mean though, there's always one person who just drives right out in front of you regardless, like they didn't even look. I just close my eyes at that point and floor it
I think it's odd they built roundabouts everywhere but never provided any instruction on how use to them properly. In the UK, where I'm from originally, and where they invented the damn things, people actually don't like them because they tie up traffic so badly. You see, the powers-that-be over there put them EVERYwhere including city centres and major highways. So of course, come the rush hour, you're sitting there for HOURS waiting for your turn to get onto the roundabout whilst everyone else is zooming around and around. In my hometown the city council finally caved and switched to a 4-way traffic light. At least that way people knew they'd get a turn eventually.
I like roundabouts. The ones in Loveland were kinda awkward the first time I was on them but now I can just breeze through them. I just hope I'm not that A-hole who doesn't yield!
I was searching for some other info about roundabouts in Colorado, and came across an old post from chilaili from July of 2008.
chilaili gave some incorrect info about the use of turn signals in roundabouts. Correcting his/her info:
No turn signal is needed or required upon entry into a roundabout. However, one must signal one's exit from the roundabout. One will not ever use a left turn signal in a roundabout, because all the exits are to the right.
Using a left turn signal upon entry to the roundabout might confuse another driver, making them think you are turning *the wrong way* as you enter the roundabout.
You can check this with any driving school or police dept. in CO.
In a 2 lane roundabout, does the car in the right lane have to take the next exit? What if the car in the right lane wants to keep going around, but the car in the left wants to exit, who has the right away? I'm thinking specifically of the roundabouts in Avon right off of i-70.
In a 2 lane roundabout, does the car in the right lane have to take the next exit? What if the car in the right lane wants to keep going around, but the car in the left wants to exit, who has the right away? I'm thinking specifically of the roundabouts in Avon right off of i-70.
I was told several years ago by the Colorado State Patrol that the Avon and Vail roundabouts were technically one lane roundabouts despite being used as multi lane roundabouts. I know the Vail Police have written tickets for people using the roundabout at exit 176 on the south side of the freeway as a multi lane roundabout. I moved away 2 years ago so it may have changed now.
If by chance you can't exit right as a car may have changed it's mind, don't stop but continue around the roundabout again. It's people stopping in roundabouts that cause accidents. I went through the roundabouts in Avon thousands of times and probably only a few times could not exit safely so I continued back around. No big deal. You can't drive through the other car blocking you. With Avon and Vail there are tourists who don't know where they are going so you have to keep your eyes open.
In a 2 lane roundabout, does the car in the right lane have to take the next exit? What if the car in the right lane wants to keep going around, but the car in the left wants to exit, who has the right away? I'm thinking specifically of the roundabouts in Avon right off of i-70.
I don't know the specific roundabout you're talking about, but in general you only exit a roundabout from the rightmost lane. If there is an inner lane(s) you would change into the rightmost before you exit, circling around another time if you have to - don't cut someone off or turn in front of him. The exception would be if the rightmost lane forces you to exit the roundabout (like an exit lane), then drivers in the next lane can exit too (there are several roundabouts like this in the Lowry neighborhood in Denver).
Before every roundabout, there is a cautionary yellow sign telling drivers that there is a roundabout ahead, and there may be a cautionary suggested speed in the center of that sign. If it's a two-lane roundabout, there will also be a black-on-white sign telling you how each lane is to be used. There may also be a black-on-white speed limit sign. There are sometimes broken lines in a two-lane roundabout that might allow you to change lanes inside the roundabout, but the best policy is to be preapared: look for the black-on-white sign _before_ you get to the roundabout.
Remember that the yellow signs are cautionary. The black-on-white signs are the law.
I was searching for some other info about roundabouts in Colorado, and came across an old post from chilaili from July of 2008.
chilaili gave some incorrect info about the use of turn signals in roundabouts. Correcting his/her info:
No turn signal is needed or required upon entry into a roundabout. However, one must signal one's exit from the roundabout. One will not ever use a left turn signal in a roundabout, because all the exits are to the right.
Using a left turn signal upon entry to the roundabout might confuse another driver, making them think you are turning *the wrong way* as you enter the roundabout.
You can check this with any driving school or police dept. in CO.
busmom in northern CO
I never said the signal was required, I said it was good idea to indicate what you're going to do. In the UK, where roundabouts are very frequent, people DO use the left or right hand signal to indicate that they are using the roundabout to go left or right. If you don't do that, you will get a lot of annoyed people hitting their horns at you.
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