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etiquitte post made me think.. roundabouts...

hisbabybearhisbabybear member
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you know those roundabouts that you have to drive around?

we we have them all around our condo complex..

i believe that its etiquette that if you are in the circle driving around it then no one should enter because you have the right away.. but some people just start driving and totally cut you off because they feel they have the right away to go straight...

what do you ladies think?

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  • whirliwhirli
    As far as I know the person in the circle definitely has the right of way. Normally people entering have a stop sign or yield sign. I hate getting cut off Super Angry
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  • mrs. remymrs. remy
    the rule is that whoever is already in the circle has the ROW. but people are idiots and don't get this.
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  • NDwife07NDwife07

    Traffic already in the roundabout always has the right of way. Entering drivers should yield.

     

     

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  • hisbabybearhisbabybear member

    imagewhirli:
    As far as I know the person in the circle definitely has the right of way. Normally people entering have a stop sign or yield sign. I hate getting cut off Super Angry

    thats what makes me sooo mad!! There are no yield or stop signs! 

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  • cathy_and_mattcathy_and_matt
    Cars already on the roundabout (we call them rotaries in New England) always have the right of way, unless otherwise explicitly indicated. That's the rule of the road!
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  • alathamalatham member
    LOL - I think its so funny that you call it a roundabout. We call them circles, lol.
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  • SteffaniOSteffaniO member
    Here it's a law that cars already in the circle have the right of way, and there are signs posted at them that state this, with yield signs as well.
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  • jolis_petits_bijouxjolis_petits_bijoux

    Yep, the person already in the circle has the right of way.  As you're entering, you're supposed to yield to people already in the circle - same idea as when you're getting on the highway.

    But you're right, roundabouts are dangerous little things - I used to live in the east coast where there were many more of them.  I once got trapped in a roundabout and had to go around a good ten times before I was able to get out!  Argh. 

    There are two that I know of in West Michigan (where I live now).  Why they are here, I have no idea, b/c people here don't always know how to use them... hence, even scarier!

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  • LGMHRSLGMHRS

    imagecathy_and_matt:
    Cars already on the roundabout (we call them rotaries in New England) always have the right of way, unless otherwise explicitly indicated. That's the rule of the road!

    This. We have rotaries alll over the place in NE.

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  • JasonsMauiMamaJasonsMauiMama

    imagecathy_and_matt:
    Cars already on the roundabout (we call them rotaries in New England) always have the right of way, unless otherwise explicitly indicated. That's the rule of the road!

    Rotaries are SO different in New England, though. Yielding is a lot stricter in other parts of the country. In places like Revere, MA, yielding is more of a...suggestion.

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  • Mike&CareMike&Care member
    They have a ton of those in Europe (I lived in Norway and remember them everywhere). Person in the circle always has the right of way.
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  • txbabs111txbabs111 member

    imageSteffaniO:
    Here it's a law that cars already in the circle have the right of way, and there are signs posted at them that state this, with yield signs as well.

    Ditto- not only is it proper etiquette, it's the law. We haven't had roundabouts here very long and people have no idea how to use them. It is annoying.

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  • cedenscedens member

    imagealatham:
    LOL - I think its so funny that you call it a roundabout. We call them circles, lol.

    haha this is funny! they are circles here (my parents are from VA and they call them roundabouts- even mapquest and stuff calls them roundabouts)....

    yes...when inside a circle, you have right of way....

    ppl entering do NOT (but apparently half of america does not get this...esp the PA drivers (no offense)...Wink

    my parents live in a development right off of a major highway to get to the shore, and we get a lot of outta state drivers, that do NOT know how to properly handle the circle....

    no yielding+opposing NJ driver= bad accident....

     

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  • BeanieWeanieBeanieWeanie member

    imageMike&Care:
    They have a ton of those in Europe (I lived in Norway and remember them everywhere). Person in the circle always has the right of way.

    This. In the UK and all over Europe - if people didn't give way to those on the roundabouts, there would be proper carnage over there!

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  • lovindanlovindan
    You are definitely correct in your interpretation. It's not just etiquette in MA it's state law, you have to give the person in the rotary the right of way... this doesn't mean that we actually drive like that but technically the person in the circle comes first.
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  • nogardbluenogardblue
    We live in Sedona, AZ and they have recently built several on the busiest road leading into town AND and the largest intersection. Mind you, we see nearly 4-6 million tourists a year. We also have a large population of snowbirds in the area. Imagine how many fender benders we see weekly? I HATE them. So few people have any clue about using them!
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  • MaineGirl2008MaineGirl2008

    They are definitely called rotaries up here... I live in Maine and since its a popular area to visit in the summer, everyone DREADS the rotaries... it seems like in other states you don't have to yield upon entering (we have yeild signs) meaning the people inside have the ROW as everyone else has mentioned.  There is a big one on the way to the lakes region here and there is at least one accident a day (damn tourists!) I avoid that road altogether in the summer...

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