The number of people I’ve seen use the inner lane to turn out of the circle pisses me off. Change lane to outer circle, then exit the circle. The number of times I’ve nearly been hit because some asshat in a giant truck decided they own all the lanes is too high to count.
My favorite is when they are in the right lane, merge to the middle and back out when going straight so they don’t have to actually slow down and go in the round outside lane, defeating the point of the roundabout.
You mean they just cut through the circle like it’s a straight-away? There’s a circle near me that has 1 entrance-exit pair that happens all the time. And an entrance b/t the two is really hard to see when entering and has nearly zero visibility to that left entering lane. I’ve nearly been creamed by people doing 30mph through there like that.
It’s a shittily designed roundabout but they need some traffic calmers there.
Yes. I have noticed that newer circles discourage this by having tighter entrances and exits that limit the ability to do so, but a lot of older ones were gradual enough that you could go through it without even turning the wheel.
The number of people I’ve seen use the inner lane to turn out of the circle pisses me off. Change lane to outer circle, then exit the circle. The number of times I’ve nearly been hit because some asshat in a giant truck decided they own all the lanes is too high to count.
My favorite is when they are in the right lane, merge to the middle and back out when going straight so they don’t have to actually slow down and go in the round outside lane, defeating the point of the roundabout.
You mean they just cut through the circle like it’s a straight-away? There’s a circle near me that has 1 entrance-exit pair that happens all the time. And an entrance b/t the two is really hard to see when entering and has nearly zero visibility to that left entering lane. I’ve nearly been creamed by people doing 30mph through there like that.
It’s a shittily designed roundabout but they need some traffic calmers there.
Yes. I have noticed that newer circles discourage this by having tighter entrances and exits that limit the ability to do so, but a lot of older ones were gradual enough that you could go through it without even turning the wheel.