C may be right to yield depending on where pink and yellow are going and the speed they're doing.
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this just here, we don't have many roundabouts but, the amount of drivers who think it's a race to get from point a to point b is unreasonable. I'm not about to enter the roundabout as car c if the pink or yellow car is flying with no indicators.
C has plenty of space to be out of the way before pink and yellow can catch up to it.
It's a small roundabout and it's prudent to wait a second to see what they're doing. Being impatient isn't a good trait when driving.
Don’t drive in NJ then. /s
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I remember almost hitting a cop in a roundabout somewhere in my city because they didn't follow the rules. It's a double-wide roundabout, where the outer ring must make the first right they come to and only the inner ring can continue forward or make a right. I needed to make a right from the inner lane, the cop was in the outer lane and DIDN'T TAKE THE EXIT, and I almost turned into the asshole, expecting him to turn like he was supposed to.
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I love in Washington state and honestly have had next to no problems with people in roundabouts. They're pretty common here and people use them as intended. Wherever you are all from, I hope it gets better lol
I am car C. I don't care if car D is pissed at me, because I have autism and driving is overwhelming for me. I'm being extra cautious because it takes me longer to process sensory input because I can't filter out the irrelevant things. Plus, I always make sure to check the crosswalks. I as a pedestrian have come very close to being hit while crossing multiple times and it seems most other drivers don't give a shit about pedestrians at all.
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Ok, now do one where C and A arrive at the same time to an empty roundabout and A still, to this day, thinks they have the right of way. Because why wait a fraction of a second when I can make others wait for a lot longer?
I hate having classes in a classroom with windows pointing to a roundabout because I get to realize how NO ONE seems to do them correctly... (In Spain, for reference)
Depends on the size of the roundabout. For one big enough they could both join simultaneously and maintain a safe distance, that's fine. If not, if you drive on the left the one on the right has priority and vice versa for the rest of the world.
In fact it's only a problem if people arrive simultaneously at all junctions, since now there's no person to the right of everyone.
In this case usually everyone stops (unless one of the cars is a BMW or audi) and then someone will start to move first. After which normal operational rules are restored.
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A does have the right of way over C. And the OP has a quite violent interpretation of transit rules that only make sense if it's a large roundabout with a low speed.
Also, the pink car has the right of way over both. Both are quite right at stopping there, and D is invited to keep stressing themselves to death.
Now, if the pink car decided to stop and wait for A, then it maybe is worth pointing it to them.
I got my driver's license pretty recently and in driving classes I was always told to look at the left first to see if anyone is inside the roundabout, and then to the right to see if I have to let someone go before me (on small roundabouts). Think it from a logical standpoint: A wouldn't even need to completely stop to let C in first, while, if A goes first, C needs to stop and wait while A passes in front of them.
It may be a new rule, because no one seems to know about it (or pay it any mind).
The OP's idea here is that since A is stopped, C has plenty of time to enter the roudabout. That's reasonable if the roudabout is large, and crazy if it's not.
Your idea that C can enter anyway, even if A didn't stop is just crazy.
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Circles are awesome, fight me!
I love how the meme assumes everyone trusts everyone else's driving. Utopian ideals, man.
My mom taught me to never trust a turn signal (or lack of one)
You not following the rules because you assume everyone else isn't following the rules is why no one is following the rules...
I don't follow the rules only because I don't drive at all. Otherwise, yes, you are correct, I don't follow rules which endanger my life. Just weird that way.
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I get in and out of those roundabouts as fast as possible
I don't mind the design, I think they're great and save time and reduce traffic congestion
I just don't trust drivers of this generation to use them properly. We are currently in a transition period of generations ... an older generation of drivers that didn't grow up with these and a newer group who will think these roundabouts will be normal. As long as these old timers (including me) are around, these traffic situations will be dangerous.
Which is why, when I get to these roundabouts, I get in as quickly as possible and get out as quickly as I can
Yield to traffic in circle, not yield to anything in your perspective quadrant of the circle.. Leave grandpa be, he's running on nothing but cortisol and spite for death. And try to circulate the cabin air, quit huffing the exhaust from tailgating. The don't test emissions in roundabout country...
Car D is going to have to wait for car A no matter what
Assuming no cars come after yellow car, it doesn't matter if car C goes or not.
Honestly it's nicer because car D doesn’t have to move up a car length to yield.
Yes they could get screwed very hard though
Well couple of things.
You don't know how long C has been incorrectly yielding. There may well have been enough time for them both to move onward.
Also there's nothing to say that A isn't a yet undiscovered C.
I'm from the UK so roundabouts are second nature. I've been an accidental C before. Where I had to wait for a lot of cars that had priority over me. When it finally was open for me I was zoned out. Luckily the car behind me was very polite and just used a short beep of the horn to bring me back to reality.
D could take the first exit while signalling
The pink car is yielding incorrectly, and may cause an accident.
My city has two circles, both one lane with 3 entry/exits. Actually the one not near me might have more, but I know its one lane. Amazing how many people have trouble with them.
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