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Who should have the right of way on a roundabout: the vehicle already on, or the one waiting to get on?

By palmagma Asked Jul 7 2008 9:04AM
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by -O-uknow on Jul 7, 2008 at 9:06 am Permalink

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The one already moving on the traffic circle.
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Avatar palmagma Jul, 07 2008 at 09:13 AM
Exactly - it should be that straightforward.

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by Brian I on Jul 7, 2008 at 9:05 am Permalink

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Everywhere I've ever lived it is the vehicle already on the roundabout, although I suppose it could be different in some places.
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Avatar palmagma Jul, 07 2008 at 09:20 AM
That's the only rule that makes any sense.
If traffic drives on the right and vehicles give way to traffic on their right hand side, that leads to the opposite situation, where anyone already circulating on a roundabout has to give way to newcomers waiting to get on. And that in turn makes it possible to overload up a traffic circle.

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by palmagma on Jul 7, 2008 at 10:44 am Permalink

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In Canada, drivers follow this rule:

"If two vehicles come to an uncontrolled intersection from different roads at the same time, the driver on the left must let the driver on the right go first. This is called yielding the right-of-way."

On a traffic circle, this results in the somewhat ridiculous situation where vehicles wanting to join the circle have right of way over vehicles already on it.
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