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Here in France they have both types of roundabouts, yield-to-left-on-entry and yield-to-right. They are well signaled, so there is no confusion. The latter type
by gniv 3y ago
Here in France they have both types of roundabouts, yield-to-left-on-entry and yield-to-right. They are well signaled, so there is no confusion. The latter type is less common and seems to be mostly in less-busy areas. I'm not sure why they still use them though. Is it because you have better visibility to the right, since you're already in the intersection? It's an interesting design choice.
- giantg2 3y agoI dislike the yield to right. They're rare here, but I believe that's how some of the traffic circles are in NJ.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoI think the yield-to-right ones are primarily a traffic calming thing, where the threat to yield limits how fast you can comfortably go through them. They use a lot of yield-to-right intersections in residential areas with poor visibility for the same reason. It's conceptually similar to the 4-way stops on low-traffic streets in the US, just streamlined and formalized.
- hermitcrab 3y ago>there is no confusion Maybe not if you grow up with it. But there certainly is if you are a British tourist, used to always giving way to the right.