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They are right to. Simplified greatly, the further in the roundabout you are, the right of way is yours. The exception is you can obviously not shoot straight
by Too 3y ago
They are right to. Simplified greatly, the further in the roundabout you are, the right of way is yours.
The exception is you can obviously not shoot straight from the left lane to the first exit.
In a 2 lane roundabout it is very simple. Enter in the left lane and you can exit 2nd or 3d, enter in the right lane and you can exit 1st or 2nd.
Where it gets complicated is roundabouts with 2 lane entry but only 1 lane in the third exit. Then you have to change lane right halfway through and be careful with people entering prematurely from your 1st exit, or people incorrectly staying in the right lane past the 2nd exit. It’s not always obvious but for those entering the rule is the same, since they enter after you, they should yield to you.
- Moru 3y agoI guess this is depending on country. In Sweden you are allowed to exit from the inner lane. But you have to yield to traffic in the outer lane because you are doing a lane change even if you go straight for the inner exit in a two lane exit. The outer lane is not causing the accident, they do not have to yield and they are allowed to go to the third, fourth or fifth exit fully in the outer lane if they want to. You just have to make sure you don't hit them on the way out. This however does not stop accidents to happen all the time in this situation because of drivers trying to get past the traffic jam by going inner lane in high speed and then exit in front of traffic trying to get to next exit. And mostly without blinking at all.