Modern Roundabouts, a short Primer on Driving Rules

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Modern roundabouts are proliferating throughout the USA and still, many drivers do not know the rules of the road concerning them. Check out this short condensed primer on rules of the road pertaining to modern roundabouts, how they work, etc.

(This video is a condensed adaptation of the original video prepared by VDOT, and contains about 1/4 of the material in the original. To view original video please go to vdotweb on youtube)

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[HunterstonB]

And of course it omits a central point.

On a busy roundabout you can only enter when another driver leaves on the road you are entering on.

In British practice (50 years!!!) its customary to indicate when you are about to leave so the waiting driver knows they can enter

[HunterstonB]

The first modern roundabout's were introduced in 1966 in the UK and had replaced about 90% of intersections by 1980. They rapidly spread to the rest of the world. The USA is the last major country in the world to introduce them.

The British have been the world leaders in highway design for the last 50 years, the philosophy being to 'engineer' road accidents out of the system, Their accident rate is 30% that of the USA.

Look up 'cats eyes' instead of 'bot's dots'