Roundabouts in Arizona (Tucson, Peoria, Sedona: law, legality, safety)

[Burning Madolf]

You have to know the rules:
1) Yield to the car on the right
2) Biggest POS car has the right of way.

[recycled]

Originally Posted by Burning Madolf

You have to know the rules:
1) Yield to the car on the right
2) Biggest POS car has the right of way.

Wrong. As clearly stated in post #2, the car approaching the traffic circle yields to any vehicle already in the circle. Vehicle in the traffic circle has right of way over any vehicle approaching from the entrance to the circle. Size of vehicle doesn't matter. Perhaps you were saying the above as sarcasm?

[Burning Madolf]

Originally Posted by recycled

Wrong. As clearly stated in post #2, the car approaching the traffic circle yields to any vehicle already in the circle. Vehicle in the traffic circle has right of way over any vehicle approaching from the entrance to the circle. Size of vehicle doesn't matter. Perhaps you were saying the above as sarcasm?

[MickIlhenney]

Originally Posted by KurtAZ

Naw we got this....

Those traffic circles are huge like the ones in Europe. They started putting them in up here in Canada and they are an accident waiting to happen. They are far too small so they back traffic up much further than a stoplight would, and are usually "decorated" with some large rocks or bushes directly in the middle of them so you can't see if a car is coming until it is basically too late. I avoid them at all costs whenever possible.

[Cloudy Dayz]

Originally Posted by MickIlhenney

Those traffic circles are huge like the ones in Europe. They started putting them in up here in Canada and they are an accident waiting to happen. They are far too small so they back traffic up much further than a stoplight would, and are usually "decorated" with some large rocks or bushes directly in the middle of them so you can't see if a car is coming until it is basically too late. I avoid them at all costs whenever possible.

Me too. Fortunately the nearest one to me is over 100 miles away. But if I travel that far, it becomes difficult if not impossible to avoid them.

Despite my limited experience driving through them, in my 48 years of driving a car, I have probably only driven through them less than 100 times, but I have had plenty of close calls. And not usually my fault. It's usually somebody who just plows right threw the roundabout without slowing down or yielding to anyone.

Roundabouts are some scary s...

[rcarbuilder]

They have been tried in other states years ago and were removed. Too many wrecks.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by rcarbuilder

They have been tried in other states years ago and were removed. Too many wrecks.

I don't know where you got that from as quite the opposite is true. They are rapidly gaining in popularity. They cut down fatal intersection accidents by 90% and save drivers time to boot. I was in Wisconsin recently and they have roundabouts everywhere with construction of new ones going full blast. The people there seem to know how to use them possibly reflecting the greater experience with them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...affic-circles/

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Bummer

Sure beats an accident thanks to some IDIOT running a Red Light and/or Stop Sign.

You actually will have more idiots not yielding to traffic in the circle. The end result is the same. Ask me how I know.

[Sno0909]

The problem with roundabouts is that people using them need to be paying attention and have an IQ above 70. So really the roundabout is not the problem, it's the people using them.

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by recycled

Wrong. As clearly stated in post #2, the car approaching the traffic circle yields to any vehicle already in the circle. Vehicle in the traffic circle has right of way over any vehicle approaching from the entrance to the circle. Size of vehicle doesn't matter. Perhaps you were saying the above as sarcasm?

You're both right, it just depends where you are. In The Netherlands, if there are no signs, or lights, the traffic on the outer lane of the circle must yield the the car approaching to enter the roundabout on your right.

However most I believe have Yield signs so that the car entering the roundabout yields to the traffic in it.

France has a similar situation.

"In most countries, vehicles which are already on the roundabout get priority. On traditional roundabouts in France, however, vehicles entering the flow of traffic from the right get right-of-way, meaning drivers must yield even though they are already on the roundabout."

https://www.frenchentree.com/living-...e%20roundabout.