Q: Most West Coast drivers have no idea the right way to use a roundabout as a result of it's a comparatively new idea right here (the final 20-30 years). That little roundabout on the Santa Clara Costco is probably harmful, but it surely does transfer visitors higher than the four-way cease that they beforehand had.
Harvey Fong, San Jose
A: Mrs. Roadshow has additionally commented about individuals’s confusion about driving roundabouts, together with the one on the Coleman Costco. She observed Harvey’s remark, and others right here, on a NextDoor thread. Extra roundabouts are on their means. We have to clear up the confusion so individuals drive them safely.
Q: For the Coleman Costco, if individuals knew how a roundabout works, it wouldn’t be an issue.
Once I was there, individuals flooded it, although there wasn’t wherever to go — it was backed up on the best way to get gasoline. They blocked everybody else, which led to an extended delay.
I do know it’s petty, however I made a suggestion to the greeter that they need to have a visitors director with a pool noodle who would smack vehicles that don’t obey the foundations.
Jason Barber, Santa Clara
A: I can think about each the issue you describe, and a visitors director with a pool noodle.
Q: I noticed individuals driving over the roundabout attempting to get out.
Barbara Mordy, Santa Clara
A: And…
Q: They do this even when it's not congested. Too unhealthy they didn’t make the circle taller so individuals couldn’t drive over it.
Yvonne Enrico, San Jose
A: Additionally…
Q: That might be referred to as RoundUp
Patti Allmon, Santa Clara
A: And a very good pun. Roundabouts have many benefits, when individuals drive them safely. They will calm visitors and cut back driver speeds. Roundabouts additionally cut back greenhouse gasoline emissions as a result of drivers shouldn't have to cease and idle, ready for his or her flip to drive.
Q: The individual getting into the roundabout should at all times yield to the vehicles already within the roundabout. It needs to be a relentless move — no stopping. As soon as on the roundabout, there shouldn't be a must cease.
Nicki Pierce
A: Right here’s what the California Driver Handbook instructs when driving a roundabout:
- Decelerate as you method.
- Yield to all visitors, together with bicyclists and pedestrians.
- Look ahead to indicators and lane markings that information you.
- Enter heading to the appropriate when there's a sufficiently big hole in visitors to merge safely.
- Journey in a counter-clockwise path. Don't cease or move.
- Sign once you change lanes or exit.
- When you miss your exit, proceed round till you come to your exit.
- If the roundabout has a number of lanes, select your entry or exit lane primarily based in your vacation spot.
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