Nervous about driving in a roundabout in The Villages?
Confused about how to navigate them properly?
The Sumter County Board of County Commissioners, in cooperation with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, has developed an educational guide to navigating roundabouts in Sumter County.
Here are some important points to remember:
Approaching Roundabouts
• Reduce your speed and prepare to yield to all traffic in the roundabout.
• Guide signs provide guidance for approach street locations, not lane use orientation.
Choose your lane
Approaching a two-lane roundabout, make a lane choice according to the following rules:
• If you intend to exit the roundabout more than halfway around, use the LEFT-HAND lane.
• If you intend to exit the roundabout less than halfway around, use the RIGHT-HAND lane.
• If you intend to continue straight through, use either lane unless signs or markings indicate otherwise.
Navigating Roundabouts
• Move up to the entrance line and wait for a gap in traffic. DO NOT ENTER next to a vehicle in the roundabout, as that vehicle may be exiting at the next exit.
• Within the roundabout, do not stop except to avoid a collision; you have the right-of-way over entering traffic. Keep moving in a counterclockwise direction.
• Do not change lanes in a roundabout.
• A striped channelization island is present in several roundabouts, which reduces the circulatory roadway to one lane approaching a single-lane exit.
For a full explanation about roundabouts, follow this link:Â http://www.districtgov.org/community/Roundabout-02-08-12.pdf
