Motorists
Right or left turns
Turning right or exiting at the first exit around the roundabout:
- Unless posted otherwise, use only the right lane if there are multiple approach lanes. Use your right-turn signal.
- Reduce your speed.
- Keep to the right of the splitter island.
- Watch for cyclists and allow them to enter the roadway in front of you.
- Watch for pedestrians in the crosswalk or waiting to cross. Be prepared to stop if a pedestrian is already in the crosswalk.
- Move up to the yield line and wait for an acceptable gap in traffic. Do not enter next to someone already in the roundabout, as that vehicle may be exiting at the next exit. (If another vehicle is stopped at the yield line, do not stop on the crosswalk. Keep the crosswalk clear for pedestrians).
- Enter the roundabout when there is an adequate gap in traffic within the circular roadway.
- Within the roundabout, do not stop except to avoid a collision; you have the right-of-way over entering traffic. Always keep to the right of the central island and travel in a counter-clockwise direction.
- Do not attempt to overtake other vehicles, including cyclists.
- Keep to the outside of the circulatory roadway within the roundabout and continue to use your right-turn signal through your exit. If there are multiple exit lanes, use the right-hand lane.
- Maintain your slow speed until past the crosswalk and watch for pedestrians in the crosswalk or waiting to cross and cyclists on the road as you exit.
Turning left or making a U-turn (i.e., exiting more than halfway around the roundabout):
- Unless posted otherwise, use one of the left-hand lanes if there are two approach lanes. Use your left-turn signal.
- Reduce your speed.
- Keep to the right of the splitter island.
- Watch for cyclists and allow them to enter the roadway in front of you.
- Watch for pedestrians in the crosswalk or waiting to cross. Be prepared to stop if a pedestrian is already in the crosswalk.
- Move up to the yield line and wait for an acceptable gap in traffic. Do not enter next to someone already in the roundabout, as that vehicle may be exiting at the next exit. (If another vehicle is stopped at the yield line, do not stop on the crosswalk. Keep the crosswalk clear for pedestrians).
- Within the roundabout, do not stop except to avoid a collision; you have the right-of-way over entering traffic. Always keep to the right of the central island and travel in a counter-clockwise direction.
- Maintain your position relative to other vehicles. Do not attempt to overtake other vehicles, including cyclists. Stay to the inside. In a multi-lane roundabout, do not change lanes until you are ready to exit.
- When you have passed the last exit before the one you want, use your right-turn signal and continue to use your right-turn signal through your exit. Maintain a slow speed.
- Watch out for leading or adjacent vehicles on the outside (for multi-lane roundabouts) that continue to circulate around the roundabout.
- Maintain your slow speed until past the crosswalk and watch for pedestrians in the crosswalk or waiting to cross and cyclists on the road as you exit.
Through movements
- Unless posted otherwise, use either lane if there are two approach lanes. Do not use any turn signals on approach.
- Reduce your speed.
- Keep to the right of the splitter island.
- Watch for cyclists and allow them to enter the roadway in front of you.
- Watch for pedestrians in the crosswalk or waiting to cross. Be prepared to stop if a pedestrian is already in the crosswalk.
- Move up to the yield line and wait for an acceptable gap in traffic. Do not enter next to someone already in the roundabout, as that vehicle may be exiting at the next exit. (If another vehicle is stopped at the yield line, do not stop on the crosswalk. Keep the crosswalk clear for pedestrians).
- Within the roundabout, do not stop except to avoid a collision; you have the right-of-way over entering traffic. Always keep to the right of the central island and travel in a counter-clockwise direction.
- Maintain your position relative to other vehicles. Do not attempt to overtake other vehicles, including cyclists. For multi-lane roundabouts, stay to the inside if you entered from the left lane, or stay to the outside if you entered from the right lane. Maintain your position relative to other vehicles.
- When you have passed the last exit before the one you want, use your right-turn signal and continue to use your right-turn signal through your exit. Maintain a slow speed.
- Watch out for leading or adjacent vehicles on the outside (for multi-lane roundabouts) that continue to circulate around the roundabout.
- Maintain your slow speed until past the crosswalk and watch for pedestrians in the crosswalk or waiting to cross and cyclists on the road as you exit.