Simple
Tips to Navigate a Roundabout
Vigo County—Since roundabouts have
been recently established in the Terre Haute area, motorists often ask area law
enforcement the proper way to navigate through them.
To help educate the motoring public and lesson anxiety when navigating
through one, the Indiana State Police Putnamville District, along with the Vigo
County Sheriff’s Office, and the Terre Haute Police Department, offer the
following:
Proper Way to Drive through a Roundabout
- Slow down and stay in your lane
- Yield to vehicles already in the roundabout
- Obey one-way signs at all times
- When traffic is clear, merge to the right and continue to stay in
your lane
- Continue through the roundabout until you reach your exit point
- Avoid stopping in a roundabout
- Yield to pedestrians and bicycles when there is a crosswalk
- When exiting, signal and exit to the right
- Left turns are completed by circling around the center island and
then making a right turn to exit.
Indiana law requires motorists to yield the right-of-way to
semi-trucks while driving inside a roundabout.
Roundabouts are designed to reduce potential crash points within
an intersection and improve the flow of traffic. They also reduce crashes
involving injuries and fatalities, according to Indiana Department of
Transportation.
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SGT. JOE WATTS
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