Approaching a roundabout. 🚦
Hello everyone.
We have a roundabout in Nagercoil, the POTHYS roundabout/roundana.
I go by the roundabout everyday and have learnt that mostly many of them use it incorrectly.
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The vehicles already in the roundabout have priority to exit them and then ones waiting to enter the round about are supposed wait are expected/required to give way / wait until there is a space to move.
The main thing to keep in mind is that the vehicles already in the roundabout shouldn't stop, slow down or give way to the ones waiting to enter the roundabout. It should have a flow.
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The indication part.
Lets imagine
You want to turn left / first exit. Use the left indicator.
To go straight, no indication until you pass the 1 st exit. Once crossed the first exit, indicate left to let others know that you are exiting
So lets say you come from chettikulam towards POTHYS and want to go to Duthie School Road. I would,
Stop
Give way to moving vehicles. And once clear
Indicate right and start moving.
After passing/crossing the exits would indicate left to let others know i am exiting towards the 3rd exit. (duthie school).
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Also, if you are someone reading I request you to stop at a pedestrian/ zebra crossing to let the pedestrians cross. they have the priority to cross even if they are waiting, the vehicles must stop if the pedestrians are waiting.
Drive responsible.
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To make the roundabout thing more sensible, i will share a link in the comments.