I don’t hate them but I have almost no experience with them and never one with pedestrians trying to cross it.
Are you supposed to not enter the roundabout if you see a ped going to cross the road where you would exit? Or stop in the middle if they step into your exit road? Or keep going around and around until your exit is clear?
As a pedestrian, can you walk counter to the spin? Can you cross the circle ⭕ or do you have to go around?
I’m not stupid but I am ignorant and I hope I’ll soon have more opportunities to use the information you’re about to impart.
Are you supposed to not enter the roundabout if you see a ped going to cross the road where you would exit? Or stop in the middle if they step into your exit road? Or keep going around and around until your exit is clear?
You stop and wait for pedestrians to pass, then exit or enter the traffic circle
As a pedestrian, can you walk counter to the spin? Can you cross the circle ⭕ or do you have to go around?
Yep. For you it’s just a walkway that goes all way around the traffic circle, with no extra rules. Though sometimes there’s just a bypass line for pedestrians, if there’s 1 or more exits to highway or something where pedestrians do not go
If the pedestrian is crossing your exit, you wait by your exit until they are clear.
Most pedestrians will try crossing when they are sure nobody is about to enter, but obviously that is never a guarantee, and pedestrians have right of way.
you shouldn’t be navigating a roundabout at such a speed where you cannot stop, so coming to a gentle stop to let them pass shouldn’t be an issue.
The only roundabout hereabouts replaced a 4 way stop in a residential area. Little thing, one lane. So if I stop to wait for a pedestrian, the person behind me who’s planning on continuing around to another exit will have to stop too. Which, given that the whole point of a roundabout is not to stop, they will not be expecting. I will get honked at and/or rear-ended, depending what they’re doing on their phone. I think I’ll circle around until it’s safe.
While the purpose of a roundabout is better flow, pedestrians have right of way and if you’d rather get dizzy than make someone behind you wait 5 seconds and get honked at, go for it!
When maga hates on roundabouts.
I don’t hate them but I have almost no experience with them and never one with pedestrians trying to cross it.
Are you supposed to not enter the roundabout if you see a ped going to cross the road where you would exit? Or stop in the middle if they step into your exit road? Or keep going around and around until your exit is clear?
As a pedestrian, can you walk counter to the spin? Can you cross the circle ⭕ or do you have to go around?
I’m not stupid but I am ignorant and I hope I’ll soon have more opportunities to use the information you’re about to impart.
You stop and wait for pedestrians to pass, then exit or enter the traffic circle
Yep. For you it’s just a walkway that goes all way around the traffic circle, with no extra rules. Though sometimes there’s just a bypass line for pedestrians, if there’s 1 or more exits to highway or something where pedestrians do not go
You enter the roundabout normally.
If the pedestrian is crossing your exit, you wait by your exit until they are clear.
Most pedestrians will try crossing when they are sure nobody is about to enter, but obviously that is never a guarantee, and pedestrians have right of way.
you shouldn’t be navigating a roundabout at such a speed where you cannot stop, so coming to a gentle stop to let them pass shouldn’t be an issue.
The only roundabout hereabouts replaced a 4 way stop in a residential area. Little thing, one lane. So if I stop to wait for a pedestrian, the person behind me who’s planning on continuing around to another exit will have to stop too. Which, given that the whole point of a roundabout is not to stop, they will not be expecting. I will get honked at and/or rear-ended, depending what they’re doing on their phone. I think I’ll circle around until it’s safe.
Taking a lap is also an option.
While the purpose of a roundabout is better flow, pedestrians have right of way and if you’d rather get dizzy than make someone behind you wait 5 seconds and get honked at, go for it!