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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-40384 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:27:28 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/#comment-40384 I agree on the need to slow down. I learned to drive with traffic circles (I acknowledge that a roundabout is not the same thing, but close…) and found the one on Hillsborough to be somewhat confusing. I consider myself a pretty careful driver, but found that going west on Hillsborough, it just appears that you go into the roundabout and are continuing straight. My first time going through even though I saw the Yield sign, it took a second to register that it meant ME!

I think they will need to do something to mark it a bit more clearly.

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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-40283 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:58:56 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/#comment-40283 You forget the most important and most simple rule: slow down!

I see way too many people going through those roundabouts much too fast.

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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-40088 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:55:25 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/#comment-40088 Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament!

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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-40078 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:42:38 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/#comment-40078 Great observation, Lee. I went through there 3 times last night trying different angles and the northbound Pullen is EXACTLY where I had to slam on brakes to avoid colliding with a non-yielding westbound Hillsborough St driver.

One revelation from my tests: Oberlin road really ends at the unnecessary circle near the PR. The outshoot of it toward the Hillsborough Street circle is officially “Pullen Rd”.

It’s kind of fun to sit and watch the traffic navigating through these things.

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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-40077 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:29:33 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/#comment-40077 I think in this case, the biggest problem you are going to have is the drivers on WB Hillsborough not yielding to the drivers who are NB on Pullen and wanting to continue around/across on Pullen to Oberlin.

I have noticed that Google Maps has the Roundabouts already showing on the road layer even though the satellite photo does not of course.

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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-40036 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:51:13 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/07/21/roundabout-instruction-manual-shows-thy-way/#comment-40036 ask the DOT to include roundabout driving in their testing..

These things are easy…

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