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Approaching a roundabout
Reduce your speed. Always keep to the right of the splitter island (either painted or raised) on approach.

Entering the roundabout
At the roundabout yield line, yield to traffic circulating from the left. Watch out for vehicles already on the roundabout.

Within a roundabout
Within a 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 counterclockwise.

Exiting the roundabout
Use your turn signal and exit at your destination. Watch for and yield to pedestrians crossing the exit leg. Do not accelerate until you are beyond the pedestrian crossing.

Emergency Vehicles
Do not enter a roundabout when an emergency vehicle is approaching on another leg; If in the roundabout, proceed past the splitter island of your exit before pulling over.

Bicycles
Slow for cyclists in the roundabout. Bicycles in the roundabout observe the same rules as motorists.

Large Vehicles
Watch for large vehicles that may have to swing wide on the approach or within the roundabout.

Pedestrians
Watch for pedestrians approaching or in any of the four marked crosswalks.  Note that the crosswalks are set back from the intersection.