Drive Me Dead
For the last 3 days someone has almost hit me while I was driving. I feel like people are not paying attention lately. It’s almost as if we as a society we have become so accustom to doing more then one thing while driving that we have completely lost the ability to drive cautiously and safely. I also am guilty of changing a song on my iPod, making a phone call and texting.
The last incident was the closest taking place at the Long Beach traffic circle. When someone to my left decide to bail out of his lane and turn into the lane I was driving in. Needless to say I had honk and swerve to avoid a collision.
I realize that driving a traffic circle is not very common so you maybe a little rusty at the protocol. Below is a step by step guide on how to drive a traffic circle.
Slow down as you approach the intersection. You’re typically not required to stop.
Wait for a gap and merge with the moving traffic into the outside lane.
Yield to vehicles already in the circle.
Turn left or right from the circle by following the inside lane around and then moving to the outside lane, following it to your exit.
Continue driving straight ahead by approaching the circle on the outside lane and staying out of the circling lane.
Watch for pedestrians and bicycles.
Keep in mind that buses or large trucks need extra room to make turns and might take up more than one lane in a traffic circle.
Obey all traffic signs and road markings.
Signal your intent to other drivers when entering, going around and exiting the circle.
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