Five days a week I have to traverse four roundabouts whilst performing my duties as a school bus driver. Not sure about other states laws but here in Florida a vehicle entering the round has the right of way. Drivers routinely charge into the circle ahead of the bus forcing me to make abrupt braking maneuvers. Now, drivers do this on open streets as well. Anyone who has driven in that big yellow cheese box knows it is a target of opportunity for selfish and reckless drivers. Rounds are beneficial for keeping the flow of traffic moving to be sure. Are they an alternative to stop signs? Maybe, ■■■■■■■■ run stop signs. Rounds might be great but precarious.
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I see the same thing here.
It baffles me that introduction of a roundabout was not accompanied by more public education by states who adopted these.
Sadly, that’s how a lot of public jobs work. That’s how it works at my job. The only thing that matters is seniority. In some cases, it supersedes qualification needed for the job. It makes no sense.
That may be “how they do it” in Florida, but it’s not the law.
“At a roundabout, cars entering the roundabout must yield to cars that are already in it.”
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We sorta said the same thing but you offer a more precise example citing the law. We “do it in Florida “ exactly like that as well.
We also do the beach in winter months. 
The Somerville Circle here in Bridgewater Township NJ is considered one of the most dangerous intersections. I’m guessing it must look something like your example.
As long as it’s designed in accordance with the FHWA Guidelines, it’ll be fine.
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/00067/00067.pdf
Well, unless that is, you try to drive through it as if it isn’t there. Ya gotta slow down like you would for any other yield situation.
Or as we say across the pond “give way”.
I think he was referring to my comments on it earlier. When I drove right through it asleep at the wheel. If not, then it’s coincidence.
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Actually, I was referring to people who don’t want to slow from the 40 mph speed on the main roadway down to 15-20 mph that the roundabout is designed for.
I was just talking about “yield” is the term in the US and in UK our signs say “give way”.
I know that. My response was to @Toll_Collector.
By the way, when I was driving around England some decades ago, I soon learned that nobody gave way. After several experiences of nearly being run over, I drove one ■■■■■■■ off the road who tried to pass me on the right as I was signaling that I was merging into the inside lane (because I was going to go 3/4 around to exit) in roundabout. (Why you guys have multilane roundabouts on two lane roads I’ll never know.) Last I saw of him was his car sideways in a cloud of dust in the middle of the roundabout. 
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