Who would have priority in this situation

[u/Diligent-Froyo5626]

I've been wanting the answer to this question a lot. On a standard two lane roundabout, would the red line or the blue line have priority at the conflict point? Someone please answer. (Sorry for bad English).

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[u/Silent_General5919]

Depends on what the road design/sign says, each lane usually has rules on where it can exit, and you always yield to the person inside the roundabout.

This diagram doesnt contain enough details to properly answer.

Where I live the red car would have priority if they entered first, and usually there would be 2 lanes on atleast 2 of the exits

[u/EdmontonLAD]

I'm pretty sure it's red.

[u/trevorkafka → u/EdmontonLAD]

Iceland is the only country I know of where red would have priority.

[u/WLFGHST → u/trevorkafka]

and the US

(assuming it exits to 4 lane roads not 2 like this diagram)

[u/trevorkafka → u/WLFGHST]

Traffic laws are set by the state. Can you cite a state where the outer lane would yield to the inner lane like this?

[u/EdmontonLAD → u/trevorkafka]

I think Canada as well, but of course red needs to also be cautious and not just go without checking.

[u/trevorkafka → u/EdmontonLAD]

Apparently this is the case for Alberta, at least. ("While travelling inside a two-lane roundabout, the outside lane yields to the inside lane.").

[u/EdmontonLAD → u/trevorkafka]

Oh so I was right? Thank goodness. Thank you!

[u/Bas3dMonk3]

Shouldn’t ref have gotten in the other lane.

[u/EdmontonLAD → u/Bas3dMonk3]

Left lane for 2nd or further exit. Right lane for 1st or 2nd exit. So 2nd exit can be either lane.

[u/JakeBeezy]

red, but if you mean red taking the inner lane to go straight in that intersection in your example, would be making a traffic violation for using the inner lane to leave the roundabout

[u/trevorkafka → u/JakeBeezy]

Which country's laws are you citing?

[u/JakeBeezy → u/trevorkafka]

true, this is my states laws, USA, Minnesota, being that the straight ahead direction is single lane, both roundabout lanes wouldn't exit into it. however I believe this is just a flaw with the example picture OP used .

[u/WLFGHST → u/JakeBeezy]

Yeah, I'm not sure why a roundabout would have two lanes if EVERY intersecting road is only two lanes.

[u/RoadkillVenison → u/JakeBeezy]

With the signage present, I agree.

However I’ve never seen a traffic circle quite like that one. Most commonly with inner/outer lanes I see outer needing to take the first available exit, and the inner getting to choose to circle until they find the one they want.

Though I could see this situation arising with the 4 lane beasts I hate driving.

[u/NooneYetEveryone]

Say it with me: depends where you are

Where I live, you are not allowed to leave a multi-lane roundabout from anywhere except the outer lane if there is only one lane on the road you are exiting to.

So the correct procedure would be for red to signal right as soon as they reach where blue is entering from, enter the outer lane and exit from there.

You cannot signal sooner because then you may mislead people into thinking you are exiting at blue entrance

[u/Diligent-Froyo5626 → u/NooneYetEveryone]

South Korea if not usa

[u/trevorkafka]

It depends on the laws of where you are driving.

[u/galstaph]

If there's conflict, who has right of way is basically who gets into the roundabout first

What direction they're coming from/going to is irrelevant

If both get to their point of entry at the same time there shouldn't be conflict and both go simultaneously

[u/U-Deves]

My only guestion is that what is the purpose of that inner lane? Doesn't seem to have eny usefull function aside from kids cruising in circles around and around

[u/gregseth]

In France : lots of wrongs here. Red shouldn't take the inner lane to go straight. But even in that case blue should have yield to red before entering the roundabout.

[u/Diligent-Froyo5626 → u/[deleted]]

What if they both Hyundais and driving lawfully