as the series of driving complaints continues. today, roundabouts and the lack of rationale from the drivers in vancouver for how to approach them. about two weeks ago, i’m behind this truck (come back another day for that rant) and about to enter a roundabout. the ‘driver’ shockingly stops in the roundabout to let another car, small sedan, enter the roundabout. at which point i honk, yes the honk is my friend. the car entering the roundabout has a yield sign (see picture or your ‘driving for dummies’ book); which of course is probably the hardest to understand for vancouverite drivers. the driver of the sedan thinks that it’s appropriate to stop, as well in the middle of the round about, stick her head out and say something while showing me a finger (no, not that finger) and pointing towards herself as to say she has the right of way to enter the roundabout and that she should go first. not only did she not yield to the yield sign or yield to traffic in the roundabout, by stopping she ended up making sure that for a few moments three cars are stopped in the roundabout. why? well the truck didn’t move, apparently the guy was being a ‘gentleman’ – guess he paid attention when he was told a woman always enters first.
a roundabout has one simple rule, the cars inside the roundabout have right-of-way. according to a friend ‘it doesn’t take a phd to figure out how the roundabout works’; well, i guess it does, seeing how that simple rule is not respected nor obeyed in vancouver.
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