Okay, I’m writing to clear something up. I wrote about Roadabouts a few blogs ago… and someone noticed that what I said "Metro Police say" – is not what the DMV handbook says.

Here’s what he wrote:

I can’t believe it! I was about to write in about the roundabouts driving me crazy, when I came across your traffic blog where you posted, "Here is how they work, according to Metro Police: You need to get over to the right to make a right. You also need to yield to anyone that is in the right lane before you change. Or, you should simply go around again until it is safe to change lanes."

I’d like to know why your source at Metro Police states the rules exactly opposite of the Nevada DMV driver’s handbook, which states on page 34, "Drivers in the right lane must yield to a vehicle in the left lane that is exiting."

t’s no wonder there is so much confusion about these things.

So…which is it? I want to know who should be going back to traffic school…the DMV or Metro Police…It is driving me crazy!

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So, I talked with Metro Police Department again.  And guess what they learned, the DMV handbook was wrong. 

Here’s what Metro had to say:

I spoke with the representative over at DMV who actually wrote that section into the handbook. He was getting his information from other states DMV websites and I believe he said Switzerland as well.

To make a long story short, he is going to revise his manual and appologized for the confusion. He said he couldn’t find any local information on roundabouts and therefore had to use other handbook information.

As I mentioned on our last viewer response, the only time a driver can deviate from the "normal" traffic rules, IE. make a right turn from the outermost lane and as close to the curb as practical, is when there is additional signage to indicate so. A multilane roundabout, by design, is set up so the right lane can turn right or go straight and the inside, left lane can go straight or continue to the next intersection and turn right. However, there is not a Nevada law which illustrates this that I, or anyone else for that matter, is aware or. Therefore, we use the Right turn-position and method statute in the absence of an additional sign or roadway marking to dictate otherwise.

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Isn’t that interesting! Thanks Metro Police for clearing this up!

Posted by Dayna Roselli

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