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Driving vehicles in a roundabout
- Slow down.
- Watch for and obey traffic signs and pavement markings.
- Move into the correct lane as you approach the roundabout.
- Yield to pedestrians and bicyclists as you enter and exit the roundabout.
- Yield to all lanes of traffic on your left before entering.
- Keep your speed low and stay in your lane within the roundabout (do not change lanes within the roundabout).
- Exit carefully to your destination. Use your right-turn signal, to indicate your intention to exit.
Watch for large vehicles
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All motorists, including trucks and other large vehicles, approaching a roundabout must yield to any traffic already within a roundabout.
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2015 Wisconsin Act 139 requires drivers of smaller vehicles (such as sedans, pickup trucks, or motorcycles) approaching a roundabout, alongside or adjacent to a larger vehicle (such as tractor-trailer, bus, fire truck, or farm equipment), to provide space by yielding or slowing down, allowing the larger vehicles first entrance and space through the roundabout.
- The law was passed in the interest of safety, as commercial trucks can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, and most larger vehicles have an expanded turning radius.
Riding bicycles in a roundabout
- If you are riding on the shoulder or bike lane, merge into the traffic lane before the shoulder ends.
- Signal your intent to move into traffic.
- Once inside the roundabout, ride close to the middle of the lane to prevent vehicles from passing and cutting you off.
- Watch for vehicles waiting to enter the roundabout, as they may not see you.
- If sidewalk or a path is adjacent to the roundabout, and you do not want to ride your bike in the roundabout, use the sidewalk or path and proceed as a pedestrian.
Brochures - Using roundabouts and safety information
Videos
- "WisDOT roundabout television commercial: Take it Slow"
(00:30)