Roundabouts — Georgia Permit Test

Roundabouts on the Georgia permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Entering a roundabout you yield to the traffic already going around it, you enter to the right, and you keep circling until you reach the road you want.

Traffic in the circle has nowhere to go if you pull out in front of it, because the curb is on its other side.

You must yield to other traffic that is already in the roundabout. You will always enter a roundabout to the right, and continue circling until you have reached the roadway onto which you want to turn.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.103

Traffic inside a Georgia roundabout circulates counterclockwise, so you wait for a gap and merge into that flow rather than crossing it.

Watching for traffic from the wrong side is how a driver pulls out into a car they never saw.

Enter: When entering the roundabout, yield to all circulating vehicles. Wait for a gap and then merge into traffic in the roundabout. Traffic in a roundabout always circulates counterclockwise.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.103

At a roundabout with more than one lane, you follow the lane use signs and the arrows painted on the road and get into the correct lane before you enter.

Once you are in the circle the lane you chose is the lane you have, because changing lanes in there is banned.

Follow the lane use signs & pavement marking arrows. Get into the correct lane before entering the roundabout.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.104

Inside a roundabout with more than one lane you carry on around to the road you want without changing lanes.

A lane change in a circle puts your door where another driver is already looking for their exit.

Continue circling through the roundabout until you reach the roadway onto which you want to turn. Do not change lanes in the roundabout.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.104

On the test

Who has the right of way as you reach a roundabout?

The traffic already in the circle. Traffic in the circle has nowhere to go if you pull out in front of it, because the curb is on its other side. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.103: “You must yield to other traffic that is already in the roundabout. You will always enter a roundabout to the right, and continue circling until you have reached the roadway onto which you want to turn.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Georgia Driver's Manual, published by the Georgia Department of Driver Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-18.