Roundabouts — Kansas Permit Test

In a Kansas roundabout or traffic circle vehicles travel counterclockwise around a raised center island, with entering traffic yielding the right-of-way to circulating traffic.

Traffic already going round does not stop for you. Waiting for a gap is the whole of the rule.

Vehicles travel counterclockwise around a raised center island, with entering traffic yielding the right-of-way to circulating traffic.

When entering a Kansas roundabout or traffic circle a driver must negotiate a sharp curve and should slow their speed to about 15 to 20 mph.

The entry is a tight bend. Arriving at road speed is how cars mount the island.

When entering the roundabout or traffic circle you must negotiate a sharp curve. Slow your speed to about 15 to 20 mph.

If a Kansas roundabout has more than one lane going the same direction, a driver should know where they want to go and be in the proper lane before entering, and must not change lanes or pass any vehicles inside.

Changing lanes inside a circle crosses someone about to exit. The lane has to be chosen before you enter.

make sure you know where you want to go and are in the proper lane before entering and do not change lanes or pass any vehicles.

At a Kansas roundabout a driver yields to any traffic in the circle, and if another vehicle arrives at the same time yields to the vehicle on their right, also yielding to pedestrians and bicyclists.

People walk and ride through these too. They are the hardest to see round the curve.

Also, yield to pedestrians and bicyclists in the traffic circle or roundabout.

A Kansas driver enters a traffic circle to the right but steers to the left, in a counterclockwise direction.

You join going right and then curve left around the island. Getting that backwards means entering against the flow.

Enter a traffic circle to the right, but steer to the left (in a counterclockwise direction).

A Kansas driver intending to turn right at a roundabout signals right while approaching and until they have exited.

The signal tells waiting drivers you are leaving at their entry. It lets them go sooner.

If you intend to turn right, signal “right” while approaching and until you have exited the traffic circle or roundabout.

A Kansas driver going straight through a roundabout needs no signal while approaching, but signals right before the exit they want to take.

Nobody can tell where you are leaving until you say so. The right signal before the exit is how you say it.

If you are going straight through, no signal is needed while approaching. However, signal “right” before the exit you want to take.

A Kansas driver intending to turn left at a roundabout signals right to take the exit once they have traveled three quarters of the way around.

Every exit is a right turn out of the circle, whichever way you are really going.

If you intend to turn left, once you have traveled three quarters of the way around the traffic circle or roundabout, signal “right” to take the exit.

A Kansas driver should not drive alongside large vehicles such as trucks and buses in a traffic circle or roundabout.

A truck needs both lanes to get round. Being beside one leaves you nowhere when it swings.

Do not drive alongside large vehicles, such as trucks and buses in a traffic circle or roundabout.

Who yields at a Kansas roundabout?

Entering traffic yields to circulating traffic. Traffic already going round does not stop for you. Waiting for a gap is the whole of the rule. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.49: “Vehicles travel counterclockwise around a raised center island, with entering traffic yielding the right-of-way to circulating traffic.”