Roundabouts — Kentucky Permit Test

A Kentucky roundabout or traffic circle is a circular intersection where vehicles travel counterclockwise around a raised center island, with entering traffic yielding to circulating traffic.

Everything about a roundabout follows from that one rule: the traffic already going around does not stop.

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

A Kentucky driver enters a roundabout or traffic circle in a counterclockwise direction.

Going the other way puts the car head-on into everything already in the circle.

Enter a roundabout or traffic circle in a counterclockwise direction.

A Kentucky driver slows down to enter a roundabout or traffic circle.

Arriving fast leaves no time to find a gap, and the yield has to happen at the line.

Slow down to enter the roundabout or traffic circle.

Inside a Kentucky roundabout a driver proceeds to the appropriate exit, signals intent and exits.

The signal on the way out tells the driver waiting at the next entry that the gap is real.

Proceed to the appropriate exit, signal intent, and exit.

Who yields at a Kentucky roundabout?

Entering traffic yields to circulating traffic. Everything about a roundabout follows from that one rule: the traffic already going around does not stop. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.44: “Vehicles travel counterclockwise around a raised center island, with entering traffic yielding the right of way to circulating traffic.”