Roundabouts — Minnesota Permit Test

Roundabouts on the Minnesota permit test — 7 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Yield to vehicles already in a roundabout and do not enter until traffic from the left has cleared.

Traffic inside has nowhere to go if you pull in. Everything in a roundabout comes from your left.

Yield to vehicles already in the roundabout. Do not enter until all traffic from the left has cleared.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30

Drive counterclockwise in a roundabout until you reach your exit.

Everyone travels the same way around, which is what removes the head-on and broadside crashes.

Drive counterclockwise until you reach your exit.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30

Do not stop, pass or change lanes within a roundabout.

A roundabout only works while everybody keeps moving in the lane they chose on the way in.

Do not stop, pass or change lanes within the roundabout.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30

Choose the correct lane before entering a roundabout with more than one lane.

Once you are inside, changing lanes is not allowed, so the choice has to be made on the approach.

For multi-lane roundabouts, choose the correct lane before entering.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30

If an emergency vehicle approaches while you are in a roundabout, exit first and then pull over.

Stopping inside blocks the one path everybody else needs, including the ambulance.

If an emergency vehicle approaches, exit the roundabout immediately and then pull over.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30

Roundabouts are designed to improve traffic flow and are safer than a normal four-way stop.

Everyone is going the same way at low speed, so the crashes that do happen are glancing ones.

Roundabouts are designed to improve traffic flow and provide safer intersections than normal four-way stops.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30

A vehicle longer than 40 feet or wider than 10 feet may use more than its lane in a roundabout.

A long trailer cannot follow the circle in one lane, so the law lets it take the room it needs.

A vehicle longer than 40 feet or wider than 10 feet, or any combination vehicle, may deviate from the lane as needed to drive through the roundabout, while being cautious of other traffic.

Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30

On the test

Who has the right-of-way at a Minnesota roundabout?

Vehicles already in the roundabout. Traffic inside has nowhere to go if you pull in. Everything in a roundabout comes from your left. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.30: “Yield to vehicles already in the roundabout. Do not enter until all traffic from the left has cleared.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.