Roundabouts — New Hampshire Permit Test

Before entering a roundabout a driver should pay close attention to the signs indicating exits and lane uses, along with the pavement markings.

The lane you enter in decides which exit you can take, and it is far too late to work that out inside the circle.

Prior to entering the roundabout, pay close attention to the signs indicating exits and lane uses, along with pavement markings.

A driver must yield to the traffic in both lanes in the roundabout and enter when there is an appropriate gap.

Cars already going round have nowhere to go. A roundabout works only if the cars joining it wait.

Yield to the traffic in both lanes in the roundabout. When there is an appropriate gap in traffic, enter the roundabout.

A driver should maintain lane position until exiting a roundabout and avoid lane changes while inside it.

Everyone inside is turning, so a lane change happens where the other driver is already committed to a curve.

Maintain lane position until exiting. Avoid lane changes while inside the roundabout.

A driver should not drive beside, overtake or pass any vehicle in a roundabout, because large trucks and trailers may need to straddle both lanes.

A long vehicle cannot stay inside one lane round a tight circle, so the space beside it is not really there.

Do not drive beside or attempt to overtake or pass any vehicles. Large trucks and trailers within the roundabout may need to straddle both lanes.

A driver should never stop inside a roundabout for an emergency vehicle, and should instead move through, exit, and pull over to the right.

Stopping inside blocks the whole circle for everybody, including the emergency vehicle trying to get through it.

Never stop while inside the roundabout. Instead, move through and exit the roundabout, pull over to the right and allow emergency vehicles to pass.

A driver stopped outside a roundabout for an emergency vehicle should allow other vehicles to clear the intersection so the emergency vehicle can move through.

The circle has to empty from the inside out, so the cars already in it go first and the ones waiting hold back.

Allow other vehicles to clear the intersection so the emergency vehicles can move through the roundabout.

What should a driver read before entering a multi-lane roundabout?

The signs indicating exits and lane uses, and the pavement markings. The lane you enter in decides which exit you can take, and it is far too late to work that out inside the circle. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.27: “Prior to entering the roundabout, pay close attention to the signs indicating exits and lane uses, along with pavement markings.”