Roundabouts — Vermont Permit Test

A roundabout is an intersection where traffic enters and leaves only through right turns and moves in a counter clockwise direction.

Everything about a roundabout follows from that: there are no left turns across traffic to be hit in.

A roundabout is an intersection control feature where traffic enters and exits only through right turns and proceeds in a counter clockwise direction.

Drivers must yield the right of way to traffic already in the roundabout, and enter only when there is a safe gap.

The circle keeps moving because nobody in it has to stop, and that only works if entering drivers wait.

Drivers must yield the right of way to traffic in the roundabout. Enter the roundabout only when there is a safe gap in traffic.

Like all intersections, a roundabout requires you to yield to pedestrians and bicyclists when entering or exiting.

The crossings sit on the approach and the exit, which are the two places a driver is watching the circle instead.

Like all intersections, you must also yield to pedestrians and bicyclists when entering or exiting a roundabout.

Always use your signal to show that you intend to exit a roundabout.

A driver waiting to enter is reading your signal to decide whether the gap in front of them is real.

Always use your signal to show your intention to exit the roundabout.

Drivers may not change lanes once they are in a roundabout, and they must use proper mirror and blind spot checks before exiting from the inside lane.

Lanes in a roundabout are already pointed where they are going, so changing one cuts straight across somebody.

Drivers may not change lanes once in the roundabout.

Entering a two-lane roundabout with no signs or arrows, the right lane may turn right or go through and the left lane may turn left or go through.

Choosing the lane before you enter is the whole job, because you cannot change it once you are in.

When entering a two-lane roundabout with no signs or arrows the right lane is permitted to make right turning or through movements while the left lane is permitted to make left turns or through movements.

If an emergency vehicle comes while you are at a roundabout, pull over and let it pass if you have not entered yet. If you are already in the roundabout, pull over once you have safely exited.

Stopping inside the circle blocks every entrance at once, including the one the emergency vehicle needs.

If you are already in the roundabout pull over when you have safely exited the roundabout.

Which way does traffic move around a Vermont roundabout?

Counter clockwise, entering and leaving by right turns. Everything about a roundabout follows from that: there are no left turns across traffic to be hit in. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.29: “A roundabout is an intersection control feature where traffic enters and exits only through right turns and proceeds in a counter clockwise direction.”