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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
I agree that no signal more or less means you are going straight. That's not the law though.
http://www.facilities.ualberta.ca/en...ficCircles.pdf
Drivers who intend to exit on the second intersecting roadway:
• approach the traffic circle in the red or blue lane
• signal left
• yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk and vehicles in the
traffic circle
• when safe to proceed, enter into the appropriate lane
• continue to signal left in the traffic circle
• signal right on exit
• do not change lanes while moving through the traffic circle
or on exit
If you are in the RH lane and for some reason need to move into the inner lane, you entered the circle incorrectly. |
What you've quoted is not a law, that's a document from the University of Alberta, not a very formal one either. This is why traffic circles are so chaotic in Alberta, there are so many different guidelines that the public reads which conflict.
The Traffic Safety Act only says this in relation to a traffic circle:
"Section 40: Unless otherwise directed by a traffic control device, a person driving a vehicle that is travelling in a traffic circle shall yield the right of way to any other vehicle that in the circle and that is travelling to the left of that person's vehicle."
Haven't been to Edmonton in a while, but I'll restate that in Calgary, no one continues to signal left. If you aren't signalling right, obviously you are continuing through the circle? Even this
http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/1993.htm doesn't mention anything about signalling left.
But then the video on this page shows signalling left in the circle.
http://www.mtcouncil.com/main/how-to...raffic-circle/
Needs to be a consensus, but until then, I think the majority of people will continue not doing it.
Sorry, getting this off-topic now. Probably should be in the WRGMG or ongoing calgary roads transgressions thread.