Homer Watson and Ottawa Three Lane Roundabouts

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And actually... if you're coming up Franklin, people in the outside lane from Pinebush heading East are perfectly allowed to use it to go straight through.

It is up to the person entering to determine if it is safe to do so.

The one I hate is when I'm going North on Franklin, right lane, queued to enter to go straight through and I never know if the person in the centre lane is going to exit or wrap around North on Franklin too, but in the left lane - because nobody uses their signal!

If they signal left, as in they're wrapping around, I can enter and parallel them. But if they're exiting they end up cutting across (allowed). It's just annoying because that lack of signalling hurts the overall efficiency of the system.

I'm confused by your scenario...

Assuming the person in the centre lane and you both enter at the same time:

1) They go straight (2nd exit) or left (3rd exit) and you exit at e/b Pinebush (1st exit)
     - They don't affect you.
2) They go straight (2nd exit) or left (3rd exit) and you exit at n/b Franklin (2nd exit)
     - They don't affect you.
3) They go straight (2nd exit) or left (3rd exit) and you exit at w/b Pinebush (3rd exit)
     - You are in the wrong, so you would never do this. 

End of story, the lanes to your left don't affect you if you are in the proper lane.  Idiot's to your right however....  (Had an outside lane driver almost sideswipe me as they were following (3) as above)

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