The Elusive Round-a-bout

The Elusive Roundabout

So the folks in Indiana (Specifically the Carmel City Council) decided to incorporate roundabouts to keep traffic moving along. The only problem with this idea? NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO MANEUVER AROUND SAFELY!

I drive through two of them everyday. I rarely ever see anyone do what they are supposed to do. Could we please have the 4 local news channels, the local paper and the Indiana.gov url post a memo/directions explaining WHO has the right-of-way? 

Here's my favorite: I was stuck behind an elderly lady driving down 126th street west bound from Noble-tucky to Carmel. She was driving 20mph the entire 5 mile run. We approach the first roundabout at 126th and Hazel Dell Pkwy, and she maintained her 20 mph without even slowing down, unaware that the oncoming traffic has the right of way. This poor bloke on a classic 70's Honda 750 came around, slammed on both of his brakes but still managed to smack the side of her car. Here's the best parts: 1. He was OK, 2. She kept going, unaware that a mid to larger size motorcycle had just rammed into the side of her late 90s Ford LTD. He got her plate, told me he was OK and to go on so we didn't hose up the roundabout.