Who has the right -of-way in a roundabout?
- Traffic approaching the roundabout
- Traffic in the roundabout ✓
- Traffic turning left in the roundabout
- Traffic turning right in the roundabout
Answer: B. Traffic in the roundabout
Traffic already circulating in the roundabout has the right-of-way, so vehicles approaching must yield to it.
Why this is the answer
The handbook tells you to look left and check the vehicles already in the roundabout before you enter, because that circulating traffic holds the right-of-way. If there is no adequate gap in that flow, you adjust your speed or stop at the yield sign and wait. The same section repeats that once you are inside, you have the right-of-way over entering traffic. So the priority belongs to whoever is already circulating, not to whoever is waiting at the entry.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Traffic approaching the roundabout — Traffic approaching the roundabout is the traffic that has to yield, adjusting speed or stopping at the yield sign until a safe gap appears.
- C. Traffic turning left in the roundabout — Turning left inside the roundabout gives no extra priority, since every vehicle circulating already holds the right-of-way over entering traffic.
- D. Traffic turning right in the roundabout — Turning right gives no special claim either, and entering directly beside a vehicle that may be exiting at the next exit is specifically warned against.
Remember it
Think of it as a gap you borrow, not one you take: look left, wait for the gap, then join the flow.
Official handbook: Official MTO Driver's Handbook, Changing directions – Entering: