Before entering a roundabout, you must slow down and yield to:
- Vehicles in the roundabout.
- Bicyclists in the roundabout.
- Pedestrians in the roundabout.
- All of the above. ✓
Answer: D. All of the above.
Slow down before the roundabout and yield to all of the above: vehicles in the roundabout, bicyclists in the roundabout, and pedestrians in the roundabout.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says a driver entering a roundabout must yield to traffic already circulating. It also says drivers must yield to pedestrians in the crosswalks before entering or exiting. Bicyclists are allowed to take the lane in a roundabout, so they can be part of the traffic already there. Together, those points mean slowing and yielding applies to vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians, not just one group. The sign passage also says to prepare to slow down and possibly yield to traffic in the roundabout.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Vehicles in the roundabout. — Vehicles are only one part of what you must yield to; the same rule also covers pedestrians in the crosswalks and bicyclists who take the lane.
- B. Bicyclists in the roundabout. — Bicyclists can be in the roundabout, but yielding only to them leaves out the traffic already circulating and the pedestrians in crosswalks.
- C. Pedestrians in the roundabout. — Pedestrians in crosswalks must be yielded to, but that alone ignores the vehicles and bicyclists already in the roundabout.
Remember it
Slow before the circle, then yield to anyone already in it or crossing.