Driving paths in non-classic roundabouts

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1. If i’m going left on a 4 way rotonde, and there is 2 lanes on the rotonde, i always fear of taking the 3rd exit and cutting off someone on the outside lane. I just assume it’s the “wet van de sterkste” and hope they see my blinker.
   or go for another lap if i’m not sure

2. Is this GHent?

3. 1. Just standard roundabout so keep outside if you want to. If seclnd turn is yours you could go to inner lane

   2. One if the easiest roundabouts in my opinio. Try inner road as much as possible and outer road if inner road does not lead to your destination

   3. Same as first example, only with more on and of ramps so i would say 3rd and 4th exit the inner one and 1st and 2nd exit the outer lane

4. Because of the bad design of our dual lane roundabouts, and the laws surrounding them being unfit, I think the outer lane always has right of way.

   In picture 1, blue is correct if he moves over to the outer lane before exiting the roundabout. Yellow is also correct.

   In picture 2 Yellow isn’t necessarily wrong. It seems he can still cross the outer lane and get to the inner lane without crossing any solid lines. There’s also no traffic sign indicating a mandatory immediate roundabout exit… The goal is obviously for someone on that lane to exit directly, but I see no legal requirement, so an example of bad design imo.

   In picture 3, yellow is definitely correct. But the red path can exit if he can move safely onto the yellow path. I’m not sure if the rule to always drive on the right most available lane applies on multi-lane roundabouts. It might be that red is incorrect due to his constantly driving on the left lane, provided he’s on there alone.

   Are you under the assumption that the inner lane is exclusively and mandatory for making a U-turn? AFAIK the same rules for a double lane road, apply to a double lane roundabout.

5. Easy, everything is allowed.

6. Roundabout rules: (1) whoever’s in the roundabout has right of way, (2) indicate when you want to leave. That’s it.

   But then, rule 2 appears to be too complex for most Belgian drivers and is largely ignored – and a sizeable portion of drivers seem to think rule 1 does not actually apply to bicyclists. And, yes, that’s both, SUV drivers and bicyclists 🙁

   You’re on your own, mate. Expect the worst, then maybe sometimes you will be positively surprised.

7. I wish they’d simply turn all those double roundabouts into turbo ones and get it over with. They could start by drawing clear lines that do not allow you to switch lanes on the roundabout. Then later they can do something fancier with the infrastructure itself.

   E.g. https://i.imgur.com/9ziQqX8.jpeg

   Notice how there is no conflict between the blue lines nor between the red lines. Both are situations that are extremely common and currently result in uncertainty and possible conflicts. If the dark red line wanted to take the second exit, he’d have to yield to the light red line before entering the roundabout. The conflicts are resolved at the entrance, not at the exit. It’s just perfect.