"Drivers going northbound on SR 203 traffic may need to yield twice – once when entering the roundabout and again if traffic is passing between the two islands. If you think about it, that’s just following the same rules a second time." [my emphasis.]
Firstly, of course, if you are new to it and have not heard about it in advance, you won't have much time to think about it. Secondly, if your mental model of a roundabout is "yield to enter, then you have right of way", this will seem counter-intuitive. I hope they put up a yield sign and corresponding road markings at that point, but the latter are not there in the accompanying aerial photo.
I am also curious as to how navigation systems will tell drivers how to negotiate this roundabout. They have trouble with a somewhat similar roundabout in Kingston NY, at the intersection of Albany ave., Broadway and Colonel Chandler drive.
Update: The accompanying video shows there will be yield lines at the point I am concerned about, but it is also ambiguous about how the rules of the road apply there: "The circulating roadway goes around and between both central islands... Those drivers already in the circulating roadway have the right-of-way."
"Drivers going northbound on SR 203 traffic may need to yield twice – once when entering the roundabout and again if traffic is passing between the two islands. If you think about it, that’s just following the same rules a second time." [my emphasis.]
Firstly, of course, if you are new to it and have not heard about it in advance, you won't have much time to think about it. Secondly, if your mental model of a roundabout is "yield to enter, then you have right of way", this will seem counter-intuitive. I hope they put up a yield sign and corresponding road markings at that point, but the latter are not there in the accompanying aerial photo.
I am also curious as to how navigation systems will tell drivers how to negotiate this roundabout. They have trouble with a somewhat similar roundabout in Kingston NY, at the intersection of Albany ave., Broadway and Colonel Chandler drive.
Update: The accompanying video shows there will be yield lines at the point I am concerned about, but it is also ambiguous about how the rules of the road apply there: "The circulating roadway goes around and between both central islands... Those drivers already in the circulating roadway have the right-of-way."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07_m7HHiZRw