The roundabout is located on the southwest side of the City of Jackson in front of the Middle School at Parkside. It was designed as a traffic calming measure to slow traffic going through the intersection of West Avenue and Fourth Street in the area of the Middle School, Ella Sharp Park and the Mehall Memorial Soccer Field. The roundabout is a traffic control method which allows traffic from separate streets to merge and proceed to destinations without the need for stop signs or traffic signals. Roundabouts utilize yield signs for control. The entering traffic yields to circulating traffic within the roundabout.
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Because roundabouts are relatively new in the U.S., many drivers are confused about the correct way to drive through them. All vehicles entering the roundabout must yield to the traffic in the roundabout. All traffic flows to the right. Follow the circle until you reach the street of your choice. If that street is not the first "leg", use the left lane until you are approaching your street. Then merge to the right lane to proceed and that street. Some examples are shown below.
Video One
- Two cars traveling south on Fourth Street. First car stays
in the right lane and exits immediately to West Avenue. Second car in
the left lane goes to center of roundabout, moving to the right lane as
he approaches his exit onto S. Fourth Street.
Video
Two - Car traveling east on West Avenue enters roundabout
in the left lane and moves to center of roundabout. After passing Fourth
Street, he moves to the right lane to exit onto N. Fourth Street. Second
car coming from S. Fourth Street yields right-of-way to the car already
in the roundabout.
Video
Three - Two cars entering roundabout from S. Fourth
Street. The car in the right lane will take the first exit onto N.
Fourth. Car in left lane will travel in that lane until approaching exit
onto West Avenue.
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