Originally Posted by
subgrade
I believe there is a difference between traffic circles and roundabouts: the latter always means priority for those using the circular carriageway and all incoming traffic must yield; while a traffic circle can have the flow organized in various ways.
Anyhow, I guess both are good for the purposes of this thread.
It's also called a rotary in some places.
I don't think I've ever seen a traffic circle where the vehicles in the circle were expected to yield to the incoming vehicles, seems like it completely defeats the purpose of having the circle. Are there examples of the "various ways"?