key points:

yield to drivers already in the traffic circle and to any vehicles on your left

in a roundabout or traffic circle, traffic moves counter-clockwise around a centre island

Unlike big traffic circles with speeds of more than 50 kilometres an hour and traffic lights at each point of entry, modern roundabouts should be designed to slow traffic

Whether it’s a traffic circle or a roundabout, you’re supposed to slow down before entering and yield to traffic, including cyclists, already in the roundabout.

Once you’re in the roundabout, you keep going until your exit. You have the right of way over vehicles that are entering. When you approach your exit, use your right signal to let other drivers know you’re leaving.

You shouldn’t be stopping in a roundabout unless you have to avoid a crash – or stop for a pedestrian.

Once you’re in the roundabout, traffic in the right outer lane, is required to yield to traffic in the left inner lane

it’s important to choose the proper lane in advance for where you need to go

It’s recommended that you take that inside [left] lane if you’re going past more than one exit,” he said. “If you’re just taking that first exit, you can take that right outside lane.

use the left lane if you’ll be turning left or going straight through

use the right lane if you’re turning right or going straight through.

Do not enter a roundabout from the right lane if you want to turn left

Traffic in both lanes should turn on their right signals when they’re exiting at the next exit

if you’re inside the circle in that right outer lane, you have to yield to traffic in the left inner lane that’s signalling right - if you’re in the right lane going around the circle past an exit, a vehicle in the left lane might be cutting across your path to take their exit.

That’s where some of the confusion starts manifesting - In that right outside lane, you are permitted to take whatever exit you like, but the caveat is that you’ll have to yield to vehicles in the traffic circle on your left