You are inside a multi-lane roundabout and your exit is coming up. What does the manual say about changing lanes?
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A.
Do not change lanes inside the roundabout Correct
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B.
Change lanes just before the exit
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C.
Change lanes only when your signal is on
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D.
Change lanes if the driver next to you yields
The answer is "Do not change lanes inside the roundabout"
Once you are in a multi-lane roundabout, you stay in the lane you chose at the entry; the manual rules the move out regardless of signal, timing, or courtesy from another driver. Drivers who apply the everyday 'signal, then change' habit from ordinary streets reach for C, where a signal feels like it should be enough.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Change lanes just before the exit
The prohibition covers the whole time you are in the roundabout, including the moments before an exit. Carries the freeway habit of moving over one lane just before an off-ramp into a setting where it is banned.
C. Change lanes only when your signal is on
This answer mistakes signaling for permission to change lanes. A signal communicates your intent, but it does not override the prohibition on changing lanes inside a multi-lane roundabout. Mistakes the everyday 'signal, then change' habit from ordinary streets for authority the manual does not grant inside a roundabout.
D. Change lanes if the driver next to you yields
Courtesy from another driver does not open the door; the manual rules the move out regardless of who yields. Reads the yielding courtesy some drivers extend on regular streets as permission the manual does not grant.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Markings in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Multi-Lane Roundabout," p.59..
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