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President’s Message continued

• How should drivers yield to emergency Here are diagrams of our two roundabouts in Coral Ridge CC Estates:
vehicles? If you have not entered the
roundabout, pull over to the right and
allow the emergency vehicle to pass. If
you have already entered the roundabout,
continue to the closest exit and pull over
once you are beyond the splitter island
to allow the emergency vehicle to pass.
Never stop in a roundabout.
• Should I stop inside the roundabout to let
someone in? No. You may slow down so
the safe gap becomes more obvious to the
driver wanting to enter the roundabout;
however, you should not stop after
crossing the yield line and are actually in
the roundabout circle.
• How are pedestrians accommodated?
Pedestrians use marked crosswalks.
Most roundabouts have splitter islands
that separate the approach and exit Bayview Drive and NE 37th Drive Roundabout
lanes. This splitter island is used as a
pedestrian refuge for crosswalks requiring
pedestrians to only cross a single direction
of traffic at a time.
• What about visually impaired
pedestrians? Roundabouts may have
an advantage to the visually impaired
because they only have to address a
single direction at one time and they
can more easily distinguish between
the vehicle noises. Also, slower
vehicle speeds are generally safer for
pedestrians.
• How are bicyclists accommodated?
Bicyclists should be encouraged to
both share the travel way with vehicles
in a roundabout, or dismount and use
the sidewalk and crosswalk system to
navigate through the roundabout. Bayview Drive and NE 47th Street Roundabout

• How will large trucks be accommodated? Roundabouts are Community Entryways. In December, several Board members
designed to accommodate all the turning movements of a met with Martin Zidtowecki of the City Parks and Recreation
tractor trailer rig. To accommodate the sweep of the trailer Department. Martin is in charge of entryways and medians
wheels as it makes its way through the roundabout, a truck throughout the City and is a wealth of information. We
apron is constructed around the inside of the circulating discussed concepts for landscaping and lighting our five entry
roadway. The apron is constructed of a different material monuments to create a more cohesive identity when entering
or colored differently than the circulating roadway, to the community. Martin also provided some alternatives for
distinguish it and to make it clear that the truck apron is not signature landscaping in the center of the roundabouts.
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