WARSAW — Since roundabouts have been recently established in the Warsaw area, motorists often ask area law enforcement the proper way to navigate through them.

To help educate the motoring public and lessen anxiety when navigating through one, the Warsaw Police Department, along with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, offer the following:

 Proper Way to Drive through a Roundabout

• Slow down and stay in your lane
• Yield to vehicles already in the roundabout
• Obey one-way signs at all times
• When traffic is clear, merge to the right and continue to stay in your lane
• Continue through the roundabout until you reach your exit point
• Avoid stopping in a roundabout
• Yield to pedestrians and bicycles when there is a crosswalk
• When exiting, signal and exit to the right
• Left turns are completed by circling around the center island and then making a right turn to exit.

Indiana law requires motorists to yield the right-of-way to semi-trucks while driving inside a roundabout.

Roundabouts are designed to reduce potential crash points within an intersection and improve the flow of traffic. They also reduce crashes involving injuries and fatalities, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation.