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119Giving way by the rider of a bicycle, an electric scooter or animal to a vehicle leaving a roundabout
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119 Giving way by the rider of a bicycle, an electric scooter or animal to a vehicle leaving a roundabout
The rider of a bicycle, an electric scooter or animal who is riding in the far left marked lane of a roundabout with 2 or more marked lanes, or the far left line of traffic in a roundabout with room for 2 or more lines of traffic (other than motor bikes, bicycles, electric scooters or animals), must give way to any vehicle leaving the roundabout.
Note 1 to rule 119 amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 45(3).
1 Bicycle, electric scooter and marked lane are defined in the dictionary, and vehicle is defined in rule 15.
2 For this rule, give way means the rider must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision—see the definition in the dictionary.