VIDEO: Do Roundabouts The Right Way

FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) - They strike fear in the hearts of some northern Oakland County residents and they're the source of many accidents. So exactly how do you correctly drive through a roundabout?

WWJ Newsradio 950's Sandra McNeil joined Lee's Driving School's Ann Alpern at the roundabout at 14 Mile Road and Farmington where Alpern said drivers were making a lot of mistakes.

"They're just going right through. This man is slowing down; this man didn't slow down at all -- he made a lane change in the middle of the intersection. This man is going about 40 miles-per-hour, instead of 20," said Alpern. "Look what he did ... he went out of his lane the whole time. It's just amazing!"

One time said Alpern, one driver simply stopped. "He was an older man and I got out of the car and I put my hazard lights on, and I said, 'Sir, what's wrong?' And he said, 'I don't know what to do!'"

Alpern believes the drifting over and cutting off of other drivers is what's causing the most crashes.

Driving student 15-year-old Gabby Lowenthal said it can be quite scary. "I seem to get off or people try to make a lane and just stop in the middle. Really, it's not fun," she said.

Alpern said, when you go through a roundabout, remember theses simple rules: Pick your lane and stick to until you leave the circle. Before you enter, yield to the traffic already in the circle, and stick to the 20 mph speed limit.