Fully occupied roundabout, right of way?

[F1GTRUeno]

Always wondered about this because it happens almost daily with the amount of roundabouts on my way home from work.

For example there's a three exit roundabout just before home, and everytime it's fully occupied I just carry on as the other two cars seemed to have stopped in confusion about what to do. In fact, noone ever seems to know what to do when this happens.

Is there an actual right of way in this situation (seen as everyone would have to let the person on the right go resulting in a stalemate) or is it just a free for all?

I usually just go and let them deal with it afterwards, never had any trouble but I'm assuming that's probably the wrong way to do things.

[saaby93]

The rule is give way to traffic on the roundabout not traffic sitting there waiting to join it

[Papa Hotel]

Everyone has right of way, you mean priority.

Anyway, pedantry aside, I usually tend to be the one to break the deadlock, I don't think there's any set rule on who can be the one to move, just Papa Hotel's rule of You Snooze, You Lose.

[vrsmxtb]

Are you talking a mini roundabout with 3 or more cars waiting? I will usually give it a second or so to give the driver on my right the opportunity to make a move, if they seem hesitant, I would check the driver to my left and if they don't seem to be assertive probably just go across. I find most of the time someone gestures their intentions.

[saaby93]

Papa Hotel said:

Everyone has right of way, you mean priority.

Anyway, pedantry aside, I usually tend to be the one to break the deadlock, I don't think there's any set rule on who can be the one to move, just Papa Hotel's rule of You Snooze, You Lose.

Pedantry has its place
You give priority to traffic to your right. That's not the same as giving way to them, especially if theyre just sat there.
The pedant who wrote the rules knew when to say priority and when to say give way