Round and Round

OK, so I don't have a lot of experience with roundabouts. I think they're common in Europe, and they are absolutely unavoidable here in Bahrain. The only roundabouts I've encountered driving in Seattle are the teeny tiny ones that force you to slow down in residential areas-- which in the world of roundabouts, don't even make a blip on the radar.

The biggest roundabout I've ever seen was recently in Paris, around the Arc de Triomphe. I think it's called Charles de Gaulle Place, or something like that. It seemed to me like 6 lanes (maybe more or maybe less) of speeding traffic going round and round. Everyone there had these tiny little cars and as a mere witness, looked much like a cartoon of scale to me, with the big arc looming in the background.

Over here, roundabouts are a total free-for-all. Take no prisoners, grab your opening and floor the accelerator. So I'm new to roundabouts, but I think I'm clever enough to figure it out.

Here are my observations:
1. Logic dicates that the outside lane is for people exiting the roundabout. Why do people try to exit from the inside, thereby needing to cut across traffic? Forcing the outside lanes to slam on the brakes, therefore slowing down traffic flow.
2. If you are circling 270 degrees to the left, you ought to stay on the inside lane at least 180 degrees and make your way to the outside as you near your exit, thereby allowing merging traffic to join the roundabout smoothly.
3. 50% of the people are very timid. They come to a complete stop when approaching a roundabout... when there are no other cars in the roundabout. Why, oh why, would you need a complete stop? It then creates a line of cars waiting to enter the roundabout.
4. The other 50% of the people are crazy aggressive, screeching around the curves at top speed and cutting in front of you.

Could we just get some normal drivers to obey the rules and maintain the dignity of the roundabout? Isn't the point of a roundabout to control traffic, without traffic signals? To maintain the flow, not create chaos?