How to drive on roundabouts - UK Driving Tips

Driving on roundabouts in the UK can be daunting for many drivers across the country. However with a few tips it can definitely be made a lot easier and less stressful for every day to day driving! You could even find that they're better than regular junctions when you get used to them.

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[morrisonsplasticbag]

Every time I approach a roundabout my brain stops working

[magunrak]

The problem with roundabouts is other drivers.

[kaihollingsworth]

The worst thing. Stalling at a roundabout!

[jakedowling]

The tip about the tyres pointing is super helpful

[xCiaraLouisexx]

I’ve had 5 driving instructors and none of them have ever taught me the wheel direction tip! I will definitely give that one a go ☺️

[randomvideos]

I passed my test yesterday after failing 7 times.It was so frustrating and sometimes I underestimate myself and thought like I was not born to drive.#don’tgiveup

[matthewoakley]

I think he's driving in Milton Keynes, the home of roundabouts 😂

[bryant]

It's very satisfying to watch him drive so fast and following all the rules.

[wechwech]

It’s the big ones with road markings and traffic lights that confuse me & having to change lanes sometimes 😖 for example the fifth exit, I know to be on the far right of the roundabout but then knowing when to gradually get into the left to exit that’s what makes me panicky!

[allybeechris]

Some good points here BUT I can’t believe that in a 6-minute video about using roundabouts you never once mentioned the use of indicators! This is absolutely key to letting everyone else know what you are doing. I have a theory that most driving instructors teach people to use indicators just to get through the test - then they don’t matter any more! It’s particularly difficult when driving large vehicles to have to keep guessing what exits folk are liable to take. There is a crystal-clear correct formula for how to use indicators on roundabouts - people just need to learn it and do it!! Oh and don’t let the steering wheel spin freely through your hands or knock your car into neutral before arriving at the roundabout (as on your video)!!

[magsgreenslade]

I'm 53 and I passed my test 30 years ago but haven't driven since. I'm now taking lessons again (obviously I don't have to take my test again), and I have just come home from my 7th lesson. Tonight we did more roundabouts - I find them tricky - but my instructor took me on a dual carriageway and just let me drive. It was exhilarating and terrifying in equal measure, but I feel so proud of myself. Driving may come naturally to some people, but I don't think I will ever be one of them. It's getting better and I will persevere because if I don't do it now I'll never do it, but I don't think I will ever be a 'natural' driver.

[Paynos]

By the way everyone I'll be upping my video output over the next few weeks! Let me know what you'd like to see covered :)

[ImTash]

thanks man the tip of which way the wheels are pointing is super helpful! i sometimes take too long joining the roundabout because i'm not sure if someone is going to come whizzing all the way around or not

[StarfishOfPortobello]

great video! the only bad thing is that I got dizzy half way through 😂

[JACKETMANE]

A word of advice from my grand parents (who are both driving instructors) for getting on the roundabout is "If their bonnets arnt aimed at you, you're ok"

[AmeRain]

I passed my test almost 2 years ago, didn't drive all summer and briefly forgot how to go round a roundabout 😂

[DAN.eight]

Never heard the tip about wheel angle before, i'll be sure to keep that in mind next time im approaching a roundabout, i hate roundabouts.

[erincummins]

I'm from New Zealand and we also drive on the left here and I've noticed that with your roundabouts if they're big you have traffic lights controlling the traffic whereas over here we just have give way signs; most likely because we don't have as many people as you guys do in the UK

[taranbasi]

That’s way too fast for a roundabout, my instructor would never let me go that fast even when I’m about to take my driving test.

[tonyarmstrong]

On a damp roundabout, pulling the handbrake on to put the car sideways, then using the throttle and left foot braking, to keep the car sideways all the way around, is enormous fun!