Roundabouts: Don't trust the number!

It is fair to say that Roundabouts are one of the trickiest parts of driving to master. Unfortunately, no two roundabouts are the same - they can be large or small, and have any number of exits. So how do we ensure that we are driving correctly and not making dangerous faults? In this video, we will help you choose the correct position to use at a roundabout, so we can avoid having an accident or failing our driving test. Also, we will explain why we can’t trust the number of the exit to guide us on its own.

Video contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:56 The Highway Code
01:35 It’s not just about the number
02:15 Why the direction is important
03:17 Roundabouts with less exits
04:20 Roundabouts with more exits
05:25 Roundabouts with offset exits
06:12 Sat-Nav directions
07:03 Road Markings
07:58 Summary

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[blessingsule]

Discovered your channel after 3 attempts at the practical test. I utilised your videos, saw what I’ve been doing wrong and learned a lot.
Glad to say I passed this morning with 5 minors!💃🏽
Thank you for the many videos😊

[mandybezuidenhoudt-ueln]

👋 Good evening Sir and Madam, hope you are doing well, I just wanted to say a Big Thank you 🤝 for all the videos and info on driving lessons, I've got my driver's licence today at age 53 and passed it with first attempt, so proud of myself, God bless you 🙋

[ivanamassivedump]

I had the longbridge roundabout on my route. It's a nightmare. However, I took a wrong turn safely to avoid that route. 😊
Passed with 5 minors.

[LauraA]

I travel all over with my dogs going to competitions and training days, I always look out for signs and markings and never solely rely on my sat nav. Having only passed end of Jan this year, I’m still building my skills and confidence now I’m driving on my own. Off set exits are the ones that can catch me out, I’ve come across some in areas I don’t know and the sign is either broken/faded to the point you can’t see or completely covered by trees 😅 that’s always helpful….. thanks for another great video!

[SarahCallaghan.]

Hi, thanks so much hope you’re both good still practicing clutch control I’m not major confident with it .
overall doing good still revising .

[MuyinatuIssah]

Thanks very much advance d . school.i passed yesterday first time ur videos really helped me.continue ur good work.

[catncocoa]

That teeny roundabout at minute 7:45 never did make sense to me, thanks for explaining!

[celticsean]

The biggest mistake I made was being in the outside lane which had an arrow pointing right which I believed took me onto the bridge but it actually took me completely around and I ended up going back the way I came. The correct lane was an arrow pointing forward even tho the bridge was on the right.

[pmcole]

Spiral roundabouts are tricky when some drivers don't use them correctly

[manomaylr]

Hi folks, passed driver still watching here! A request for advice…

After passing my test a few months ago I drove on my own for the first time the other day. And on the motorway (not on my own luckily).

It was, out of necessity, a long drive of over 200 motorway miles (though I took multiple breaks). Overall it was trouble-free, but I especially found HGVs and tailgaters intimidating, and was concerned about clutch control during motorway slowdowns.

Especially because there were a lot of work zones on the M1, and although it is 50mph and I like to stick to that, the HGVs tend to sit on their limiters at 56 and so I found myself being overtaken by them which was scary when in narrow lanes and I felt tempted to speed up but then I would be speeding.

Any advice for these things?

[ParcoLee]

However I'd been taught by multiple driving instructors in the UK that I should still treat all first exits as a left turn with my left signal on before entering the roundabout, as long as that first exit hasn't past the 12 o'clock direction, even if that first exit is at the 12 o'clock straight ahead. 🤔

[katiehxyes]

In Bury St Eds I found people always use the wrong lane on the mount road roundabout. This is from leaving at the exit after the traffic’s lights, some people use second lane to go straight ahead instead of first, noticing it happening a lot more lately and seeing more drivers getting annoyed.

[PhilMacVee]

Pardon me but when viewing the roundabout at @5:48 that the route to the second exit is straight ahead. the slightly left positioning of the roundabout does not hide that fact. The signage is in error to suggest there is no through route here! The exit angles seem to be deliberately changed to be so at odds with reality.

[rangochu]

Hello can you teach me about Interchange roundabouts? To elaborate some people use the first lane to exit to the 3rd exit :/

[traffic.engineer]

When Brits say roundabouts are tricky to master, then it is not an American problem.

PS: And America is very pro-roundabout. We just have stricter criteria.