When to go at Roundabouts and how drivers actually signal in the UK

Many drivers don't signal correctly on roundabouts in the UK making it difficult to judge if it's safe to go. However, understanding how most drivers actually signal can help you make better and safer decisions. In this video I film how drivers actually signal and explain how driving examiners in the UK judge if you made a good decision.

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00:00 Two ways
00:24 The correct way
01:06 The actual way
05:32 Crucial signals
08:07 Driving test
09:27 Approach
10:32 Other countries
11:19 Outro

[vivahate]

Richard, you forgot to add: "If it's a white van, generally they'll never signal unless it's to wack the hazards on and park in the middle of the road".

[terrybailey]

A lot of times people don't signal sometimes it's a missed opportunity as a new driver... I am sure better judgement will come with experience.. Its frustrating at times... Thank you for sharing Richard...

[lukehughes]

Passed my test yesterday after giving up on driving 8 years ago, never thought i'd actually pass. Thank you so much for this content, it's been so helpful and i genuinely don't think i would have passed without you!

[watashibr]

I'm one of those 70%, I'm from Brazil and I like to watch your videos. For me is fascinating to see UK people driving on the left and the steering wheel on the right. Thank you very much for the video.

[ibs]

One very common fault on those "small but not small enough to be a mini roundabout" as shown from around 7:40 onwards: Many drivers when turning right at such roundabouts don't bother switching from right to left signal one exit prior. I know that on mini roundabouts, there just isn't time or distance to perform the switch from right to left signal but on those "small but not a mini roundabout" there is and it would be so much more useful if drivers did so.

[jack-h]

Wanted to say a massive thank you, Richard. Have been a big fan of the channel for ages, and although I’ve now passed my test, I’ll still be watching the videos!

[Christoph_J]

A lot of people here (Northern Ireland) simply don't signal at all, and that's not limited to roundabouts! I also know people who use their own signalling rules at roundabouts (e.g. signalling right if taking any exit other than the first) and who disagree with the highway code as to which lane/signals should be used when turning right.

Makes it tricky to anticipate things as someone that has recently passed their test.

[morgensmith]

This is a very helpful video. I have struggled with roundabouts in the UK, for the very reason you are speaking of. Lots of people do not signal, and it doesn’t help the learning process of when to judge the right time to join the roundabout. You explained some interesting points that I am going to try on my next lesson.

[matthorner]

Passed my test last Friday but still coming back to these videos as you can never over learn!

[jamesgilmartin]

"Anything after 12 o'clock is normally considered right" such simplicity that helps me so much with this stuff!! I wish I had known about you before my previous tests 🙁. These are so clear and concise.

[plustre]

Thank you, Richard! Ive been watching your videos when I was learning how to drive, I passed after my 2nd try. I have my own car and mostly drive on my own, I always get anxious and scared! Especially on roundabouts! This is really helpful!

[ibs]

One other factor that helps readiness to go when a gap presents itself: in a manual car, if you have to stop and wait, use the handbrake / hill hold function to hold the car and transfer your right foot off the brake pedal and poised over the gas pedal with you hand on the handbrake (if applicable. Hill hold is different) ready to release it. Otherwise, if you kept your foot on the footbrake whilst waiting for a gap, it will take you longer to transfer right foot from brake to gas to take advantage of a gap as soon as it presents itself. In an automatic, you can start to "follow out" the last car simply by easing pressure on the brake pedal and letting the natural forward creep of an automatic ease you onto the roundabout, then gas.

[hafizayasmin]

I just wanted to tell you that ur such a helpful person. When I had my first driving lesson I was extremely bad and nervous but ever since watching ur videos I had dramatically improved. Keep up the amazing videos it's helpin a lot of people 😊

[OwlCityGirly]

my test is tomorrow and I cannot tell you how brilliant your videos have been in between lessons/for explaining things - just trying to see tomorrow as another lesson!

[dakingdonecome]

Nothing I hate more than drivers who choose not to signal because it's suppose to be logical.. let everyone else know your intentions..

it causes accidents everyday.
it's so frustrating.

Great video and thanks so much for sharing 👌🏽👌🏽 ...

[XJustSomerandomGuyX]

I passed my driving test last thursday and i have 13 days until i get my driving license. Now it might not be a lot of time but im afraid that im going to get rusty or be scared to start driving again after such a long time but watching your videos helps me calm down.

[djbaldyman]

I just want to say thank you for your videos, I have dyspraxia and was struggling till I found your channel. I've got my test on the 29th and now because of the great help of your videos I'm much better prepared thank you Richard.

[bencoder]

Going to send this to a friend who learnt to drive in another European country who finds our roundabout signalling confusing. Really useful to teach how it actually is in real life here, thanks!

[Dave]

An informative video on roundabouts.
My pet hate is approaching a roundabout, stopping because a vehicle on the roundabout is signalling right but exits left.
This infuriates me because my flow, as well as that of others behind me has been interrupted.
A roundabout cannot do its job if people don't follow the correct procedure.

[SS-hyix]

Haven’t even watched it yet but thanks for this video, my biggest problem is roundabout because I’m never sure if I can go or not, my instructor constantly has to use his break as I’ll judge it wrong and pull out when a car is coming, a lot of cars don’t signal and it doesn’t help, I always fail my mocks because of this but I hope it will improve