Multi-lane Spiral Roundabouts... which lane to use? | Pease Pottage, Crawley Test Centre

Multi-lane spiral roundabouts, how to pass your driving test.
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For new drivers, and quite a few full licence holders multi-lane spiral roundabouts are the thing of nightmares, especially if the driver is unfamiliar with the area.

However if you C.O.A.S.T. when doing these spiral roundabouts they are much similar than they might first appear.

In this video I go over several examples of the Pease Pottage multi lane roundabout in Crawley, this roundabout is very near the Crawley driving test centre, as such on your driving test you will almost certainly come across it.

The main key to spiral roundabouts is to give yourself sufficient time to read the road signs and road markings, and also be aware your position will alter as you navigate the roundabout, unlike a tradition roundabout where you just count the exits and do MSM before exiting.

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[UKDrivingTest]

Before doing roundabouts of this type you must have sufficient car control skills, for example:

- You should be able to change gears (up and down) without help or reminders
- You should be able to stop and start smoothly without help or without having to think about what to do, it should be natural.
- You should be happy with know where your car is positioned in the road
- You should be good at reading road signs and general scanning ability.

If you don't have these skills you are likely to struggle with this roundabout, as your focus needs to be on read the road signs and road markings and anticipating other road users and traffic lights, not on controlling you pedals or changing gears.

[Boltedlightning]

While I have passed my test, this is still great to brush up on! Very useful and informative! Thanks!

[krisgamer]

Going pease pottage to Crawley, if you stay in the far right lane approaching the round about then when on the round about stay in the right lane, you will come off in the correct lane and not need to switch lanes, also I'm pretty sure its not an overtaking lane. Apart from that good job

[johnpeck]

You are a total legend Mr. Driving Crawley! Your videos are exceptionally helpful and really helped my wife pass her test in Crawley today. Ive been driving for 25yrs and have found them helpful too!

[supaanovaa]

Thanks for this video, very helpful!

When coming from Horsham and going towards Pease Pottage services, how should I use my indicators when driving onto the roundabout? Obviously I would normally indicate right when turning right at a roundabout, but as I would need to go straight into the middle lane, this might confuse other drivers as they might think I'm going to change lane. Should I indicate right whilst waiting to merge onto the roundabout and then turn it off once I'm on it? Or should I not indicate at all here?

[mikepremhms]

At 5.58 - when exiting towards Crawley A23, are you supposed to signal left at this point as you're exiting or is this not required? I'm confused whether you need to signal or not at traffic light controlled roundabouts. What if you were in the right hand lane here (it wasn't safe to move to the left lane), would you signal left to exit also even though you are exiting in the right hand lane? Would this cause a car beside you on your left to slow down and therefore fail your test?

[tashanewark]

Thank you so much for these videos! So helpful. I watched all of your videos religiously before my test and I passed first time today!! :)

[thunderbolt]

I got my test at Crawley in three days🙂

[jroc]

i grass seeded that whole roundabout complex you are welcome

[PiousMoltar]

I'm far more concerned about the non-spiralling ones. Having to watch out for traffic as you (and they) switch lanes seems like unneccessary bother and a safety risk. Hate those things. Of course it's quite common for people to change lanes on the spiralling ones too but at least not everyone's doing it.

[Cornel]

You have to memorise the routes by practice !

[AbuBakar-pzro]

If you are approaching a roundabout to go third exit with 4 lanes with left lane having left arrow, second lane having left and straight arrow, both 3rd lane and 4th having straight arrow is the 2nd lane that has left and straight arrow only for 1st and 2nd exit thud to go third exit you have to use either the 3rd or 4th lane? Also, there's roundabouts with 4 lanes with left lane having left arrow while the 2nd, 3rd and 4th lane have the straight arrow but 3rd lane is being used as a third exit. Even though 2nd lane has same arrow as 3rd and 4th is the 2nd lane only for 2nd exit?

[RickyN-kp]

Thank you for the helpful video! I travel to Crawley regularly and I find it useful to be reminded of how to navigate the many roundabouts in the area.

[horleyua]

The roundabout with solid lines across is the next one to the north on the B2036 at the entrance to the Maidenbower district. You can see them quite clearly on Google maps satellite view.

[na-upgs]

Can't wait to watch this. Many thanks in advance 👍👍👍

[zzhughesd]

Laurence !!!! How’s tricks. Well my PT3 going terribly. Lost motivation had 3 weeks off. Now back on the horse. Long Detected my base knowledge off par. PT2 passed Dec but i’ve still some serious hang up s anxieties on roundabouts. And this is effecting my outlook on being an ADi per se. Cannot teach what I cannot understand . I know the root cause and anxiety . I drove to theory and ADi said one particular roundabout all wrong. And I disagreed my former ADi. Then and now. He said I’m wrong. We did same roundabout a month apart discussed it. He almost persuaded me. But ultimately didn’t. I’m going my own route now PDi to ADI left driving school. I want to crack roundabouts. I wonder. What would you suggest. Use an ORDIT hour for PT2 again first roundabout. I’ve ultimately timed out with Covid so I’m doing pt 1-3 again come Jan. I’m reading theory books PT3 but cannot do PT3 as not on a license. It’s like theory no practice not a winning formula. Had major woes getting real learners. Time out in Jan I’m happy go through again.

[nletecca]

4:44 round about I failed on Friday by switching lanes but I went over the cross hatched lines as I went into left main Instead right to Crawley .meaning it was a major that was how I got the 1 major so going to get another test for next week.

[ahsan]

If we use both feet on the pedals in automatic car will that be a fail in adi part 2?

[ravenmk]

Can you advise me about the mill hill roundabout? If I am approaching the roundabout from Watford to Tottenham 3rd exit, which lane would be more appropriate as it's a busy roundabout and I want to end up in the left lane as per my instructor. please do reply as I have my test on 25th aug

[horleyua]

Excellent video. There is a roundabout at the entrance to Maidenbower which has hard lines right across it at three points. What do these mean?