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".
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...
no signal is better than a bad signal - ive gotten to the point i barely take notice of signals unless the positioning also makes it incredibly obvious its correct.
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!
"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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the UK you can drive as soon as you pass as long as you're legally able to drive your car (insurance, etc). You have to notify the insurer that you passed the test. I'm not sure if you are in the UK though.
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!
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!
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.
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 😊
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.
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!
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.
That's true, a handbrake start can help an early beginner have a faster start. Personally I don't like letting pupils on challenging roundabouts until they are able to do fast starts without using the handbrake.
@@ConquerDriving i passed my test ! passed last wednesday with 3 minors, really appreciate what you do and i couldn't have done it without watching these videos.
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.
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 👌🏽👌🏽 ...
Thank you so much for all the videos,I passed my test in 2nd attempt today after watching your videos ,honestly speaking your videos has helped me a lot and I believe I would still watch them .Thank you so much.
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
I'm stopping by to thank you for the content! I watched several of his videos and they were extremely important for my approval! (I was just approved!) Thank you very much!
Hi Richard! I passed today and I just wanted to thank you for all the great tips you have shared on TH-cam. This video especially helped me a lot as roundabouts weren’t my strong suit. Thank you so much!
People do tend to indicate in the Netherlands. Slight annoyance is that they do it while/after they’re already leaving the roundabout, at which point why bother when your car is already pointing towards the exit.
Another good video. I am in the UK as well. You did not mention a very common mistake people regularly make which really annoys me. People who indicate right while going round a roundabout and continue to indicate right as they turn left to leave the roundabout. In my view it's safer to not indicate at all than indicate the wrong way! The second most annoying mistake people make is driving round the outside of a roundabout when they are leaving by the second or more exit which means that everybody has to stop for them. Keep the video's coming Richard :)
I'm not from the UK but I'm planning a road trip to the UK. When I first heard about signalling right on the roundabout in the UK, I thought it was idiotic. Now it makes sense. If I understood the video correctly, this is a rule that needed to be implemented, because drivers don't follow other rules (i.e. signalling to leave). Man, this is a mess, thanks for helping me make sense out of it!
My wife's driving instructor gave her a little roundabout tip which she passed on to me. When waiting to enter a roundabout, and you don't trust the indicators of the car which will either cross your path or turn off before reaching you, watch the position of its front wheel. If the car is going to turn off, - the wheel will turn before the car shows any sign of turning giving you a little more time to set off.
Always worth remembering that any signal is only a hint, a clue, of possible intent. It is not "confirmation" of anything. Take all signals with a pinch of salt because many drivers use them incorrectly, or don't use them at all. Signals taken in addition to other clues - road position, speed, wheel positions, what other vehicles are doing etc etc - help you to suss out what's probably happening, but always be alert that things can and do change from second to second.
in nsw, australia, most dual laned roundabouts allow you to go straight from either lane, but the only drivers who ever signal left to leave the roundabout are newer drivers who have to in order to pass the driving test.
There are some lovely fun spiral roundabouts and junctions in Nottingham. Nuthall road turning right onto Western Boulevard heading towards A52 is the best junction ever designed by man or woman!
Try making the same observations at roundabouts in Leicester. I think you'll be shocked at the number of people who don't bother indicating at all when turning left at roundabouts. ☹️
Today was my first time on a 4 lane roundabout on my own and I managed to do it properly lol it then took me straight onto the motorway so today was definitely a productive day of driving.
This is a great, important lesson about roundabouts.. When I took my first test 16 years ago, I had a black Corsa in the outer lane signalling to come off at my exit. I pulled off to take the gap he should be have left. Split second after I went he switched his indicator off and kept on coming. He almost rear ended us. I had to put my foot down and go right up the back of a big artic to avoid a collision. The examiner was unimpressed and failed me. Always allow for the unexpected.
Examiner could fail you for having got into the situation, but implicit in that is believing the signal from another vehicle. There seems to be some assumption in this video that one should be able to trust such signals if given. I think that is foolish. I never trust them. Obviously if they are signalling right, believe they will cross your path. But if they aren't signalling, don't make any assumption, just watch where they are actually going. And if an examiner were to criticise that and say you were hesitant, you would have every reason to explain your case and ask him to explain his decision. Safety has 2 components: 1. What the other driver is doing to actively avoid risk of accident. 2. What you are doing to actively avoid risk of accident. Both have the opportunity to play safe. Both, being human, make occasional mistakes. An accident typically occurs when both make a mistake. The risk of an accident is dramatically increased if either party is not actively avoiding accidents, ie taking risks, making assumptions.
such an insightful video showing various situations, thank you!! God bless you , really appreciate the effort you put into all your videos as well as the crystal clear explanations
Surprised that you mentioned Hungary, people here are not great drivers in general I think, but everybody signals when leaving a roundabout. However they forget to signal when passing a cyclist, parked cars or are in a turn-only lane, leaving or entering the highway/motorway etc.
I wonder when people start doing their own thing when driving? I still do pretty much everything I was taught while learning but it's more like a habit rather than me being intentionally "virtuous". Two things I had to unlearn: 1. Moving off with clutch only, releasing it and then afterwards giving gas. This worked in lesson vehicle but once I got my own car it often stalled, I need to give it gas before any clutch release. Also at a roundabout you need a decent launch which you don't get with clutch-only launch. 2. When stopping, I was taught to use handbrake and leave in first with clutch in. I found out later this is bad for clutch bearing, so now I go into neutral and release clutch when stopping. This took my quite a long time to relearn!
hey! i just want to thanks you, i learned a lot with your videos and passes my practical exam with 0 faults. You are helping people from all the globe, greetings from Chile! Also this video is really useful, there is just roundabout in my city that was built recently, i don't really think that drivers in my city have the knowledge of how to approach in the correct manner. Roundabout are not that common in my country.
I failed my first driving test because the instructor stood on the brakes at a roundabout whenever a car was clearly turning off, both position and signalling to go off. The car did act as it was indicating it would, but the examiner told me he wasn't sure and therefore I'd failed..... I think it really depends on the examiner you get, they've now failed me 3 times for similar situations (going through amber traffic lights while moving and they'd just changed). All the while I've gotten 3 'minor' faults across my entire 3 tests... It's pretty demoralising.
Hi Richard, could you please do a video about electric parking brakes and autohold? My car has this but I'm used to a traditional handbrake!! Love your videos!
Hi Richard, Good video. You may want to clarify your information as the video came across as confusing. You mentioned at the start according to the highway code anything past 12oclock is considered right, yet this is not in the highway code. Also, you mention that when going a head on a mini roundabout there is no need to signal at all. Yet the highway code states - Mini roundabouts. Approach these in the same was as a normal roundabout. Remember, there is less space to manoeuvre and less time to signal. It could be very confusing if you tell people there is no need to signal at mini roundabouts. Thanks again for the content.
The 12 o clock rule is guidance to help but not part of the Highway Code, road signs and markings can always Direct you otherwise. With mini-roundabouts you don't always have time to signal to leave so therefore when going ahead you will not likely signal.
@@ConquerDriving Hi Richard, Thank you for your response. You agree the 12 o'clock rule isn't in the highway code but in the video you make is sound like it is, and later you say that you don't need to signal at all when going a head on mini roundabouts. This is why I believe the video could be confusing, especially as you agree these things are not in the highway code. Thanks again for the content.
I would love to see another version of this with large spiral roundabouts. I see a lot of issues with indicating on those, especially when they are only partially light controlled. Seems that it can be misconstrued as a lane change and definitely stresses me out as a new driver.
In rural USA, people can navigate our 8-year old roundabouts just fine, but only half of them signal. Luckily, they're fairly large, so you can see the beginnings of them turning out and know it's safe, but it's still annoying.
Knowledgable guy - welcome 🙏 with your new videos. Can you share to us a short, precise and relevant four or five practical test manoeuvres for us please?
I wonder if you've ever heard of a turbo roundabout? You pick the right lane and it kind of guides you to the exit you need without changing lanes. With the slight disadvantage that you can't use it to u-turn or go around twice. I really prefer them to regular large roundabouts.
@@ConquerDriving I looked it up and apparently there is only one turbo roundabout in the UK and it's in Bedford. It boils down to the same thing as a spiral roundabout though, but with a kerb separating the lanes. Seems to be engineers' favourite in the Netherlands these days. Kind of like double mini roundabouts in the UK, they really confused me on a recent trip, but I guess they're mainly designed to get people to slow down because of the increased complexity.
This is really hard for me, as I aprounch randabouts it’s hard for me to judge if I can fit in, so I’m not really used to roundabouts, where the aproaching cars have a intention to leave or continue
Take your time and only go when you feel comfortable. When a pupil is struggling with roundabouts it's usually a case that they're trying to decide too early when approaching and trying to take small gaps like an experienced driver. You only need to take the easy gaps.
I cant believe you managed to video so many drivers in a row using their indicators on a roundabout. In my many years of driving I have come to believe that manufactures have stopped fitting them to make cars lighter and more eco friendly. No, seriously though I have spent a lot of time being frustrated by other drivers failing to signal their intentions, both at roundabouts and when turning out of junctions. It is my firm belief that if people always indicated when turning and moderated their speed on roundabouts traffic jams would be reduced as others could make safe prompt progress. This of course should be solved when cars drive autonomously. Ugh probably not in my remaining driving time.
It's an embarrassment how many people don't feel it's worth the flick of their flinger to indicate in the UK. It contributes to congestion with missed opportunities to go, and also with the inevitable collisions. I drive about 8 miles to work and back, and it's rare I do so without someone signalling that they're staying on the round about whilst leaving, or not signalling they're staying on. It's basically rolling the dice to do anything other than time it to avoid them assuming they're actively trying to ram you.
Richard, what's your opinion regarding optimal signalling practice when negotiating a large spiral roundabout? Should you still signal when following the lane that leads you to your destination exit? In particular, should you signal left to exit when you are now in the extreme left lane of a spiral roundabout and that left lane goes only to the next exit? I usually do indeed signal left that point as I feel it confirms to other drivers I'm not in the wrong lane for my destination and won't try a last second dash out of that lane. But I sometimes feel a bit "daft" giving that left signal when there is nowhere else that lane leads to. The daftness feeling sets in even more if I am waiting at a red light. Also on spiral roundabouts: When turning right and there are two lanes to do so, I signal right on the approach and for the first part of the turn. However, if I am in the leftmost of the two lanes to turn right, it can worry a driver in the lane to my right that I am intending to change into their lane when in fact all I am doing is letting others around me know I am carrying on around the roundabout in the leftmost of the right turn lanes. Bear in mind that lane might be a combined right turn and straight ahead.
When it comes to signalling I always say: signal if it's helpful, don't signal if it's misleading and if it's neither helpful or misleading then it doesn't matter. On big spiral roundabouts I generally only signal to change lane or to leave. I rarely signal right as I don't find it helpful to others given how many lanes there is it's obvious I'm going round.
I think a lot of this depends on the road layout design, and how the lanes are marked - both text and lane markings (before they wear out!). With some of these, the most important thing to do is to move into the correct lane on approach to it, and there is nothing to do signalling wise, on layouts where the lane one is in does not go all they way round, and can’t be seen from the opposite direction. The main issue is whether it would assist others, or not. There is a lot about it all in the Department for Transport Traffic Signs Manual chapter 5 - Road Markings. Should be available free.
Try in Spain they signal left when they turn right if your lucky. In the UK it is mirror signal maneuver here it is Maneuver signal mirror.that is if they bother
Never trust signalling or its absence as an indication of intent. Base your actions on whether a vehicle can possibly hit you. That depends on where it could possibly go and how fast it could get there. It is difficult to judge the direction of a vehicle, and it could always change, so you may have to wait until it is unambiguously committed to a particular exit.
I failed by test recently with one minor being the difference. Tester told me my entry to corners and roundabouts was too quick. I remember one instance when I approached the roundabout and so did a car in the entrance to my right, me and that car entered the roundabout at the same time. ( I was caught between not being too hesitant and being safe ). But the tested faulted me for it
I'm sorry to hear that, try to stay positive and keep up the practise. This video may help with approaching junctions: th-cam.com/video/aOZOS4Ng22E/w-d-xo.html
Getting ready to book my test and roundabouts are the thing that scares me most. I can never tell what is a safe gap and what isn’t. I’m just hoping I don’t encounter too many busy roundabouts on my test
I failed my driving test for hesitation at a round about. Problem is it was rush hour in city centre and there were too many hgv's coming round the roundabout therefore leaving me no room to enter safely. I'm just wondering is there a certain way to judge if you have enough space and time to join the roundabout?
I failed my first test for the same reason. It's likely that there was a good enough gap for you to go but without enough confidence and experience you can easily miss these gaps. The best thing to do is get in lots of practice and make sure that you are paying attention to the hidden clues like how drivers are positioned on the roundabout and the direction of their wheels. Good luck!
That is grossly unfair. For example, if you have reason to doubt the intentions of a driver already on the roundabout who might be expected to exit but in fact decides to come round across your path. You would equally be in trouble, and potentially in a crash, if you did not anticipate such behaviour and wait until his commitment becomes clear. Same issue with cyclists (a law unto themselves in Cambridge), you never know where they will go until they do so, and of course you have the mandatory privilege and honour of safeguarding their continued existence when they don't seem too bothered about that themselves.
I think they should mark undue hesitation as minor. How can they pretend it's on the same level of seriousness as pulling out in front of someone? If you sit there for three minutes the worst outcome is that you make some people 3 minutes late. 🤔
That one is fun! You need to be good at lane guidance and signal right if you're going straight in the middle lane as it looks like you're going left without the signal. That's the source of most of the collisions.
Same in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysian. New Driver always give Signal & always follow the rules. But not for others driver (About 90% drivers not use Signal) that use roads in Kuantan. "Maybe their cars don't have Signal Padel at all"....THAT MAKE ACCIDENTS IN BIG NUMBERS.
This is why I currently struggle with such bad undue hesitation at roundabouts. You say most cars that aren’t signalling coming from 12oclock are likely going straight. However, I had a near collision during private practice the other day because a car decided to carry on going right round the roundabout with no signal at all having coming from 12oclock across from me. So many cars in my area just don’t signal at all period so I can never tell if a car is going to come off where I’m waiting or carry on going round and end up just waiting till it’s completely clear. Which my instructor says I need to stop doing 🫠 But how do I judge a gap if I’ve no idea what the car is doing?
I've seen a few issues on a small roundabout near me. coming from one direction, there's a dedicated left lane then a straight on and right and few instances I've seen people signal right and then switch to left signal coming off straight, preventing others opposite from going as they think they will be going past them
Sadly the common usages vary greatly in different parts of the UK - I've lived and driven in a number of different towns including Chelmsford (rules like Colchester), Milton Keynes (straight Highway code) and South Wales. In South Wales the indicators are a weapon of war and are used to sow confusion and despair - Dual Carriageway four exit roundabout - car approaches in the left hand lane indicating right. Eight times out of ten it will go straight on (exit two) Lord only knows where this practice was invented but it's a great way of making space. Be careful out there.
If foreign motorists are not going to signal on roundabouts, which I think is what you meant at about 11 min, this further confirms my view that one should never trust driver's intentions based on absence of signals. Judge by whether they could hit you or not. I disagree with the idea of not being responsible for other people's erratic behaviour, insofar as, Surely we are all expected to drive defensively. It is defensive driving that reduces accident risk. It involves making 'worst case' assumptions. Trusting other drivers means making 'best case' assumptions. Sooner or later, and probably sooner, you will be caught out.
What you should do regarding signalling and what drivers do, is a not the same. Lots of drivers don’t signal or signal incorrectly and can even catch experienced drivers out. The best cause of action is, “Don’t know, Don’t go.”
I find it that most drivers indicate to enter a roundabout but most people don't indicate left to exit a roundabout, I'm pretty sure, but not certain, that a rule came into place about 10 years ago that you should indicate to leave a roundabout, meaning anyone who passed their test before that (majority of drivers probably age 35+) don't indicate to exit a roundabout, correct me if I'm wrong though it's only a vague memory, but I'm pretty sure that's why a lot of people don't indicate and as a relatively new driver, I find it hard to trust indicaters which often causes hesitation/build up of traffic and is just generally irritating. I'm a confident and competent driver too Please let me know 🙌
I think it's always safe to assume that the car is not signaling, it's going to continue in roundabout. Signaling to exit the roundabout is always about improving traffic flow of *other people* and if you don't signal before leaving the roundabout, you're just selfish. Unfortunately, many people are selfish.
Roundabout indicating is my personal major gripe with road users, here in Ireland people just don't seem to know what they are doing. The worst offenders are those that signal right, say, and then do not signal left to leave the roundabout, these are the most inconsiderate and sometimes dangerous drivers. If the cops stood at roundabouts fining these drivers they'd have their wages paid for in no time.
Any advice for someone who passed the test first time . Has driven for 5 weeks with no issue. Made one mistake (stalled entering a roundabout) and after that has become really anxious and hesitant at taking available gaps .
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".
😂😂😂
you mean park diagonally across the pavement and centre white line
Hahaha you're right
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...
Agree
Yes you will
no signal is better than a bad signal - ive gotten to the point i barely take notice of signals unless the positioning also makes it incredibly obvious its correct.
It's odd how you develop a sense of who's leaving a roundabout without a signal so you don't waste time waiting for them.
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!
Congratulations
That's fantastic news, we'll done for persevering and congratulations on passing!
"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.
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!
Yeah, he’s videos are super helpful! Congrats on your test, mine is in July :v
Congratulations on passing your driving test!
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.
Passed my test last Friday but still coming back to these videos as you can never over learn!
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.
Yeah on my lessons I really struggle to signal right and left quick in the mini roundabouts
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.
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.
In the UK you can drive as soon as you pass as long as you're legally able to drive your car (insurance, etc). You have to notify the insurer that you passed the test. I'm not sure if you are in the UK though.
@@ConquerDriving I live in the Balkans and you have to wait for the driving license to be able to drive
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!
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!
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.
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 😊
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.
It's great to hear the videos are helping, I wish you the best of luck with your test.
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!
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.
That's true, a handbrake start can help an early beginner have a faster start. Personally I don't like letting pupils on challenging roundabouts until they are able to do fast starts without using the handbrake.
i have my driving test tomorrow (15th), little nervous but fingers crossed ill smash it, been watching these videos for a couple months.
I've just seen this comment, thank you for watching and I hope the test went well.
@@ConquerDriving i passed my test ! passed last wednesday with 3 minors, really appreciate what you do and i couldn't have done it without watching these videos.
Passed today. Thank you for all your videos on helping me understand what to do
That's great news, congratulations on passing!
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.
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 👌🏽👌🏽 ...
Thank you so much for all the videos,I passed my test in 2nd attempt today after watching your videos ,honestly speaking your videos has helped me a lot and I believe I would still watch them .Thank you so much.
That's great news, congratulations on passing!
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
Maybe this video will help: th-cam.com/video/aOZOS4Ng22E/w-d-xo.html
And this one: th-cam.com/video/xvesdsvwhKk/w-d-xo.html
@@ConquerDriving thankyou I’ll watch all of them
I'm stopping by to thank you for the content! I watched several of his videos and they were extremely important for my approval! (I was just approved!) Thank you very much!
Hi Richard! I passed today and I just wanted to thank you for all the great tips you have shared on TH-cam. This video especially helped me a lot as roundabouts weren’t my strong suit. Thank you so much!
That's great to hear, congratulations on passing!
Thank you for your help and your precious time, Richard.
People do tend to indicate in the Netherlands. Slight annoyance is that they do it while/after they’re already leaving the roundabout, at which point why bother when your car is already pointing towards the exit.
Very helpful video as I am preparing to do my test soon and now working on understanding signals at roundabouts
I should have watched this video before my trip to the UK, but was happy to confirm what I figured out along the way! 😅
Another good video. I am in the UK as well. You did not mention a very common mistake people regularly make which really annoys me. People who indicate right while going round a roundabout and continue to indicate right as they turn left to leave the roundabout. In my view it's safer to not indicate at all than indicate the wrong way! The second most annoying mistake people make is driving round the outside of a roundabout when they are leaving by the second or more exit which means that everybody has to stop for them. Keep the video's coming Richard :)
Getting ready for my driving test tomorrow morning.
I'm not from the UK but I'm planning a road trip to the UK. When I first heard about signalling right on the roundabout in the UK, I thought it was idiotic. Now it makes sense. If I understood the video correctly, this is a rule that needed to be implemented, because drivers don't follow other rules (i.e. signalling to leave). Man, this is a mess, thanks for helping me make sense out of it!
I don't think it was implementated because so many people don't signal to leave. But it certainly helps with that issue.
My first lesson going around roundabouts is today! Couldn't have come at a more perfect time
Thank you!! That’s what I needed!
Richard, 😊you're a real driving hero
My wife's driving instructor gave her a little roundabout tip which she passed on to me. When waiting to enter a roundabout, and you don't trust the indicators of the car which will either cross your path or turn off before reaching you, watch the position of its front wheel. If the car is going to turn off, - the wheel will turn before the car shows any sign of turning giving you a little more time to set off.
Always worth remembering that any signal is only a hint, a clue, of possible intent. It is not "confirmation" of anything. Take all signals with a pinch of salt because many drivers use them incorrectly, or don't use them at all.
Signals taken in addition to other clues - road position, speed, wheel positions, what other vehicles are doing etc etc - help you to suss out what's probably happening, but always be alert that things can and do change from second to second.
True.
in nsw, australia, most dual laned roundabouts allow you to go straight from either lane, but the only drivers who ever signal left to leave the roundabout are newer drivers who have to in order to pass the driving test.
There are some lovely fun spiral roundabouts and junctions in Nottingham. Nuthall road turning right onto Western Boulevard heading towards A52 is the best junction ever designed by man or woman!
@conquer Driving, i thought i knew more than i actually did before finding your channel. thank you
Thank you very much sir.
Your video very much help us.
Especially I’m struggling with roundabout.
These videos are so helpful! You’re a fantastic teacher, I can’t stop watching :)
Try making the same observations at roundabouts in Leicester. I think you'll be shocked at the number of people who don't bother indicating at all when turning left at roundabouts. ☹️
Wow exactly the post I needed on a topic I had been worrying and thinking about! Thank you
Today was my first time on a 4 lane roundabout on my own and I managed to do it properly lol it then took me straight onto the motorway so today was definitely a productive day of driving.
This was also my first time on a motorway btw
This is a great, important lesson about roundabouts.. When I took my first test 16 years ago, I had a black Corsa in the outer lane signalling to come off at my exit. I pulled off to take the gap he should be have left. Split second after I went he switched his indicator off and kept on coming. He almost rear ended us. I had to put my foot down and go right up the back of a big artic to avoid a collision. The examiner was unimpressed and failed me. Always allow for the unexpected.
Examiner could fail you for having got into the situation, but implicit in that is believing the signal from another vehicle. There seems to be some assumption in this video that one should be able to trust such signals if given. I think that is foolish. I never trust them. Obviously if they are signalling right, believe they will cross your path. But if they aren't signalling, don't make any assumption, just watch where they are actually going. And if an examiner were to criticise that and say you were hesitant, you would have every reason to explain your case and ask him to explain his decision. Safety has 2 components: 1. What the other driver is doing to actively avoid risk of accident. 2. What you are doing to actively avoid risk of accident. Both have the opportunity to play safe. Both, being human, make occasional mistakes. An accident typically occurs when both make a mistake. The risk of an accident is dramatically increased if either party is not actively avoiding accidents, ie taking risks, making assumptions.
such an insightful video showing various situations, thank you!! God bless you , really appreciate the effort you put into all your videos as well as the crystal clear explanations
Surprised that you mentioned Hungary, people here are not great drivers in general I think, but everybody signals when leaving a roundabout. However they forget to signal when passing a cyclist, parked cars or are in a turn-only lane, leaving or entering the highway/motorway etc.
THANKYOU so much.
Your TH-cam is just wonderful.
It helps me an incredible amount xxx
I wonder when people start doing their own thing when driving? I still do pretty much everything I was taught while learning but it's more like a habit rather than me being intentionally "virtuous".
Two things I had to unlearn:
1. Moving off with clutch only, releasing it and then afterwards giving gas. This worked in lesson vehicle but once I got my own car it often stalled, I need to give it gas before any clutch release. Also at a roundabout you need a decent launch which you don't get with clutch-only launch.
2. When stopping, I was taught to use handbrake and leave in first with clutch in. I found out later this is bad for clutch bearing, so now I go into neutral and release clutch when stopping. This took my quite a long time to relearn!
hey! i just want to thanks you, i learned a lot with your videos and passes my practical exam with 0 faults. You are helping people from all the globe, greetings from Chile!
Also this video is really useful, there is just roundabout in my city that was built recently, i don't really think that drivers in my city have the knowledge of how to approach in the correct manner. Roundabout are not that common in my country.
Congratulations on passing!
I failed my first driving test because the instructor stood on the brakes at a roundabout whenever a car was clearly turning off, both position and signalling to go off. The car did act as it was indicating it would, but the examiner told me he wasn't sure and therefore I'd failed..... I think it really depends on the examiner you get, they've now failed me 3 times for similar situations (going through amber traffic lights while moving and they'd just changed). All the while I've gotten 3 'minor' faults across my entire 3 tests... It's pretty demoralising.
I’m not not surprised with this this! People just don’t signal correctly
Hi Richard, could you please do a video about electric parking brakes and autohold? My car has this but I'm used to a traditional handbrake!! Love your videos!
Thank you, I may do in the future.
Hi Richard,
Good video. You may want to clarify your information as the video came across as confusing. You mentioned at the start according to the highway code anything past 12oclock is considered right, yet this is not in the highway code.
Also, you mention that when going a head on a mini roundabout there is no need to signal at all. Yet the highway code states - Mini roundabouts. Approach these in the same was as a normal roundabout. Remember, there is less space to manoeuvre and less time to signal.
It could be very confusing if you tell people there is no need to signal at mini roundabouts.
Thanks again for the content.
The 12 o clock rule is guidance to help but not part of the Highway Code, road signs and markings can always Direct you otherwise. With mini-roundabouts you don't always have time to signal to leave so therefore when going ahead you will not likely signal.
@@ConquerDriving
Hi Richard,
Thank you for your response.
You agree the 12 o'clock rule isn't in the highway code but in the video you make is sound like it is, and later you say that you don't need to signal at all when going a head on mini roundabouts. This is why I believe the video could be confusing, especially as you agree these things are not in the highway code.
Thanks again for the content.
Thank you for the Video! Hi from Hungary!!
Great Job! Much love from Uganda
I would love to see another version of this with large spiral roundabouts. I see a lot of issues with indicating on those, especially when they are only partially light controlled. Seems that it can be misconstrued as a lane change and definitely stresses me out as a new driver.
I would like to do a spiral roundabout video.
4:26 hey look, someone signaling to leave
Richards I absolutely love your content. Can you do a series with like accidents and explain what should have been done
Thank you. I may do in the future if I get the footage.
Detailed and well explained thank you so much
In rural USA, people can navigate our 8-year old roundabouts just fine, but only half of them signal. Luckily, they're fairly large, so you can see the beginnings of them turning out and know it's safe, but it's still annoying.
Knowledgable guy - welcome 🙏 with your new videos. Can you share to us a short, precise and relevant four or five practical test manoeuvres for us please?
I wonder if you've ever heard of a turbo roundabout? You pick the right lane and it kind of guides you to the exit you need without changing lanes. With the slight disadvantage that you can't use it to u-turn or go around twice. I really prefer them to regular large roundabouts.
I've not heard it called a turbo roundabout, usually call it a spiral roundabout.
@@ConquerDriving I looked it up and apparently there is only one turbo roundabout in the UK and it's in Bedford. It boils down to the same thing as a spiral roundabout though, but with a kerb separating the lanes. Seems to be engineers' favourite in the Netherlands these days. Kind of like double mini roundabouts in the UK, they really confused me on a recent trip, but I guess they're mainly designed to get people to slow down because of the increased complexity.
This is really hard for me, as I aprounch randabouts it’s hard for me to judge if I can fit in, so I’m not really used to roundabouts, where the aproaching cars have a intention to leave or continue
I am same 🤦♀️
Take your time and only go when you feel comfortable. When a pupil is struggling with roundabouts it's usually a case that they're trying to decide too early when approaching and trying to take small gaps like an experienced driver. You only need to take the easy gaps.
I cant believe you managed to video so many drivers in a row using their indicators on a roundabout. In my many years of driving I have come to believe that manufactures have stopped fitting them to make cars lighter and more eco friendly. No, seriously though I have spent a lot of time being frustrated by other drivers failing to signal their intentions, both at roundabouts and when turning out of junctions. It is my firm belief that if people always indicated when turning and moderated their speed on roundabouts traffic jams would be reduced as others could make safe prompt progress. This of course should be solved when cars drive autonomously. Ugh probably not in my remaining driving time.
I genuinely find most people signal right when going right at roundabouts, however most people don't signal to leave when going straight.
It's an embarrassment how many people don't feel it's worth the flick of their flinger to indicate in the UK. It contributes to congestion with missed opportunities to go, and also with the inevitable collisions. I drive about 8 miles to work and back, and it's rare I do so without someone signalling that they're staying on the round about whilst leaving, or not signalling they're staying on. It's basically rolling the dice to do anything other than time it to avoid them assuming they're actively trying to ram you.
Richard, what's your opinion regarding optimal signalling practice when negotiating a large spiral roundabout? Should you still signal when following the lane that leads you to your destination exit? In particular, should you signal left to exit when you are now in the extreme left lane of a spiral roundabout and that left lane goes only to the next exit? I usually do indeed signal left that point as I feel it confirms to other drivers I'm not in the wrong lane for my destination and won't try a last second dash out of that lane. But I sometimes feel a bit "daft" giving that left signal when there is nowhere else that lane leads to. The daftness feeling sets in even more if I am waiting at a red light.
Also on spiral roundabouts: When turning right and there are two lanes to do so, I signal right on the approach and for the first part of the turn. However, if I am in the leftmost of the two lanes to turn right, it can worry a driver in the lane to my right that I am intending to change into their lane when in fact all I am doing is letting others around me know I am carrying on around the roundabout in the leftmost of the right turn lanes. Bear in mind that lane might be a combined right turn and straight ahead.
When it comes to signalling I always say: signal if it's helpful, don't signal if it's misleading and if it's neither helpful or misleading then it doesn't matter. On big spiral roundabouts I generally only signal to change lane or to leave. I rarely signal right as I don't find it helpful to others given how many lanes there is it's obvious I'm going round.
I think a lot of this depends on the road layout design, and how the lanes are marked - both text and lane markings (before they wear out!). With some of these, the most important thing to do is to move into the correct lane on approach to it, and there is nothing to do signalling wise, on layouts where the lane one is in does not go all they way round, and can’t be seen from the opposite direction.
The main issue is whether it would assist others, or not.
There is a lot about it all in the Department for Transport Traffic Signs Manual chapter 5 - Road Markings. Should be available free.
Try in Spain they signal left when they turn right if your lucky. In the UK it is mirror signal maneuver here it is Maneuver signal mirror.that is if they bother
Always in class!
Never trust signalling or its absence as an indication of intent. Base your actions on whether a vehicle can possibly hit you. That depends on where it could possibly go and how fast it could get there. It is difficult to judge the direction of a vehicle, and it could always change, so you may have to wait until it is unambiguously committed to a particular exit.
I failed by test recently with one minor being the difference. Tester told me my entry to corners and roundabouts was too quick. I remember one instance when I approached the roundabout and so did a car in the entrance to my right, me and that car entered the roundabout at the same time. ( I was caught between not being too hesitant and being safe ). But the tested faulted me for it
I'm sorry to hear that, try to stay positive and keep up the practise. This video may help with approaching junctions: th-cam.com/video/aOZOS4Ng22E/w-d-xo.html
I watch this channel now to re-neducate (vintage Simpsons reference) myself in driving, to try and iron out bad habits.
Getting ready to book my test and roundabouts are the thing that scares me most. I can never tell what is a safe gap and what isn’t. I’m just hoping I don’t encounter too many busy roundabouts on my test
I failed my driving test for hesitation at a round about. Problem is it was rush hour in city centre and there were too many hgv's coming round the roundabout therefore leaving me no room to enter safely. I'm just wondering is there a certain way to judge if you have enough space and time to join the roundabout?
I failed my first test for the same reason. It's likely that there was a good enough gap for you to go but without enough confidence and experience you can easily miss these gaps. The best thing to do is get in lots of practice and make sure that you are paying attention to the hidden clues like how drivers are positioned on the roundabout and the direction of their wheels. Good luck!
It's something that comes with experience, to get better you have to do more roundabouts. Try to stay positive and keep up the practise.
That is grossly unfair. For example, if you have reason to doubt the intentions of a driver already on the roundabout who might be expected to exit but in fact decides to come round across your path. You would equally be in trouble, and potentially in a crash, if you did not anticipate such behaviour and wait until his commitment becomes clear. Same issue with cyclists (a law unto themselves in Cambridge), you never know where they will go until they do so, and of course you have the mandatory privilege and honour of safeguarding their continued existence when they don't seem too bothered about that themselves.
I think they should mark undue hesitation as minor. How can they pretend it's on the same level of seriousness as pulling out in front of someone? If you sit there for three minutes the worst outcome is that you make some people 3 minutes late. 🤔
you need to discuss about the "square-ish" roundabout by Lidl, by Cowdray Avenue as it's really dangerous.
That one is fun! You need to be good at lane guidance and signal right if you're going straight in the middle lane as it looks like you're going left without the signal. That's the source of most of the collisions.
Same in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysian. New Driver always give Signal & always follow the rules. But not for others driver (About 90% drivers not use Signal) that use roads in Kuantan. "Maybe their cars don't have Signal Padel at all"....THAT MAKE ACCIDENTS IN BIG NUMBERS.
Thanks so much
i am from Sri Lanka.Thank you for vidios.
thanks for the good effort sir
Thanks for this very informative
Would you consider doing a video about what you SHOULD and SHOULD NOT do at a mini roundabout?
This video may help: th-cam.com/video/hvARKEv6jQE/w-d-xo.html
This is why I currently struggle with such bad undue hesitation at roundabouts. You say most cars that aren’t signalling coming from 12oclock are likely going straight. However, I had a near collision during private practice the other day because a car decided to carry on going right round the roundabout with no signal at all having coming from 12oclock across from me. So many cars in my area just don’t signal at all period so I can never tell if a car is going to come off where I’m waiting or carry on going round and end up just waiting till it’s completely clear. Which my instructor says I need to stop doing 🫠 But how do I judge a gap if I’ve no idea what the car is doing?
I've seen a few issues on a small roundabout near me. coming from one direction, there's a dedicated left lane then a straight on and right and few instances I've seen people signal right and then switch to left signal coming off straight, preventing others opposite from going as they think they will be going past them
Sadly the common usages vary greatly in different parts of the UK - I've lived and driven in a number of different towns including Chelmsford (rules like Colchester), Milton Keynes (straight Highway code) and South Wales.
In South Wales the indicators are a weapon of war and are used to sow confusion and despair -
Dual Carriageway four exit roundabout - car approaches in the left hand lane indicating right.
Eight times out of ten it will go straight on (exit two)
Lord only knows where this practice was invented but it's a great way of making space.
Be careful out there.
If foreign motorists are not going to signal on roundabouts, which I think is what you meant at about 11 min, this further confirms my view that one should never trust driver's intentions based on absence of signals. Judge by whether they could hit you or not. I disagree with the idea of not being responsible for other people's erratic behaviour, insofar as, Surely we are all expected to drive defensively. It is defensive driving that reduces accident risk. It involves making 'worst case' assumptions. Trusting other drivers means making 'best case' assumptions. Sooner or later, and probably sooner, you will be caught out.
Similar in Australia, almost no one signals left to leave.
What you should do regarding signalling and what drivers do, is a not the same. Lots of drivers don’t signal or signal incorrectly and can even catch experienced drivers out. The best cause of action is, “Don’t know, Don’t go.”
We all hate being stuck in traffic but if everyone used their indicators it would greatly reduce congestion.
Thank you for sharing🙏🙏🙏
Thank you
I find it that most drivers indicate to enter a roundabout but most people don't indicate left to exit a roundabout, I'm pretty sure, but not certain, that a rule came into place about 10 years ago that you should indicate to leave a roundabout, meaning anyone who passed their test before that (majority of drivers probably age 35+) don't indicate to exit a roundabout, correct me if I'm wrong though it's only a vague memory, but I'm pretty sure that's why a lot of people don't indicate and as a relatively new driver, I find it hard to trust indicaters which often causes hesitation/build up of traffic and is just generally irritating.
I'm a confident and competent driver too
Please let me know 🙌
I'm 35 years old in a couple of weeks and I learnt to drive nearly 18 years ago. I was definitely taught to signal to leave a roundabout.
Okay thanks for the correction, must have been a made up memory or something haha
I'm finding your videos very helpful, could you maybe do a video on how much to turn the steering wheel on e.g corner's, roundabout.
This video may help: th-cam.com/video/MXUn-EYPpkA/w-d-xo.html
@@ConquerDriving thank you. This has helped a lot.
I think it's always safe to assume that the car is not signaling, it's going to continue in roundabout. Signaling to exit the roundabout is always about improving traffic flow of *other people* and if you don't signal before leaving the roundabout, you're just selfish. Unfortunately, many people are selfish.
Roundabout indicating is my personal major gripe with road users, here in Ireland people just don't seem to know what they are doing. The worst offenders are those that signal right, say, and then do not signal left to leave the roundabout, these are the most inconsiderate and sometimes dangerous drivers. If the cops stood at roundabouts fining these drivers they'd have their wages paid for in no time.
Signaling help others drivers to engage the roundabout at the right time
Thank you so much :)
Thank you!
You also forgot to mention those that want to go across but first indicate right from lane one then get to their exit then indicate left .
Any advice for someone who passed the test first time . Has driven for 5 weeks with no issue. Made one mistake (stalled entering a roundabout) and after that has become really anxious and hesitant at taking available gaps .