How to deal with Big Roundabouts | Tips on how to exit safely and how to pick the correct lane

Learn how to safely deal with big roundabouts with traffic lights or give way roundabouts.
This is lovejits first driving lesson on big roundabouts. We talked about how to deal with big roundabouts safely and then went through each roundabout taking various exits.
Initially he was a little unsure of how to select the correct lane and how to move left to exit, but by the end of this lesson he was very happy with his progress.
How to drive safely. How to pass
This video is filmed during a driving lesson. It is filmed for educational purposes.
Throughout the video there are highlights to show how you should be driving safely.
I hope this video will be useful! :)
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[@hardc0reloonasimp]

Roundabouts with traffic lights are so helpful, I find i dont panic as much

[@jamesroutledge]

Shame on the driver who sounded the horn at a learner driver.

[@ClearviewDriving]

Yeah it’s very silly.. even though we did not miss any gaps 😟

[@kierenbustin3414]

I’m a learner driver and I get it all the time people got to think your a learner and will take a little longer than a experienced driver would

[@mohammadaliofficial4745]

accurate

[@mohammadaliofficial4745]

they forgot their own learning process

[@elyanikahasan3810]

@@mohammadaliofficial4745 😅😅😅👍

[@roxel9993]

I've been upset about my driving instructors attitude in lessons. I've given up changing instructors as all the ones I've had act the same... These videos are helpful and better than having an instructor shouting in my ear. Thank you 😊

[@ClearviewDriving]

Sorry to hear that :( Glad the videos have been helpful :)

[@arabninja209]

I remember when my one tried shouting at me , he’s like are you feeling okay but when I flipped at him never again he tried screaming or talking like a prick again

[@roxel9993]

@@arabninja209 😅good on you, I feel kind of bad telling her off because she's around 50... 😶 but I should probably set her straight. She told me she would slap me if I got a manoeuvre wrong...

[@Njpro]

@@roxel9993 I’ve personally had 1 instructor who would take a really disappointed and harsh tone when I’d get something wrong (older guy in his 50’s or so). Didn’t end up passing with him and had to change cause it was costing me money but I wasn’t getting much better. I changed eventually to a much younger guy who I ’d talk football and just life in general with and ended up passing. You have to be comfortable with your instructor, please, never feel because they are older that they can just speak or act anyhow to you. It’s your money firstly, but your happiness and peace of mind in an already challenging environment learning to drive. All the best.

[@yutassmilehealsme6572]

@@roxel9993 Me too I had an instructor she must've been in her 70s tbh but like she'd say odd stuff idk how to explain. One time I was hesitating to turn at traffic lights and she went "This is ridiculous" lol. But like sometimes she'd be so harsh but it also helped in solidifying the rules into me I guess. I found that she'd be too strict with the rules, especially with braking; she wants me to brake reeeeaally smoothly. The second instructor I had was a man probably in his 50s and he was sooo chill lmao. I can't believe he just trusted me. And he was so nice.

[@Molly-en7nu]

Handled this one like a champ - I remember my first roundabout. Still avoid them with all my heart!!🤣

[@kirstylouuise]

i want to say a huge thank you for your videos. im a learner driver had about 12 hrs of lessons and your videos have helped MASSIVELY! i had a lesson today and i was remembering so much of the things i usually forget to do or might not be so good at, and putting them into practice by watching your videos and helping retain information from them 🙂 also just wanna say you’re a fantastic instructor! keep doing you! 😄❤️

[@ClearviewDriving]

So glad that the videos are helpful! Thank you for watching :)

[@daviemac9925]

That was great Lovejit, I've been driving a long time and those roundabouts would have freaked me out, and you just took them in your stride with only a little help. I love these videos, I used to like to drive into Edinburgh and Glasgow, but as I've got older I find both quite scary. Watching this might give me the courage to give them another go!

[@chuipingchu1636]

What a smart, bright youngster! Keep going Lovejit, and you'll definitely get one take pass. Aman, you are really a brilliant instructor, please do keep producing awesome mock tests as well as driving lessons xx

[@marklawton1211]

This is a really useful video, and youre so lovely and patient with your nephew, alot of family members wouldn't be that calm.

[@jacksmith4006]

This video really helped me I got took on my first one of these yesterday and honestly it rlly worried me but watching this gave me a much clearer understanding 😁

[@olusegunmaxwell738]

Awesome video and knowledge gained useful in daily driving. Thank you both.

[@mannyg5319]

Great video! Big roundabouts can always be confusing. This was very useful. Thanks

[@fookriver]

Gotta keep doing these to have no fear, good job, Lovejit.

[@malekarab284]

This is super useful, during my test I found these roundabouts very challenging! Very good work as usual @Clearviewdriving!

[@ClearviewDriving]

Thank you Malek :) safe driving

[@cashx_vids2039]

He’s Doing Really well 👏🏽

[@matthewgray2069]

Got my test on the 31st, very helpful video! Worries me how many drivers don't use their indicators/ or are really late with them on roundabouts.

[@ClearviewDriving]

Good luck :)

[@AK-vr2gm]

Same, thats why my judgement on roundabouts is non consistent and my instructor has to stop and tell me when to go. Hope you pass your driving.

[@christrejo9318]

Very helpful video. Renting a car in the UK in a couple of months as my wife and I are going on vacation from the US. This video was very helpful in understanding how to navigate roundabouts. Thank you

[@SusieQ156]

Aman , l love the way you teach - calm professional with good instructions , great job 👍

[@bbciplayer1043]

You honestly teach so well, I wish my instructor would teach me like this, he kind of just says Go, Go! Like Ok.

[@theofungi6562]

Empty roundabout at 5am, roundabouts are a doddle. Midday, lots of angry drivers, different story. I have to practice not the roundabout itself, but how qualified drivers use it, and the worn out lines. Practice, practice, practice. Thank You for another great one.

[@louis2330]

I love your videos there really helping me my test is in Jan

[@makanjuolababatunde8810]

Thank you for these videos, Erin!

[@EmmanuellaUdofia]

Her name is Aman

[@Josh-ct6ue]

Another great video 🤲

[@stevethomas74]

Hi Iman, I always find your videos useful, but this one in particular really speaks to me as I am learning and I find spatial or gyro roundabouts tricky. Your nephew is clearly a chip off the old block if you ask me 😎

[@ClearviewDriving]

I’m really glad the video was useful :) Thank you for watching

[@Ari-bx9cs]

This I'd such a huge help

[@uroojiqbal3194]

Thnx for sharing 👌👍

[@natashabolton2338]

Thank u 4 video :) 😊🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 this video help me deal with big roundabouts when i have my lessons

[@ClearviewDriving]

:)

[@milesbashford2891]

Love video

[@birdingnorthdevon]

On a spiral roundabout I agree with an initial right signal on approach but when your in your lane spiralling outwards would a right signal not be confusing as other motorists may think you want to change lanes ? Just a left signal when exiting ? Great videos BTW

[@benh4544]

They're so confusing, I mean at 5:00, he has to go into the left lane because it's marked on the floor as yelding or something, yet if there were cars there he'd never have known which lane was which, how would he have known?!

[@hannahleigh7008]

Please please do more of these I hate Big spiral roundabouts

[@reboot1337]

i like busy ares like that where you makeing videos, specially big roundabouts like that.

[@nebulanebula7345]

Thank you 😊

[@OFCOURSE20]

Use broken hatched markings if necessary. It helps get you in position.. perfectly legal if SAFE and NECESSARY

[@OFCOURSE20]

When both lanes go right and you chose left.. the cars in right MAY THINK YOUR indicator is to swap lanes. As the highway code states UNLESS signs and markings state otherwise, then signal. As the Marking is advising to turn right only . The signal can be confusing. We know a signal is designed to help not confuse.

[@ashleyyoungs6252]

don't have many roundabouts as big as these near where i live. I'd dread ever going on one but i have some understanding on how they work. The closest 3 lane motorway is 4 hours from where i live so i never really come across big junctions like these

[@mohi3d]

Recommend to show the speed and indicator status also from next video. Thanks for your driving tips

[@dailyksi7212]

Man like lovejit you know

[@thetruthshallsetyoufree]

lovely

[@LHITShappy]

There’re no big traffic controlled roundabouts in my area, as I have never driven one before I do find them more confusing than giveaway roundabouts. As a new driver, I do find big roundabouts kinda daunting at times, in fact I had a few close encounters when exiting big roundabouts. Basically, when you’re trying to move over to the left for the exit of a big roundabout, sometimes you get idiots speed past you and cut you off from the left despite the left signal, which can lead to collision if you don’t react to it by slowing down or staying in the right.

[@ButterflySimmer]

I'm so gutted I failed on my reverse bay parking today. Everything else went amazing and would've passed with 3 minors. Ah well 3rd time lucky 😂

[@automaticdrivinglesson5249]

Prepare - Observe - Consider Signal - Move

[@OFCOURSE20]

Ahead lanes don't need signals. Highway code states this. UNLESS signs or markings state OTHERWISE 'then' signal.

[@Partyharder4]

I have a question at 10:56 I would have thought that he took the correct lane due to him exiting on the left (the non overtaking lane). I know the lane change was unnecessary but it would put him in the correct position right?

[@Squimple]

Great video. Long time driver here, but I don't live in a region with spiral roundabouts, so I'm trying to learn how to do them properly for when I do drive on them. Great explanations. I do have a question about the signalling. These are not standard roundabouts as they have multiple marked lanes. so, should not signalling be for lane changing when you find yourself in the wrong lane? If I saw a car in a left lane to me indicating right I would think they wanted to come into my lane?

[@ClearviewDriving]

Hey thank you for watching, with the big spiral roundabouts it’s always a good idea to start with a right signal at the entry to make it clea. You would also only signal left when you’re about to exit. So if the vehicle next to you is signalling, they should just be leaving the roundabout from that lane. With multi lane roundabouts you can just go in and follow your lane round as it just becomes a big one way system or a ring road. Hope that helps

[@insoft_uk]

They should start numbering the exits from how bad some drivers always seem to pick the wrong lane and then switch on the actual roundabout cutting other drivers off

[@Zero96]

I've passed my test and roundabouts I struggle at big time, I'm most likely doing things right but over think it...

[@thomtrucker1925]

Driver should to take a lesson how to hold steering wheel correctly. This is very common problem when you sit in to truck. So many drivers are lost, mamy more gears mean less time for both hands with steering. In Scandinavia we do lessons how to drive and steer just with one hand. Fully loaded truck need to change gear from zero to 30 miles 5x times during steering wheels.

[@ionutstrainu]

Good video, I was just wondering if notice that your cousin didn’t do MSM when moving off

[@cmillermania391]

Great video but watching this just gives me anxiety. I hate roundabouts!

[@juwariahfaatimah4893]

I’m struggling with Roundabouts and I been told to do automatic cuz I may not pass as I keep making mistakes, it’s been upsetting me how can I improve and pass my manual test

[@uroojiqbal3194]

Lovejit is v lucky 😍

[@dvg4868]

Weirdo

[@synoliz4433]

@@dvg4868 innit LOL

[@Srilankowa]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kasiapetruk6730]

why do you teach to leave roundabout in right lane, and not the left as it is usually taught? on the test it is a fault if you exit roundabout in right lane whilst left was clear. only when you overtake or/and plan to go right soon after on the next roundabout/junction you can choose right from what I was always told on other videos etc. So would be good to have answer for that :)

[@XEILANCE]

How many hours instruction has lovey had?

[@shahabahmad7025]

as u approached white Hart roundabout for ruslip . you could have also used the middle lane. Correct?

[@ClearviewDriving]

Yes can, it’s only when you’re familiar with the area that you would know that. Most new drivers would go according to the road markings

[@kateprytherch5834]

What’s the spiral you spoke about

[@apurva_v_arora]

Greenford 3rd exit B455, is beyond 12 o'clock. He took the correct lane but why wouldn't he signal right?

[@larahattab]

im still scared lol (ive passed my test 2 months ago and im still here looool)

[@keith6400]

Busy roundabouts are easier if you can move off the exact second you want to. It is easier to get into gaps if you can start briskly as the gaps move with traffic flow. If you stop to give way with your wheels straight and the car pointing precisely in the direction of travel required you do not need a sluggish angled move off.

[@shaider739]

Here in Wembley-kingsbury-stanmore, all roundabouts are manual 🙄

[@mohzam786]

Hiya I thought you always had to be in the left lane when leaving an exit on roundabout ! I’m confused now

[@rexstout8177]

The older I get, the more it seems to me that dedicating lanes to a particular exit is a cause of more problems than solutions. The elegant simplicity of roundabouts is lost when one stresses about whether the correct lane has been chosen, not to mention the dangerous last minute 'corrections' we sometimes see.

[@undeniableluck3260]

It seems as though each A road will have its own lane

[@jl1696]

This instructor is crazy gorgeous how would you concentrate😂

[@purnitaroy8336]

Rounders ours are crazy strange

[@catalin3845]

Was a good lesson but what i notice is while is waiting at a red traffic light is holding the clutch down..it should be in neutral and the clutch off..it just wearing the clutch..not so good for the car

[@ClearviewDriving]

Hey yes that’s true, it’s just with new drivers they will struggle getting the car ready and lack coordination to move off quickly when the lights change But yes once they get the hang of it we do practice waiting in neutral and getting the car ready when necessary:)

[@apurva_v_arora]

The last roundabout is not designed correctly. Once you enter to take the 3rd exit, The spiral should take you to the lane from which you could take the 3rd exit. However , you deliberately have to switch lane to take the 3rd exit and there could be someone to your left.

[@charanrajudupi9747]

You are county? London???

[@SultanAhmed-en7gq]

Hi, I am Ahmed, having seen your videos really nice and outstanding, I would like to take some lessons from you, where are your based?

[@tahirhussain6477]

In mumbai

[@marinalexandru1237]

Ms Instructor in Scunthorpe you come ,I wish like some lecttions?

[@Chesnay6969]

First

[@seansmith445]

These large roundabouts are way too confusing.

[@peterwhite7321]

Sorry at the start, you advised to pick then right lane?. The lane to the left also went ahead, so surely he should have picked that

[@ClearviewDriving]

Hey at big roundabouts if you know your exit is after 12 it’s better to start in the right On the roundabout without the traffic lights, the middle lane also goes right but you would only know that if you’re familiar with the area but it’s not a good idea to use the outside most lane to go around the roundabout It’s difficult to explain but it’s definitely safer to start right and then spiral out With teaching new drivers I don’t want to teach them to do these roundabouts and know them off by heart, it’s about just learning how to safely manoeuvre any roundabout (so a safe rule they can apply to any roundabout any area) Hope that helps :)

[@dotmars2568]

Possibly the most obvious question in today's climate: is there any other way of obtaining a driving test sooner? I have a cancellation app installed, however no dates are popping up for me :(

[@alphaleague6472]

There is no other way, just wait for a cancellation

[@parishyuna]

These roads look better for flowing traffic but damn coming from an American I feel like I would crash so easily, looks very confusing. I'm for sure taking a taxi of some sorts if I ever visit or live in these countries. Gives me so much anxiety just watching.

[@CharlieSDee]

I’ve watched multiple videos but I’m still not getting it! Bloody hate roundabouts

[@Mike_5]

The best sort of roundabouts is where some idiot road planner has decided to put traffic light controlled pedestrian crossings on the actual exit point from the roundabout

[@ClearviewDriving]

Hey yeah the pedestrians crossings just after a roundabout can be scary.. but it’s actually safer to have them there than to place it slightly further as pedestrians will still cross close to the junction (mostly laziness)

[@Mike_5]

@@ClearviewDriving Good Point! and with the new Highway Code changes coming in to place maybe we all need to adjust our driving plans to include Lazy pedestrians and eScooter riders?!

[@sari2513]

Picking the correct lane is so confusing 😞

[@stayawayfromthewoke3412]

15:40

[@suthenview1270]

Does he pass in real test ?

[@ClearviewDriving]

Hey yes he passed 😁

[@shikipop5930]

ahhh the infamous yeading huge 🍑 Russian roulette roundabout.. horrid 😂

[@ClearviewDriving]

Haha yep, that’s the one!

[@vikkyvarathan3000]

This woman teaches wrong and wrong lane exit on the roundabout, they have cut the videos!!!

[@kasiapetruk6730]

yes, definitely. it is not good instruction considering the test etc.