How To Negotiate Roundabouts | UK Roundabout Rules | Driving Lessons & Test Easy Guide MSPSL Routine

A step by step guide on how to deal with roundabouts in UK. Using DVSA and UK Highway Code Rules. This video is perfect for learners preparing for driving test or just refreshing your roundabout rules or if you’re visiting UK. Knowledge builds confidence so this is perfect for you if you’re learning to drive. Save money on lessons by understating roundabouts from this video. This video is created by highly knowledgeable grade A Instructor Shahel Khan.
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Roundabout can be very daunting experience, especially a roundabout in UK with many roads joining in. However, once you understand the rules and principles and follow the hazard drill correctly it can be very easy and simple junction to deal with. The key is using the MSPSL routine correctly and timing it right too.
In this video we will discuss about how roundabouts work and who you need to give priority to. Then we will talk about how to identify the roundabout in good time. We will also explain the clock method and divide the roundabout into left and right section. This will make it easy to understand how to use the indicator (signal) correctly and where/how to position as you approach the roundabout.
In this video we will guide you step by step on how to take different turns on roundabouts. Explain how to use mirror, signal, positioning, speed and look (MSPSL). Also, how to assess, decide and act before merging in to the roundabout (LADA). We will show you on this video how to turn first left at the roundabout, second left and turning right, including first, second and third exit.
This video can be extremely helpful for new learners and for someone taking driving lessons and learning to drive. This video is recommended by many driving instructors for their pupil to watch before practicing roundabout lessons. Test centres like Goodmayes, Hither Green, Barking, Wansted, Sidcup and almost all the test centres in United Kingdom have at least one or two roundabouts on the route that you’ll need to deal with. So, this video will be very helpful for you to watch before going to your driving test.
This video is very helpful for anyone coming to UK/London and need to learn the rules and regulation of the roads. Driving in UK, there are lots of roundabouts unlike some country you hardly come a cross any roundabouts. There for I will advice you to please watch this video before driving in UK London or any other city.

[@carljohnsoncj6896]

I’m 17 and I can say that this roundabout is one of the easiest roundabouts out there. Other roundabouts are 100 times harder and different.

[@mcsonicteam]

I like how a cough was added. No, this is a human speaking, honest!

[@anant95]

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[@MarioNotLuigi]

wtf

[@UKDrivingTest]

*cough*

[@kyrasimms6364]

I noticed the cough and was like wth, like why add that 😂

[@Aditi_Kulkarni]

Exactly

[@nyasharugaresimbi1722]

As soon as I herd the cough I went straight to the comments 😂😂😂😂

[@smudger671]

He summed it up when he said "roundabout is a hazard"!

[@dabadboyuzi]

Can I just say that this is by far the best roundabout video on KZbin, along with the parallel parking one, really appreciate it !

[@Nitrxgen]

I like how the text-to-speech engine had to clear its throat at 04:34. You could have just spoken yourself instead of using a TTS engine. A TTS engine makes it less easy to follow. Also, it would be great to see a video on negotiating roundabouts that are 3-exit, 5- or 6-exit roundabouts with varying numbers of lanes. This is what trips people up because they're not at all at described in this video.

[@leestons]

The part where it cleared its throat was brilliant.

[@udaykiranmudigonda]

Thanks for the detailed explanations, really helped me to understand and negotiate roundabouts , Delighted to say I Passed with just 5 minors yesterday.

[@giliraraabrahandmadecards4936]

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[@Hjkkgg6788]

How many people u helped hero. Wonder why i get so much attention i dont do anything haha

[@MsSunshineanni]

By far the best roundabouts video I have watched online!! :) Thank you. More please! :)

[@rroge5]

i recon 90% of drivers need to watch this video before the next time they drive

[@jeffwilliams9145]

Only 90%?

[@InYudeBaybee]

5:08 for right exits .. This vid is extremely detailed !

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

Nice to see a driving tutorial for the proper side of the road for a change. Most I come across are tutorials on how to drive on the wrong side of the road.

[@tibiaowned1]

before the roundabout you should be in the right lane if you are gonna go right :) well explained

[@melissanewton4587]

Make sure you don't cut people up on the roundabout from the left. Once in lane for your exit . Stay in it. Many a time someone barges across in my path on a roundabout in Swindon where my lane splits into two. There lane is dotted to begin with then solid stripes to head to the 12 o'clock exit. But they shove in to go right instead !

[@simplified556]

@@melissanewton4587 When you're in the left lane and you're going straight ahead do you signal? How come in the video he goes straight ahead, and uses the signal after the first exit, yet at the end, he says "no signal for going left, except at first exit" didn't he use the left signal straight ahead?

[@_LilacRoses]

I wasn't prepared for that cough!

[@chriskate7]

This video is a breath of fresh air. Trying to explain to people to go straight on you use the left hand lane is frustrating. People in my town use the right lane so they can cut across then indicate left to come off meanwhile there's someone on the left going straight on who they are cutting up

[@MandarSane]

Hi Eastend Driving School, thanks for such an information video. It has immensely helped while my driving test today and I passed with 2 minors only. Thank you again...

[@shahel1]

Thank you for your feedback. Congratulations on passing your driving test. Drive safe.

[@KhushalQaum]

Extremely helpful to understand the roundabouts. Anyway I don't care about any background stuff, because this guy explained in the best way. Thumbs up. Thank you .

[@goeastend]

Thank you

[@milo-sq3sd]

Amazing video extremly helpful. Thank you Eastend Driving School

[@brianmurray4344]

this has really helped me a fair my test today on a roundabout am gutted..but got cancellation for 2 weeks away.. after watching this video it's help me a lot thanks

[@julietlawson90]

Thank you very much, your videos helped me understand roundabout. I pass my driving test first time .

[@shahel1]

Juliet Lawson congratulations

[@Lasuperpao1]

Thank you for posting! Very well explained! I'm having my test in 3hours!

[@elenafilipinakennedy2994]

Hi, did you passed your test?

[@importedmusic]

Maria Kennedy Did he died?

[@elenafilipinakennedy2994]

Lol

[@karinadacunha1337]

Great video, thank you so much, very well done and explained, finally I understood what my instructor is trying to make me understand.

[@saimkhan-rr7xo]

I find your videos fantastic. I am doing my driving test for the second time in a few weeks and I'm more nervous knowing I already failed it once.

[@SamNeeve]

Did u pass?

[@lunarhime13232]

This was quite informative. We don't have any roundabouts here where I live in Canada, and I encountered some in Euro truck simulator, and I was just utterly confused at what to do - being a game, I just rushed it to the right road i needed to be in, but I do someday want to drive to places where there might be a roundabout, so it's good to be informed.

[@MarcAlain261]

I've passed my test 2 days ago, i've followed what you said in this video. Thank you

[@goeastend]

No Diggidy congratulations drive safe!!

[@romybath318]

That is a brilliant explanation of roundabouts - the point that past 12o'clock you have to move into the right lane. Up till now I've had trouble with it sinking in. Thanks a million.

[@nearlyretired7005]

You should give up driving then.its very very simple.

[@lovelight7005]

Very clear! Thank you.

[@shahel1]

You're welcome

[@ecakeilongga1091]

Thank you for clear and simple explanations. I manage to drive now in roundabout with confidence.

[@NRGrimmy]

I thought this was one of those auto-tune robots talking until he coughed at 4:34

[@spanishmontana6121]

LMAO facts

[@gorgolyt]

4:30 Either this is narrated by a man who sounds like a computer, or the computer just coughed.

[@djjayem100]

+Ryan Denziloe haha, i just heard it, was like wtf..

[@ph0u503f]

Maybe the computer has a virus.

[@soneelita]

the computer has a virus so it coughed .

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[@y2e1s5w5]

Fantastic. v nice .can you plz upload more videos about starting , stopping, 3 point trun, parking, motorway n stuff plz plz plz I love your style of teaching many thanks

[@geordinefasiki3745]

This is the best roundabout videos in the world .

[@learnerlessons]

Thank you

[@anyalauchlan2514]

Very clear! I have done this roundabout from different entries. This video makes it so simple and all the points where the indicators have to be switched on/off and left / right are mentioned, which is important.

[@giliraraabrahandmadecards4936]

how about the cough🤣

[@anyalauchlan2514]

@@giliraraabrahandmadecards4936 Do not get distracted by silly little things, so to learn more and faster.

[@giliraraabrahandmadecards4936]

@@anyalauchlan2514 thankyou so much!! xxx

[@foziachoudary6820]

thanks for detailed , explanations really helped me to understand roundabouts.

[@amazing763]

In my part of the US they are just adding these--called traffic circles--and those encountering them for the first time tend to go straight across the middle. One of those people drove straight into a house. Others assume, "fastest car has the right of way." In Massachusetts roundabouts--called "rotaries" there--have been in place since the advent of the motor car or before, but until recently the legal right of way belonged to the traffic entering the roundabout, not to those exiting. In heavy traffic you could only exit the roundabout illegally.

[@smartdrivetest]

Hi Eastend - good explanation of roundabouts. I especially like the "clock" model in combination of thinking of a roundabout like a conventional intersection - that is a good teaching technique for students. One question - is the head checks (shoulder checks) missing as part of the sequence? How do drivers check their blind spots, especially when they're crossing lanes of traffic? Thanks for the video, Cheers Rick

[@shahel]

Check bs if you're in doubt or if you lost track of something. Like you saw a bike then it disappeared. Checking mirrors on time with awareness is important. If it's safe to do so check over your shoulder.

[@Sammyanthas]

In UK South or any major city make sure you know which exit you will be taking before getting to the roundabout, especially if you will be taking the third exit. In the video it shows an un-busy lane, it is usually v busy, so get in lane in plenty of time. Don't panic :)

[@iainnoonan4337]

I am American, I just followed what everyone else did , until i was 1st in the line then i was screwed, so i just went around the traffic circle in the inside, turns out i was correct YAY!!

[@tigidankaybangura1738]

Your video has really helped me to understand roundabouts. Thank you 😊 💓

[@badboy06660]

Pedestrian 'kindergarten' intro to how to do it. Not sure I like the text-to-speech explanation but it ticks (almost all) the right boxes. The cross-roads analogy is excellent. This takes 7 minutes to explain one diagram in the Highway Code - but strangely I like it..... the animation is clear and clever. Where did you get the software? For further development, I would add one or two 'advanced driving' tips: 1. 'less is more" - if you hold back from traffic ahead and take it slow, you get more time to look for 'your' gap and will be able to take it more easily with a clearer view and with a greater safety margin in case the driver ahead hesitates, yet probably quicker than if you'd driven up to the line and stopped. Well done - I'll be posting a lot of stuff from 'live' situations on the 'How to' playlist of my channel soon.

[@jamesnickel4748]

Great video! Answers lots of my questions...thanks!

[@mandyodedra64]

i think the idea of using the clock terminology is brilliant,i was watching with the sound off and found it a very helpfull video,fanx :-)

[@MrDannys376]

thank you for the tips,will look at video before I do my test

[@girleyborer472]

well explained! thank you so much, it a big help.

[@messpilo]

very good! The clock example is very helpful I was confused !

[@SuperNickid]

In my home town the traffic dirrection is on the right not on the left, and I'm well aware not every country used the right as traffic dirrection. This is why round about in my home town are counter clockwise because the traffic dirrection is on the right. I know a left turn in a left dirrected traffic is equal to a right turn on the right directed traffic.

[@MrCooL-yt7kz]

It was really good of eastend driving school to make this animation tutorial video of roundabout for new road users . Please add a thin line attaching from the right hand land to the inner lane of the roundabout next time .

[@GX-D]

I'll be the roundabout, the words will maaaaake you out 'n' out! I spend the daaaaay your waaaaaaaaaay! Call it morning driving thru the sound in and out the valleeeeeeeey!

[@Spartz95]

Very well explained video, thank you !

[@mandimandal6421]

Easily and nicely explained .Thank you.

[@abdullahiahmed119]

Brilliant explanation all round about round about, thanks.

[@marvinenkwain9419]

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[@josephgippert8359]

Thanks for this as a beginner i wasn't to overwhelmed the cough isn't good at present moment 😷

[@nicholasbailey4537]

15 mph is slow jogging pace... Are you a cheetah?

[@UKDrivingTest]

15mph is just a casual stroll for a cheetah

[@humanzerohumanzero4825]

Hahaha that's like 24kph no one jogs at that speed

[@meerkatandpug]

Quite a good video, but some of the comments show just how clueless many learners are, so I'd have added that despite these basic rules there will always be exceptions e.g. for an exit at 1 O'Clock it may sometimes be more appropriate to use the left hand lane. Driving is not an exact science, and requires a lot of interpretation and common sense, which explains why so many people don't get it.

[@rachelabbey7456]

Well explained and easy to understand, thank you

[@user-wm1vx5mz1b]

Explanations and video are excellent! Thanks a lot!❤

[@TheKingOfHalo]

They just replaced a traffic signal intersection with a roundabout in my small Florida town. The only problem is that this is Florida we're talking about, and most people down here don't know what a yield sign is, much less a roundabout. So far, most treat it either as a 4 way stop or a green light where they always have right of way and don't have to yield for anyone. It's quite entertaining driving through it.

[@yasmineagraba1401]

Thank you so much Good job! And so clear!!

[@raamaan159]

Sir awesome teaching and child also can understand easily with practical diagram s

[@Randalf999]

Ha, visited England/Wales/Scotland a few years ago and it was freaky driving on the opposite of the road (for me) for 1500 miles. And wowser, the roundabouts! And they're everywhere! Not many I've seen in the US (Midwest, anyway). Odd too, that MILES are posted and not Kilometers. I was thinking was Ks and thought, darn this seems so long for Kilometers :-) Love the UK, been there 3 times and would love to go back.

[@ohmanright6331]

I'LL BE THE ROUNDABOUT

[@Dejf4299]

Oh Man Right THE WORDS WILL MAKE YOU OUT 'N OUT

[@kristiyandimitrov2535]

Thanks for this video!

[@raymondsmith3551]

when turning 90 degrees right, you approach in lane 2, you should leave in lane 2, saves a crunch if someone is turning left from your last exit in a hurry into lane one. Never commit yourself up the inside of a vehicle on a roundabout.

[@PasCone103Z]

I'll be the roundabout The Words will make you out 'n' out And spend the day your way

[@ivailovalevski6436]

Is this a motherfucking jojo reference?

[@ELsDrivingSchoolBromley]

I have directed my learners to this video. Very useful, thanks.

[@angelangel-vv2yz]

Being a newbie I understood thoroughly, thanks.

[@goeastend]

Thank you

[@benworker6858]

Well, this is most useful for drivers which are not used to driving on the left hand side (Like us Europeans Main Land guys). The video does a decent job showing the rules. When it comes to recap things though, I believe it to be a slight mistake to use switched colors for "up to 12o'clock" and after - it used to be green for 1st. and 2nd. exit for the usual 1st person POV . At the very least it should have been mentioned that it shows now things from "top to bottom" POV.

[@ibrahimabdalla7074]

Thank you wonderful description

[@marie.naturallysims2179]

UK roundabouts look so complicated compared to the ones in Australia. Looking at videos for how to use UK roundabouts so I know when I go to the UK next year, planning on driving a lot.

[@maliteacher]

This is helping me so much ,thank you.

[@siddakabegum7862]

Thanks this is so helpful.😊

[@LookUsArts]

Thank you This helped a lot!

[@hos4487]

Thanks, that was great!

[@claudiomuccifuora7347]

The best video! Thank you so much.

[@lucymizen9028]

Why does this robotic voice clear it's throat half way through? Brilliant. Thanks for the info.

[@deborahjames5389]

Thank you for your teaching , more video right turn, reverse in the corner, meeting point plese up load ore helpful my exam is very nearly coming soon .thanks a lots

[@ultra_vires]

Just happened across 4:33 - a sound effect of someone clearing their throat! As if it's not obvious already, no shame in using text-to-speech.

[@Heretican]

My driving instructor sent me here :D

[@aboal3bd438]

Thanks for the video it’s really helpful

[@141Lav]

A lot of drivers NEVER indicate at roundabouts so always slow down and give benefit of doubt.

[@shahel1]

Nice tip. Thank you

[@meerkatandpug]

That's because they're busy texting, or 'liking' a photo of what a friend of a friend had for breakfast on Facebook.

[@HavalKurdistanPeace]

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[@ihavenousername1805]

Haha I'm from a rural area and the biggest problem are old timers who still think you don't need to signal left at the end of a right turn, who stay in the right lane for a straight ahead exit, and obviously the cliche land rovers with smashed up indicator and headlights.

[@soneelita]

You are right !

[@Stmon2]

@eastend driving school in east london Thank you!

[@yaallahforgiveus7248]

Exelent video about roundabouts well done

[@dodgewyndel8325]

Thanks a lot for some lessons and tips...

[@samuelabroqi]

Very clear explanation of roundabouts 😊

[@alimomenigeo]

Thanks for this video.

[@rosemorales5255]

Wow,! Best tip ever!!!

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Thanks for the video , it does help 👍

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thanks...very helpful video.

[@shahel1]

You're welcome!

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This video really halpfull. thank you very much

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Really useful video.many tnx!!

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A helpful video thank so much

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Great help

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wow amazing sound!!!

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Amazing!!!!

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Thanks for the useful video :)

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Helpful video!

[@DeeSquiz]

great help thank you