If you are approaching at 6 o'clock and the vehicle at 9 o'clock has already entered the roundabout, it is now effectively 'in front of you' and you are behind that vehicle, just as if you were behind a vehicle on a road. I know for a fact she was smoking and had potentially just lit one. I have driven in most of them in Western Europe. We never changed lanes. concerned with academic learning and research. Rule 151, in slow moving traffic you should allow access into and from side roads, as blocking these will add to congestion. Are you serious, volume of traffic makes no difference, unless directed by an official ( police etc ), traffic on the approach NEVER UNDER ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE does approaching traffic have right of way over traffic on the roundabout, never, so you just have to wait. The dvla handbook is just something you might wish to buy for whatever reason. private in relations or private in nature. Watch this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCJADJQD3Y No, of coursr not, so long as you approach in the correct lane for the route you are taking and correctly signal your intentions e.g avoid a queue for the 1st exit by approaching as if to turn right and then going all the way round to gain priority becaise you are on the roundabout. joyous, merry in disposition; glad; cheerful. 2 .. If you are a student looking for AP® review guides, check out: The Best 2021 AP® Review Guides. You say that arrows in left lane say left/straight, arrows in right lane say straight/right. containing an apology or excuse for a faulty. How close to or far away from a mini roundabout does a car have to be for you to give them priority as approaching from the right. One big problem with straight roads with one side junction is people approaching on the straight road (to the right of the side junction) may be able to see the road ahead is clear, so can seemingly just ignore the mini roundabout totally, as there won't be anyone approaching from their right (flooring the accelerator in the process). Hello Mandy, Just so you know there is no such thing at 12 o'clock rule. Just to add - I only passed my test a couple of months ago! Hi all, For over five years, hundreds of thousands of students have used Albert to build confidence and score better on their SAT®, ACT®, AP, and Common Core tests. Educators looking for AP® exam prep: Try Albert free for 30 days! If you are thinking about signals, then indicate left before the entry if you are taking the laft exit(s). 5 .. I would take the left hand lane to allow those who want to turn right to do so. you'd stay in the left hand lane for that. Idiot in a council van clearly saw me indicating yet edged forwards so as to block me from turning. The Highway code does not state that. All vehicles MUST pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so. couldn't have put it better myself! very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits. My answer is it really depends on road position for both of you, it should not have been an issue as there should have been plenty of room for him to pass on the left hand side and leave at the exit before you ( correct me if I am getting the exits wrong please ), had you drifted out or did he cut across ? Roundabout near where I live has a left turn and a straight on. tending to entice into a desired action or state. Yup, make up for lack of driving skills by asking those same drivers to perform manoeuvres they are likely incapable of !!! I was in the right lane and intending to go straight ahead (12 o’clock) The left lane to go straight ahead. Could you please post the name of the examiner and there place of work address and phone number, also the driving school they work for if not directly for dvla. Woman in Audi claims she was in the correct lane for turning right - she was, but not the right turn she wanted to take. Google earth shows three lanes approaching the roundabout from Interlink Way West, when in fact I checked today and took photographs there are only two lanes now to approach the roundabout from that direction and I approached that roundabout in the left hand lane because I was travelling straight over it. I do have a question which the highway code isn't clear on though, if I join the round about at 6 o'clock and I want to go to 3rd exit at 3 o'clock (in right lane) but at 9 o'clock another car joins the round about to exit the same exit as me but pulls out so she's almost next to me on the left lane in the round about still,who's fault would it be if I took my exit at the same time as the car who joined at 9 o'clock (even though I joined before her,me at 6 o'clock and her at 9)???? allay ... exposed out in the open with only tents or little shelter. Hi Paul In this scenario, common sense would assume the left lane is for a left turn, and the right lane is to be used to go straight on? This is really easy my son. 68, "the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection." The problem is there are so many morons who just cut across the central blob, but that's them breaking the rules (rule 188). resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. Not common, but does happen! Alaa, did you make that complaint to the driving school and DVLA, please update me as to how you got on. There's many factors to consider. What happens if you are at the roundabout and you are wanting to enter the roundabout and you see a vehicle from the right heading the opposite direction of you without the right signal on and you think it is going straight ahead but you have moved off before it has came around and collided with each other. If your exit is after the 1 position then indicate right before entry and take the right hand side at entry, stay to the right (closest to the central island) and then indicate left as you pass the exit prior to yours and carefully move across to the left side so you can exit safely. 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