ROUNDABOUTS: How to deal with Spiral & Multi-lane Roundabouts Part 1 - Filmed in Basingstoke
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2025
- Learn how to do use Large Multi-Lane & Spiral Roundabouts.
Example 1 00:08 Brighton Hill Roundabout going right 4th exit towards the test centre
Example 2 01:34 Brighton Hill Roundabout going ahead 4th exit towards the town centre
Example 3 02:59 Oakridge Roundabout Right 3rd exit towards Old Basing
Example 4 04:47 Oakridge Roundabout Ahead 3rd exit towards Oakridge
Example 5 07:06 Houndsmill Industrial Estate Roundabout going right 3rd exit
In this short video we try and make Large Multi-Lane Roundabouts as simple as possible. Although the thought of large Multi-Lane Roundabouts seems scary. In a lot of cases they are very well laid out with signs and road marking. So, if you understand what to look for and what they mean. They can become much easier than you first thought.
With any junction, don’t be afraid of going the wrong way. You can always turn around and get back on course later. So, if for example you find yourself in a left only lane on the approach to a Large Multi-Lane Roundabout, but you want to go straight ahead but don’t feel like you have time or its not safe to change lanes. Just go left safely and then turn around later when it is safe. Even on a driving test it does not matter if you go the wrong way if what you do is safe.
This video was filmed using roundabouts in the area of Basingstoke Driving Test Centre in Hampshire
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I'd have this completely mastered if I could pause time and run through the options haha.
Haha exactly what I thought. Be nice if you could pause in real time to read the signs. In reality there's a large hgv blocking any view of the signs and an impatient audi or BMW right up your arse!
That would be helpful, A lot of the time you get a real pause at a red light or if there are lots of cars coming so you can use this time wisely and look ahead for these signs. Hope its help you understand what to look for tho on the move :)
From one driving school to another - this video is excellent. What a great idea to do this.
How-2-Drive thanks glad you like it have you checked out part 2? :)
This video is brilliant; one of the best I’ve seen explaining complex roundabouts. I’m an American visiting the UK soon with my family. I feel a little more confident after seizing your video. Thanks.
Glad its helping :)
That's the clearest explanation for large roundabouts I've seen.i especially like the mirror and signal icons you use. Nice work.
Road Trip Driving School Limited thank you, glad you liked it :)
Thanks a lot, you saved my day.
This is probably the best video playlist to explain how to maneuver at roundabouts.
Because of your videos, i was able to choose correct lanes at Brighton Hill and Winchester roundabouts during my test 😊
Glad it helped! Take it easy out there on your own :)
Excellent video, this is the best I've seen on multi lane roundabouts. I have a license and still get confused especially in unfamiliar areas. This vid will help loads, thanks!
Thanks glad it helps :)
Just passed my test and planning my first solo drive soon so this video was really useful, the pausing and animations made it easy to understand. Thanks!
Glad it’s helpful, good luck with your first solo
I've seen many videos on spiral roundabouts but I must say this is the Best one !! 👍
Thank you, glad it’s helping you :)
I passed my cat D practical test thank you for all your excellent videos the best I’ve seen on UA-cam.
The best video I've ever watched about multi-lane roundabouts
Glad we could help :)
Excellent Video I have ever watched not just for the beginners but even for the experienced drivers because people usually seem lost and get into the wrong lanes specially on the roundabouts. Thanks for educating us Sir :). I am a new driver and I believe I will watch this video every time I go for long drive :)
as an American living here these really are the most complex parts of driving in the UK and this video is helpful
Glad you like them, Hopefully the rest of England is worth the torment of our roundabouts? :)
Yes, but from what I have heard from the British people i work with that even natives aren't too fond of the roundabout, especially a few in the town of Plymouth.
Hi
Roundabouts in the Uk is the most stupid Jurassic-age rule existing only in the UK .
endless rules, and in reality they got the worse drivers on earth
Long live uncle Sam
jaymz ghostrecon errrrr no
Hands down the best spiral roundabout videos on UA-cam, pausing the video and highlighting lanes is extremely useful, thankyou!
No worries, glad it was helpful for you, and thank you for the kind comments
Because of this video I finally understand the multi lane roundabouts!
Glad they are helping, there are quite a few roundabout videos on our channel, check them out :)
Thank you! This is the best video I've seen on roundabouts. I'm still terrified of facing the Plymouth ones alone, but this will hopefully help when I'm out by myself. :)
Take you time i'm sure you will be fine, Glad they are helping :)
thank you Never stop making the videos
Thank you for these videos. I am studying almost all of them to prepare for driving in the U.K. next spring on my holiday. :) They are clear and easy to understand
Hope you enjoy driving our roads :)
Very good explanation and very good tools used to display good marking and lines should take in each case excellent work and explanation
Glad you liked it, hope it helps :)
Very nicely explained with colour coding. Thanks for the video.
No problem glad you like it :)
I'm struggling to understand roundabouts in Newcastle. The lanes change in to two then each in two again n then in three 😲. I had my 1st test coming next week but I preferred rescheduling that for the last week of May. I'm literally drawing roundabouts to understand the signs and road markings. Google map can't help much as they've recently changed road markings on roundabouts in Newcastle upon tyne. Your videos are helping me quite a lot. Keep it up and stay blessed !😊
Good luck, let us know how you get on :)
@@ThinkDriving I came across your video luckily and started watching again to make sure I do everything right and follow your instructions. I passed my test last year in June and drove my car for a couple of months. Got back on roads last month thinking it's gonna be hard but doing well so far. Thanks again for putting so much effort in to making your videos to make life easier for us!
@@rabi3341 You are welcome :)
It's when two merge into one when it's only a short piece of road when you should be worried or wary. People tend to barge in and race you in Swindon. Swindon council have no sense on how to build a good junction.
People ignore the white dots on roundabouts in Swindon. I've been cut up many a time.
Awesome! Very good, really enjoyed, and learnt to stay vigilant and safe.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really appreciate you that the way you teach is outstanding👏👏😍🙏
Just failed my driving test because of these large roundabouts. this helps!
Glad they are helping, good luck on your next one 👍
Got my driving test today and these videos are really helping! Heres hoping I pass!!
Uxutvi Kapdee good luck take your time :)
I passed my test in January, but still find myself avoiding roundabouts like these.
Keep trying them,they will get easier :)
Isupportunited same here
Same here I’ve practiced the ones near where I live but when I go on a trip to another city I always make mistakes, sometimes it’s pure luck nobody is in the Lane I need which is not something to rely on!
I'm learning in basingstoke area I find these roundabouts confusing but you have demonstrated this very well.
Glad they are helping, have you watched these 2? ua-cam.com/video/2isK02NIUEE/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/QdAcU8tami4/v-deo.html
This video is gonna be so helpful. Thanks 👍I just failed my first driving test. 6 minors & one serious. Picked up the serious fault on one of these as I took the right hand lane rather than middle, then crossed lines without mirrors or indicator.
Glad it’s helping, we have made a few videos like this, check them all out :)
Very clear and useful tutorial clip, Thank you so much.
You are welcome!
Hi thanks for VOD I just passed my tests yesterday x
Well done :) Take it easy out on the road :)
Very helpful video for europe driver like me, we dont have a lot of roundabouts like GB, but i think the roundabouts is more dangerous than simple crossings with signs or traffic lights
just passed My test today your video really helped thanks
Glad we could help :) take it easy out there on your own :)
Thank you help me a lot, I felt my test in roundabouts. I have to learn this well thanks
This video is excellent. Thank you so much for making these so understandable !!
No worries, glad it’s helping :)
I’m learning a lot from you and I’ve been driving for years.
I will be moving to UK soon so this helped me a bunch. Cheers!
No worries, hope you like the UK :)
Passed my practical test today.Your videos where helpfull😁
Ah great, well done, take it easy out there on your own :)
Nice clear precise video 👍
If you ever get scenarios with hgv remember hgv take different lines
Thank you, glad you liked it
I will be renting a car in Heathrow next May and heading out for a three week holiday in England and Scotland. To say I'm nervous is an understatement! Thank you for this... I hope to study it many times so I don't die or accidentally harm anyone else.
Kris Keele have a great holiday, and take your time on the roundabouts :)
Kris Keele have a great holiday, and take your time on the roundabouts :)
Should I have a big sign in the back that says "old lady American driver?" lol? Seriously, will I have any problem getting OUT of Heathrow and heading to Bath???
Kris Keele no a couple of large roundabouts that are mostly traffic light controlled if I remember right then your on the M4 for about 90 mins if the traffic of nice to you. Then your pretty much there. There is a lovely roof top spa in bath you should check it out and the Christmas market it pretty good to :)
Very helpful. Good my test in two weeks. Round about a can be very confusing. But I'm trying to read it as much as I can without over thinking it
Good luck with your test :)
Think Driving School thank you
Good video need to make an updated ones with the new Basingstoke roundabouts aha
When they have finished Brighton hill Roundabout It will be done ASAP :)
Hi, thanks for such a clear, detailed video.
Thanks for the very informative and helpful video, but even as an experienced driver I feel that no matter how careful or how correctly i navigate these large multiple lane roundabouts, there are so many drivers around you that are getting things wrong that potential conflict with another vehicle always feels like a real possibility, especially with lane discipline being so poor these days. My solution is to alter my route to either avoid these roundabouts altogether, or to enter the roundabout from a lane that allows me to stay on the left and avoid any lane changes. It may add a few miles to a journey but it's a small price to pay to avoid any ugly incidents.
I feel the same way. I've only been driving about six months or so but I tend to avoid roundabouts with many lanes if possible because I feel like even if I do everything correctly, there is no guarantee someone will not take the wrong lane or want to go the same way as me using a different lane and cause a collision. Also where I live has less clear signs and markings than the place in this video which sucks
Really good videos, hope you guys don’t mind me forwarding this to pre test drivers as we don’t have many Roundabouts like this in my area.
Matthew Newman Absolutely please do share them,
Glad you like it :)
Thank u for this helpful video. Love the colour coding of the road markings as I need to develop lane discipline. All the best 👍🏼
Thanks, Good luck with your driving :)
Thank you very much for your helping us
No worries, glad it’s helping, are you learning in Basingstoke?
7'00" left mirror, left shoulder AND: right mirror, right shoulder (just in case)!
i passed my test in the UK 40 years ago but have spent the last 30 years in germany. i'm practicing multi lane roundabouts for driving in UK in 2 weeks time.
thanks for the clear explanations.
except: when you said "if it's clear". what if it's not? stay where you are in the lane, and take a wrong exit if need be, i suppose. it's so much better to go the wrong way than to crash! to crash is easy.
That’s it, if it’s not clear, don’t move and take the safest next exit 👍
great video . i gave it a big fat thumbs up.
Thank you, Glad you liked it :)
Really nice video, thank you. I'm doing my test next week (also in Basingstoke) and it's only really multilane roundabouts and that awful short duel carriageway sliproad near Morrisons that I'm still a bit concerned about. I think there are a few tricky roads in Basingstoke; the ones in the video I find okay but the Winchester one always gets me due to poor markings!
Good luck, have you seen this video?
ua-cam.com/video/9NU4RvNzvOE/v-deo.html
Bob abd Tom send their love and say: thanks for promoting the awareness ✌🏽
No worries, We all have to share the road so the more aware people are of them the better :)
It's best video ever I seen thank you so much
Thank you, glad you liked it
Thank you! Very good explanation in your video. Could you make video about Hanger Lane roundabout in London please as I am a new driver and I can not work out how to use it correctly.. It's to complicated for me 😢😟😖
its very similar to these, go on google street view and have a look at where you normally drive and work out where you should be :)
Very Helpful Video. Thank you so much :)
THere's one near me where the lane markings are so worn out that many people who aren't used to it can't follow them and start drifting all over. I've done that a couple of times too but it's not just me! You've really got to keep an eye out on that one, even if you know where you're going. The number of skid marks on the road are a clue too.
experience is the key with those types, maybe email you local council and ask them to repaint it :)
It has helped. Nice video. But I'm still kind of confused with spiral, large multilane roundabouts! 😐
Very instructing, thank you;)
Exceptional Video!
Thank you, Glad you liked it :)
Great guidelines 💗💗🎉🎉
Thank you, we have quite a few videos like them, check them out
The left arrow at 2.18,could be really confusing, one could easily think that you had misread the previous information. Very informative video.
Your right road marks can be very tricky to work out, Glad its helping you
4:54 can you please explain the shorter exits, and why we don't count them. I don't understand how that's the 3rd exit. I believe you said ones an entrance, but would that be counted as one? I'm confused. Com, please verify this for me, it's a question my instructor couldn't answer. Oh and also the gaps in them too
So you count the dual carriageway as an exit?
So the first line is onto the dual carriageway, if you notice as you past that you are going over a bridge which is the dual carriageway. So the second line is the people coming off the dual carriageway. So the second line is not an exit just and entrance for people coming off that dual carriageway. So the third line is the 2nd exit so then Oakridge is he 3rd exit. Have you watched this video, the graphics are better and might help you more? ua-cam.com/video/M9dqxNJZaAw/v-deo.html
Super helpful, and easy to follow. Thank you!
thats so perfect.... now i got it so clear thank you think driving school :)
Happy to help!
Very very useful!
Glad it helping :)
nice video, can you make one more with a roundabouts where there is no road markings telling you where to go and they have two lanes.I noticed some people like to use left lane to go round(mean turning right basically)and some use right hand lane to go straight. Wonder who would be at fault if cars come from 6o clock(2lanes),then the one on the left lane goes in to 3rd exit(3o clock)and the one on the right hand lane goes straight(12o clock)...they meet at 12 o clock and crash...
roundabouts differ so much, for example on a roundabout that is on a dual carriage way sometimes you may use the left lane to go right as the people using the right lane to right will come off in the right lane. So really depends on the roundabout. THE BEST BIT OF ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU IS ALWAYS CHECK ITS SAFE TO EXIT A ROUNDABOUT, IF ITS NOT DON'T TRY AND JUST GO TO THE NEXT EXIT IF THAT IS SAFER.
Hope this helped for now until we have time to produce a video on that for you :)
thanks, yeah I always apply that one rule while driving"don't trust others and think for them even if you have right of way"
As someone who had this very scenario happen, the ruling will come down to signage. As all three lanes on the roundabout I was on were signposted forward, and only the right lane was signed as also right turn, the guy that hit me (turning right from the left lane) was clearly in the wrong and lost his excess ;) If there are no road markings or signs then standard rules will apply - left for over and left, right for right. If you're ever unsure, proceed slowly!
Just passed , so this is very helpful for when I'm driving on big multi lane roundabouts on my own 😂
This is gold.
Glad you are finding it helpful, have you checked out the rest of our roundabout videos?
I still can't get my head around all this! No matter what I do I still find it so confusing
Give it time. Have you asked your instructor for demonstration where they drive and commentate that might help?
@@ThinkDriving hey, we have tried so many times but nothing seems to be going through. I just find it so confusing that with mini roundabouts you get in one lane and stick to it whereas multi lanes you get in one and end up on the other side and you almost cross over lanes. All the lines over lapping eachother just confuse me and you can't slow down or stop to take any of it in. I am taking so long to get to an ok leveln of driving but lanes and roundabouts are something in starting to fear that I will never over come :/
You will get there, everyone learns at different rates, you will get eventually. The fact that you are trying to learn in other places shows you want it :)
@@ThinkDriving yeah I definitely do. Im just starting to really doubt myself as nothing seems to be making me improve and I don't know what to do to make the situation better
Keep practising, Rome was not built in a day :)
Excellent video mate
tony Lorns thanks, hope it helps, let us know how you get on
Yes will do cheers keep up the good work
Helpful and clear, thank you
Glad it helping
Very informative videos thank you.
Man i passed four months ago and drove on a roundabout like this, got me really scared (i annoyed a couple drivers by cutting lanes) hence why im here, still confused but i think im slowly getting it
hassan n good that you are still learning well done. It will get easier promise
You make it look easy
At 0:55, how do you know staying left will end up in the middle lane? What if the 3rd lane appears on the right and by staying left you find yourself in the far left lane?
Thanks for your videos 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
No worries glad they are helping you :)
I wached this video to see how I should drive in a multilane roundabout because here in Germany we try to avoid building them, because there would be to many people making dangerous mistakes.
Brilliant video! May I ask, when you look over your shoulder at 4:16, what speed were you driving at? I find complex roundabouts very difficult unless I drop speed to 15 miles per hour. My instructor tells me to speed up, but I cannot orientate myself on a busy round about if I drive over 20 miles per hour. What do you think?
Charing Cross hi at that point probably only 10mph. It all roundabout dependant some you can easily get up to 30 but others no way near. Have you told your instructor your issue with going faster? If he does not know then he can’t help :)
V.nice video
Love your work but that gap you stopped at with the blue van is surely too big? It looks like 2 car lengths!
Hi, glad you like it :)
The camera is mounted on the roof of the car facing slightly down so makes the gap look bigger than it is, it maybe a car length tho, which is not an issue :)
Brilliant!
Good video but can we pause like this while driving? I will go crazy driving in UK with these multi-lane roundabouts. Why not somebody simplify it somehow? Thanks.
You can pause unnecessarily while driving but as a training aid on a video it’s help us explain better :)
Is it compulsory to use your indicator when your in a multi-roundabout?
When ever it’s going to be more helpful than misleading generally yes
4:23, both lanes show that you can use either to go ahead yet there isn’t a right lane at the exit taken for two cars to exit at the same time. If you were in the right lane at the lights, would you move off slowly and indicate to leave so someone on the left could give you way?
The road markings at that point show the left lane as ahead and left, and the right lane as ahead and right, the exit we are taking is now the next one Sonia the left. If you where going to what is the 4th exit that one has 2 lanes as it’s the exit for the dual carriageway. Hope this helps?
Ah yes, thank you. I just watched again and spotted that the left arrow on that left lane is faded.
the one between ring road and Reading is not an exit, it’s the road people join the roundabout that are coming off the dual carriageway below
Watch this video at 2 : 04 on it it explains it on a different roundabout but it’s the same thing.
ua-cam.com/video/M9dqxNJZaAw/v-deo.html
Hope this helps
On the second roundabout from 1:34 to 3:00. At 2:10 or so, the arrow clearly says that road is only for exiting the roundabout on the first exit. Then how is it not wrong when you move to the right lane there? I don't get it.
That arrow on the roundabout is for the people already on the roundabout, the arrow on the road on the approach and the sign both say that first lane is for left and ahead, hope this helps
At 3:04, isn’t right the 4 exit? Where M3 is. So the 3rd exit is actually straight ahead (kingsland etc).
Hi, what looks like the second exit On the sign is actually the exit road from the dual carriageway below, so that’s not counted. Hope this helps :)
@@ThinkDriving Thank you for the reply. You say in the video "We're gonna go right, 3rd exit". Is the vertical line on the sign next to 'kingsland' not an exit? If it is, going right is then the 4th exit, not the 3rd exit?
excellent video
How do you tell on a sign whether a lane is an exit or an entrance? I’m so confused cos I thought only the arrowed ones were exits
Unfortunately you cant always tell im afraid, just look out for the things I've mentioned on the video, have you also watched this one, ua-cam.com/video/M9dqxNJZaAw/v-deo.html there are some good pointers on there too
Finally a easy video 😉
Vitor cordeiro pereira thanks, glad you like it
My tests in 12 days in oxford, this is the only thing I’m slightly worried about.😔😔
Take your time, good luck
nice video. Did the red car in front at 07:30 mess up his lanes several times?
Anthony W. Lin yes he did, well seen :)
very useful ive my test friday too 3rd time
Malissa Griffin good luck, let us know how you get on
very helpful thanks
Glad it is helping you :)
thank you for this!!
No worries, glad it helping :)
At 0:38 It seemed like were being told that dotted white lines mean not to pass. When searched the definition for dotted white lines it said you may pass if it is safe to do so. Also, I see broken white lines in front of the left lane. What does mean?
Mithril David you are aloud to cross them, but the whole point of them is to guide you to the correct lane hope this help?
I live in America by the way. I seen something about the UK and I dont know if there are some differences with pavement markings?
Awesome
Thanks mate
Happy to help
Most roundabouts markings are barely visible because they are badly worn. What chance have you got at night and when it’s wet.
The more you understand them the less you will rely on the markings :)
Helpful info 👏
Thanks :)
This is where I live. I'm just trying to know all the roundabouts and what lane to get in.
Super useful for you then, glad it’s helping
Wooowww Thank you veru much
Just wondering what "watch for tyres and tarmac" means?
When you stop behind another car in traffic, it’s a good idea to stop where you can see their rear tires touching the tarmac. This leaves a small gap that can prevent you hitting the car in front if someone hits you from behind. But also if they roll back or break down there is space to deal with it. Hope this helps
Why is the 3rd exit at 3:00 a right turn but then when you are coming the opposite direction the 3rd exit is follow the road ahead at 4:51?
Jake Harvey hi Jake great question, it also to do with road markings so on the one at 3:00 you have to use the right lane to get to the third exit. On the 4:51 one you stay in the left lane the whole time. So unfortunately because our roads and signs don’t religiously follow rigid rules sometimes it’s impossible to work out on the approach if you have never been there before. So if you find your self in the wrong place it’s not a problem as long as you deal with it safely. That includes going the wrong way if you can’t fix it then finding somewhere safe to turn around and get back on route. I hope this answers your question?
Ah okay, I see. Thank you for the quick reply :)
No problem, good luck with your test :)