that merc was paying attention

Seaside1953 Sounds like you did not watch the video as he did mention America more then once

P arjacpar think he's talking to the previous comment about not needing to indicate right

Seasiders1953 There are plenty of people who were born and bred---and passed their tests---in the UK who don't know how to indicate on roundabouts. Of course, the occasional changes to the instructions in The Highway Code don't help.

I was replying to your comment which started, "I take it you're not from the UK."

he should? from my experience about 50% of the people using them should.

michael sharp: then they should as well. I’m taking my test in a few weeks and I thought, not doing the roundabouts correctly mate. Made me a bit nervous.

they're quite simple really, but I'm still amazed by the people who think they can stay in the outside lane all the way around and leave on the forth exit! Then start waving their fist at you!! The only advise I'd give is to show the examiner that you're aware of the traffic around you (use your mirrors a lot) and especially the traffic that's waiting to come onto the roundabout. Make it obvious you've got an eye on the entry points and you're aware of the potential hazard. (Big fail area). Good luck George, I'm sure you'll be fine. Look at some of the people who've passed.....you can't be as bad as them can you?

michael sharp technically you can do that! I don’t think there’s anything in the Highway Code preventing you from staying in the outside lane in a technical sense, it’s just bad etiquette.

if you do it on your test you will fail and more than likely there will be a roundabout on your driving test route. There are highway code rules regarding roundabouts that you'll need to know. Part of the test is negotiating the proper lane when approaching the roundabout so that you go onto the roundabout in the proper lane depending on whether you're turning left, going forward or turning right. Get it wrong and you will fail your driving test. Taking your test won't come down to etiquette. You better get it right.

If you miss you're exit, you HAVE to go round again. He never said you should do it for fun. What do you do... reverse back? lol

Yes but he states like it's always an option. Which it shouldn't be. You should leave the roundabout and turn around. Otherwise risk being hit by someone

Yeah, I suppose it all depends on the circumstances of each roundabout.

By which you mean the right-hand lane I assume. Yes, if you 'turn right' from the left-hand lane and someome hits you or you them, it will be YOUR FAULT as per the highway code... www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/uploads/3/2/9/2/3292309/rule-185-follow-the-correct-procedure-at-roundabouts_orig.jpg

poppyjunkie I'm guessing he was being sarcastic

staffie1uk hahahahhaah, 3 inch deep, hahahahhaha omg, you've made my Day. If that's a pothole, you've never seen a real one.

o0julek0o OMG OMG OMG OMG

Y E S

3’’ pothole? Luxury! Where we live you need a ladder to climb back out of them.

A ladder? Is that all? With the ones near me you need full mining equipment, ropes, picks, the lot. I was once stuck down a pothole for three weeks, you know, had to eat one of our tibetan guides when the food rations ran out.

Seniac What is a tick and what does it mean?

Clint Tapper means it’s a ‘verified channel’ usually used by better known channels to avoid copycats

lol hi seniac

Seniac Thank you :-)

Go on mr seniac, you tell him😂

he drove ok round the fucking roundabout , just like most of you idiots who keep liking these comments I expect . never seen anybody yet who drives correctly everytime

@@petertherealist7089 you're a fucking moron. Never orbit on the outside as someone who came from the same entrance as you could easily sideswipe you not expecting a dipshit to ignore the highway code.

Did he drive around it on the outside lane or just kinda where he wanted? cause it looks like he's in the middle

Yes, it's really scary - cars keep disappearing all the time here.

The disappear very quick up north

They have cars up north??? Sorry only poking fun.

Not for long we don't

Alan Jefferies yeah and our horse and carts get stolen up north aswell

spiral roundabout - what's that?

@ dopiaza2006 Spiral roundabouts are sometimes called Gyratories. Basically they are roundabouts that have lanes on them, which of these lanes you take depends on where you want to exit the roundabout. These lanes spiral out from the middle of the roundabout. So even if you started as far right as you could by the time you get to the third or fourth exit your lane would now be totally left, and without changing lanes (dodgy if the roundabout is at all busy) you have to leave the roundabout (and potentialy drive the wrong way untill you can SAFELY get back ontoi the proper route). See pic :- d2f0ora2gkri0g.cloudfront.net/live226906_spiraldiagram.jpg note how the lane you would be in "spirals" out from the centre Here is a KZfaq video of how to drive around them. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLShdtZotprWdGQ.html

There's usually no problem on roundabouts when there's just locals using them. The problem is that some of them (the roundabouts, not the locals!) have unusual approaches, lane configurations, and exits. Locals know this, but strangers can get confused. I can count three such roundabouts on the same road within one mile where I live. Some people also drive far too quickly on roundabouts and get upset when other drivers try to filter in. That defeats the whole purpose of roundabouts, which is to improve traffic flow. I have occasionally been "hooted" on roundabouts for driving at what was obviously perceived as being too low a speed. Simple solution, use a little courtesy on roundabouts. If you're a Londoner, look up "courtesy" in the dictionary.

Especially when he's in the outside lane and not indicating like that! (You can hear when the indicator's in use in other parts of the video) Look at the big Merc (?) having to slam on the brakes because some pillock looked like they were heading off and suddenly veered around in front of them..

I’d do that at any roundabout no matter what stupid name u give it.

Same with our football ;)

Another Brit in the US here. I always say you shouldn't move to another country and then try to change it...EXCEPT 4 way stops. What a waste of time they are. They should all immediately be scrapped and replaced with roundabouts.

I used to refer to 4 way stop intersections are Polish intersections. I guess that is no longer politically correct. Nevertheless, they are overused here.

I drove a manual when I was a teenager in the 90s. It's not hard at all to drive. I thought it was fun. They're also not all automatics. Manual transmissions probably equal five percent of all vehicles. However, back in the 80s and 90s, the number was probably closer to 30-40% of all vehicles. They've become less common over the years.

Its nothing, just a glitch in the matrix.

Where?

It didn't vaporise, it fell down a pot hole mentioned in earlier comments.

Why is your picture a canadian flag?

Yup, roads around here my wing mirrors touch both hedges & thats stil la 2 way road.

Well they are narrow and i'm a UK driver (tho i want to move to the US ideally). Any two way road that is narrower than say 25ft overall side to side is narrow when you have modern vehicles travelling down it at like 30-40mph passing each other.

chris walford I think you met shortest route, but I know what you mean. it’s helluva lot of fun if you have the time to do it in rural areas.

Enjoy north wales before the roads fall apart !! EU grants got em that good

yeah as someone that lives in the Cotswolds, you are right the roads around here are terrible. it seems like the potholes have to turn into tire popping craters before the council will take a look, then maybe fix a year later

Not running the Cotswolds down as such just the roads in my experience Beautiful part of UK and your lucky if you live there

I agree except for the cities part. I live in Birmingham and you can get from West side to east side (about 7 miles) in 25 mins. in comparison to American cities that's amazing

Polo Mint City Edit: It's not a Polar bear mint, but one did sit on top of one!

Polo Mint City

Swindon- Home of the magic roundabout

City of Edinburgh bypass

It's not a Polar bear mint, but one did sit on top of one!

Surely he is Canadian, not from the US. Listen to the accent.

No they don't. This guy is Canadian. - a Canadian

Similar, maybe, but just because there are people who can't tell the difference doesn't mean there is none. Britain itself is notorious for having hundreds of regional accents that are incomprehensible to most people.

Jon Seymour he’s said he’s Canadian

As a Canadian, I legitimately cannot tell any difference between American and Canadian accents, but the uploader did explicitly state they were Canadian.

In Theory....Didn't stop some clown on the edge of South London yesterday and then he glared at me as if I was in the wrong and I was the driver already on th eroundabout.

My wife thinks that her picture is in the highway code under the 'give way to' section. (I hope she doesn't Read this)

I, sincerely, hope not SL as that is MY missus.... She is on the image " Give Way To Pedestrains Who Have Started To Cross " ?

Yeah right.... Where the fuck you live... Cloud cuckoo land...

That is not the case in Syria.

Your driving is fine. Check out the highway Code. It's online.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone and all that. Yeah you made minor errors, I’ve been driving in the UK for over 25 years (15 of those professionally) and if I produced a video of a day in my life behind the wheel you see plenty of minor errors and some quite frankly, down right terrible driving habits. You are fine, you made it in one piece and safely. That’s what counts.

I knew that the very second you first said "roandaboat". :-D

You did ok, and good lane discipline on the dual carriageway too. Well done. No-one bothers to pull back into the 'slow' lane in the US to let faster traffic pass.

Mark Espenant I don't know why people can't make oot that you're Canadian, eh.

Irony, much... isn’t that what you are doing... Bless.

I stand correcteded

Key 1485 The only time that I drive anywhere near London is picking up/dropping off someone at Heathrow or Gatwick. The lack of courtesy and patience makes the whole experience unpleasant. But then, where I live you wouldn't think twice about stopping in the road and having a chat with your mate driving in the opposite direction. If you come across such a situation you just wait until they've finished. You only lose about 10 seconds of your life.

The best thing about driving in London, is driving out of London...I try and not go there at all...

London is really nothing at all like the rest of England, which is a good thing.

Yeah, well, London isn't the whole of the UK, so... :|

The best thing about driving in London is getting on the Tube.

It's illegal in Wales to swear at someone from a combine harvester !

It is conditional. You don't want to put a roundabout in a place with heavy traffic from two adjacent sides, for example, unless it is controlled by lights. My city keeps getting rid of roundabouts in favor of intersections in cases where it has no logic, though. Very annoying having to stop to wait when there is nobody coming.

Jozef B Most big roundabouts here in the UK are light controlled too.

- not most, some. Big ones which require them. I'm from UK aswell mate.

Black cat roundabout A1.... Fucking nightmare....

Jozef B u usually have to wait longer at a intersection. Try looking at a roundabout in Canterbury or London. Near the outskirts where all the heavy goods are. Face it Roundabout = more effective.

He stopped, let him past, then edited out the wait.

Scousers are that good at their "job"...

I remember seeing the little white circle with the black X on it and thinking, "I ain't goin' that fast on this road!"

In ireland there's 80km/h limits on roads with grass in the middle and some people do reach that!! Just need to break for the bends

look and listen I

*Do I Have to Correct you Bro?

Anyone in the left hand lane SHOULD be leaving at the next exit. Anyone coming around the roundabout has right of way so has the right to "cut across". The "idiots" are those who pull out onto the roundabout when they should give way.

Not so. I can quite correctly take the inside lane at a 4 junction roundabout and then take the 2nd exit i.e. straight ahead. I am talking about people in the outside lane of the entering road who parallel someone on the inside line and assume they are going to take a particular turnoff. They may, or may not.

What about two lane exit roundabouts? Very common out of town.

MY ONLY CONCERN WITH ROUNDABOUTS IS PEOPLES INABILITY TO READ THE ROAD MARKINGS.

The key phrase being "Where traffic dictates..." look it up, I can´t be assed typing it for you.

A 'roundabout' with lights on it, isn't a roundabout any more, it's a junction that happens to be round.

Chris Fryer: Not all of Milton Keynes, just the new bits. The original towns and villages within what is now the Borough of Milton Keynes are centuries old. Incidentally, 66% of the borough is rural.

Yes. It can definitely cause an American a fright to see a car pull out from the curb on your side, facing you. And we would never park that way ourselves since it's illegal here.

On the other hand, long distances take much less time here.

Ana Lou Brighton is a city. But to be fair I do live on the edge of it, and when I say that there are no traffic lights between here and Liverpool I am conveniently forgetting that getting anywhere within Liverpool would involve loads of lights. Unless I could plot a roundabout only route.

Your bladder would dictate that you can't drive that far without stopping !

Chin Chenzo it's probably French or General Motors

It sounds like s V8 and it sounds fantastic!

Possibly a diesel. Lots of hem in the UK. So they tend to sound a bit tractor like.

Or get your knee down if you ride a motorbike ;)

You're such a lad

The Devil Vaper yes it is - Royston Tesco - although I knew it was Hertfordshire regardless because of the state of the roads

Oh yea I recognize that round about on the dual carriage way

Yeah hence the A505 to baldock sign 😉

CompletelyCr Cambridgeshire 😉

I've been to this one (I'm from Cambridge)

I'm Welsh and I do that all the time when driving in England !

Snakeman Much of the UK is like this, sleepy villages and lanes

Matt Harding sorry, I have to disagree, if your lucky enough to live in the country that's fine, I have visited and lived in a lot of places in UK, it certainly isn't this quiet, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, London are a nightmare, motorways M6. M60. M62. Nightmares, Leicester, Coventry, Swindon, only the most rural places in England are like this, it won't be long before they are a thing. Of the past the way they keep getting built on any city and towns are far more busy than this..

Snakeman Yes of course cities are busy but all the space between them is rural like this

Matt Harding But much of the UK isn't this quiet, as mentioned, this is still one of the quietest areas ever, the poster is saying this is why he likes driving in the UK, this isn't a true representative if the UK, The Lake district is rural, much of Yorkshire has rural areas, unless you go at stupid o'clock you would be lucky for it to be this quiet of course pending where you go, but this guy seems to be driving around a village, this isn't typical of villages.

Lee2709 Thank you for your interesting and thought provoking post, that was very constructive, I am so happy that your correction of a typing error added great insight to the post, it was really appreciative that you took time out from your obvious busy lifestyle to remind me not to type quickly when at work thank you. I will try to type in future extra careful to please you and remind myself to type you're which is abbreviated for you are, rather than just your, other wise, no one will understand what I'm saying. It is you tube of course, so professionalism is a must at all times, vigilance is a must at all times and correct grammar is far more important than the actual post. From an enjoyable conversation with the above poster has become a super conversation, thanks to your contribution, you are so educated and I respect you and your correction so much, thank you for showing me something I didn't already know and the error of my ways. Have a happy and obvious fulfilled life, please cruise more KZfaq Vids to make sure that grammar is a must at all times, you truly are that important and your opinion is that much needed. I will now sleep better knowing that predictive text when typing fast is no excuse for perfect grammar, you are a true hero for the cause. Keep up the great work, you're the man.👍👍

Literally went round the roundabout twice in the left hand lane. I don’t think that’s a good idea 😂

James Macdonald: 3 hrs is far if you’re British! That’s almost the whole country east to west. We think it’s too far for a day trip, I’d do it for a weekend though.

Problem in UK is that the next town is only another 10-20 miles so it is easy to end up doing long trips and wasting a whole day! Bought something on the South Coast.. Oh well its only an hour from London and London is only two hours away from home... traffic is horrendous around London.. that's an extra hour.. work traffic going South.. another hour wasted.. easily becomes 5-6 hours one way. You can rarely complete trips in SATNAV time! I do miss just getting on the Freeway and then getting off at your destination, if I wake up in time!

Perception of distance does very much depend on where you live. When I lived in the South East a 20 mile drive would take in half of London and almost everywhere you might want to go was far closer, I wouldn't have dreamed of going all the way into London just to buy something. Now I live in Wales and think nothing of hopping on the bus, going 20 miles to buy a few things from the market and have a drink with a friend.

Not to mention it costs a fortune in fuel, that's probably one of the main reasons too.