Roundabouts quiz

Eight questions on Highway Code rules 184 to 188: priority, lanes, signals, cyclists, long vehicles and mini-roundabouts.

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Roundabouts quiz

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  1. How should you choose your lane as you approach a roundabout?

    • Join the shortest queue
    • Use the signs, lane markings and the exit you need Right
    • Always use the right-hand lane
    • Follow the car in front

    The right answer is B: Use the signs, lane markings and the exit you need

    WhyAct on all the information available, including traffic signs, traffic lights and lane markings, and decide as early as possible which exit you need.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 184

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  2. When you reach a roundabout, who should you normally give priority to?

    • Traffic approaching from your left
    • Traffic approaching from your right Right
    • The largest vehicle
    • Nobody, if you got there first

    The right answer is B: Traffic approaching from your right

    WhyGive priority to traffic approaching from your right, unless signs, road markings or traffic lights direct otherwise.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 185

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  3. You are taking the first exit to the left and no signs say otherwise. How should you approach?

    • Left-hand lane, signalling left Right
    • Right-hand lane, signalling right
    • Left-hand lane, no signal
    • Right-hand lane, signalling left

    The right answer is A: Left-hand lane, signalling left

    WhySignal left and approach in the left-hand lane, keep to the left on the roundabout and keep signalling left to leave.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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  4. You are taking an exit to the right. When should you change your signal to left?

    • Before you enter the roundabout
    • After you pass the exit before the one you want Right
    • As you pass the first exit
    • Only once you have left

    The right answer is B: After you pass the exit before the one you want

    WhySignal left after you have passed the exit before the one you want.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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  5. You are taking an exit between the first and the last (an intermediate exit). What does the Highway Code say about signalling as you approach?

    • Always signal right
    • Normally no signal on approach Right
    • Always signal left
    • Use your hazard lights

    The right answer is B: Normally no signal on approach

    WhyFor an intermediate exit, select the appropriate lane on approach (follow signs and markings); you should not normally need to signal on approach. Signal left after passing the exit before yours.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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  6. A cyclist in the left-hand lane is signalling right as they go round the roundabout. What does that tell you?

    • They are leaving at the next exit
    • They are continuing round the roundabout Right
    • They want you to overtake them
    • They are turning back

    The right answer is B: They are continuing round the roundabout

    WhyCyclists, horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles may stay in the left-hand lane to continue around, and should signal right to show they are not leaving.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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  7. Why might a long lorry straddle two lanes on a roundabout?

    • To stop you passing
    • Because of its length Right
    • Because it is lost
    • To overtake

    The right answer is B: Because of its length

    WhyLong vehicles might have to take a different course or straddle lanes, approaching or on the roundabout, because of their length.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 187

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  8. At a mini-roundabout, what must you do about the white central marking when you are in a car?

    • Drive over it if the junction is clear
    • Pass round it Right
    • Stop on it to turn right
    • Treat it as a give way line

    The right answer is B: Pass round it

    WhyAll vehicles must pass round the central markings, except large vehicles that are physically incapable of doing so.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 188

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  1. The Highway Code, rule 184, GOV.UK
  2. The Highway Code, rule 185, GOV.UK
  3. The Highway Code, rule 186, GOV.UK
  4. The Highway Code, rule 187, GOV.UK
  5. The Highway Code, rule 188, GOV.UK
  6. Theory test: revision and practice, GOV.UK

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