I am finally in the ‘I passed but am still watching’ crew. The best advice I can give is to remember that the examiner is a person, and they’re at work! They’ve seen people all day every day and in the least rude way possible, you’re not special! It’s not a test, it’s a check to see if you’re safe to be out on your own. If you’re not safe, you don’t want to pass! You don’t wanna be out there on your own if you’re gonna hurt yourself or someone else. Stay as calm as you can, as soon as you meet the examiner you’ll start to feel better. Deep breaths, you’ll get there!! Try not to think about all the reasons you want to pass and instead think about where you’re gonna drive. Think ‘dot to dot’ one thing at a time!! Good luck!
Bizarrely in 40 years of driving I’ve never encountered a junction like this. I would have assumed that the ‘give way to traffic from the right’ rule would apply, but apparently I was wrong. Thank you for another informative video, there’s always something new to learn.
It makes sense to have the cars not crossing a carriageway move into the central reservation opening first, because it's substantially less dangerous for them to do so.
Like you, I have never encountered such a complicated junction in 53 years since passing my test, and hope I never will, but at least forearmed is forewarned, so now better prepared thanks to this informative video! Thanks Conquer Driving!
The best moto I have heard is "drive like you know them" - it really works! Imagine if every other vehicle was driven by one of your friends of family, we'd all be much calmer and generous on the road 🙌
After a few years of driving, I actually came across one of these for the first time yesterday! This would have been very useful as it was very confusing at first sight.
It can't be worse than the roundabout in my hometown that was notorious for two reasons: The road markings and traffic signs didn't match, and the road markings were incorrectly painted, so each lane was more of a concentric circle than the spiral that keeps you in the right lane and feeds you neatly to be able to take the junction you want. They have finally sorted it out a few years ago, but it was wrong for a good ten years or so!
I finally passed my test today! I watched plenty of your videos and dreamed of the moment I could say it! Thank you so much for your content, it's been so helpful!
Thanks for the heads up on this one. I find your videos quite informative and as a driver of over 40 years standing, it can be a helpful refresher on modern practice.
The give way lines simply mean the main road has priority so both need to give way to the main road, when there’s nothing on the main road and there are cars waiting at both side roads at the give way lines nobody has priority and eye contact needs to be made and a decision has to be made as to who would like to go first, it’s safer and best for traffic flow to let cars clear the middle from the inside before cars from the outside enter the middle, the Highway Code states that nobody has priority but road signs and road markings tell us when we should give way but always remember that some drivers may have a different opinion so always read each and every situation as they are all different.
No worries at all, you’re always very welcome! 🙃 To be honest with you I learnt it from Ashley Neal’s RUclips channel, when turning right at a dual carriageway with a central reservation I’ve seen a few RUclips videos explaining it wrong, they say when the main road is clear the car on the main road has priority over the car on the side road but that’s not correct, it doesn’t matter if there’s a central reservation or not, if both cars are turning right nobody has priority because you’re both crossing each others path, both have give way lines which simply means give way to the main road, it’s safer to let the cars in the middle in the central reservation clear first before entering the middle from the outside, it’s safer and it’s also better for traffic flow! ☺️
I passed my driving test in Ireland last week! The roads in Ireland are very similar to the UK (although ye do have some very complicated roundabouts over there in England), and your videos were a massive help. I couldn't have done it without you. 🎉
I would just like to say thank you & show my appreciation for your dedication in making your videos. I’ve passed my driving test on my first take with 2 minors today. I did my best to replicate what you do on your videos and your voice is just playing on my mind while doing my driving test. Cheerio! 😊
Just passed today with 2 minors，thank you Richard！Your videos are so much more helpful than my instructor！I have a Chinese driving license and my instructor made me start from scratch，like im someone whos never touched the wheel，your videos made me realize what the test was actually looking for in a driver and once I got that it all worked beautifully！
I've been driving in the UK for over twenty years, you should always be alert and ready to learn. I am glad that my assessment of this, having never seen this particular junction before, matched yours. (I'm also pleased to see that you're teaching in a manual car, it's a good skill to have!)
Interestingly, two junctions much like this have been removed on the A120 between Frating and Wix, and a single roundabout installed. I believe the junctions were unsafe after a number of fatal accidents.
I've been dying for someone to cover this, I'm glad you pinned down the literature that elaborates on it. I have a couple near me and I've always treated it as an equal priority, usually I let the other person go first to avoid confrontation, similar to the crossroads you mention later in this video.
That's defensive driving in a nutshell and the correct way to drive. You don't know what kinda crazy manoeuvre the other person is going to pull, so going simultaneously is risky, and belligerently pushing ahead first might get their hackles up. If you are both politely allowing the other to go, you can check for other cues such as the proximity of oncoming cars on either side, nearby parked cars you'll have to negotiate immediately afterwards and so on.
I try to stick to good etiquette. But I wonder sometimes, how many incidents have occurred as a result of assumed etiquette.Don't assume. Even if you're right, do you really want the hassle? No assumptions, no jostling... massively reduced stress. If you want to take the initiative, crawl forward so you can stop just in case. Great content on the video. 👍
If you have traffic to your right you should give way ! So on this figuration if I was the red traffic turning right I would give way to the traffic coming on my right !
This is exactly how the junction turning into our estate is. There used to be a lot of these in our city but, as people didn't always give way correctly or misjudged how quickly the 70mph traffic they were crossing or joining would reach them resulting in numerous accidents, many of these junctions were removed. You also unfortunately get people using them to do U-turns...
Great video! There's a junction like this near blaydon, in gateshead, and it has this arrangement but there's 2 branch roads within a very short distance. Lost of crashes and overall a dangerous junction because of it.
Hi Conquer Driving, more good work as we have come to expect, but there is one issue that I see that might be important. The traffic turning right onto the dual carriageway has a double broken line for give way to traffic on the dual carriageway from the right, the traffic coming from the left off the dual carriageway also has a double broken line at the threshold but only for traffic crossing and turning right, this means that those cars must wait for the others to cross if there is no other traffic around. Cheers, Richard.
What a dreadful layout. Although most of us would figure it out, there is enough room for error for a number of drivers to screw up. Any reason they don't dig it up for a roundabout or to install traffic lights?
Thank you! Have loads of these on A1 Scottish section as well as the A9. Once on the A1 a Land Rover driver from behind tried to bully me into going as I waited to turn right to join A1, who then had a go at me and then squeezed past me to turn right… Part of me being cautious was also the lines are very faded, made it not possible to judge how big is the area in the middle, or knowing if the car from the other side will actually give way (like the lorry in your clip). Also worth noting, the side of a car can take far less impact so need to be extra careful when turning right.
The outcome is the same, but I was taught (30 years ago) that cars on the main road should be allowed to clear the junction first where possible, as it is more dangerous to cause a queue on the main road than the side road.
@@john_smith1471 You're right. Of course, for those who couldn't see through my mistake, I meant that I was used to driving on the right side of the road. 🙂
Heck i drive this every week! I usually give way to people turning off A5 when there is traffic heading right on A5, but its definitely one of those where you have to communicate with hand gestures etc because even if you are "technically correct" theres 0 guarantee the other party is on the same page.
In the good old days we had the concept of Major road. There were UK signs that said "Halt Major road ahead". Minor road traffic always gave way to major road traffic. There was no confusion.
The position of the cars ( lines) makes it difficult and dangerous to join the main road. Giveway markings mean exactly that: Give way to incoming traffic. Once they entered the central reservation who ever entered first has priority. Anyway the way the lines are drawn will make it difficult for the blue to properly check if is safe to join the main road. Keep the car straight don't turn it right to early as you will not see in depth the road. The same goes for the red line. As much as possible position your self on the left of the central reservation and keep the car as straight as possible before you join to see as much as possible incoming traffic.
Under normal circumstances you give way to the right. On this occasion, in my opinion neither has right of way over the other (RED/BLUE) and becomes more of being aware of what other road users are doing and should never expect priority. As priority is given, Not taken.
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As a Leicestershire local I've come up to that junction from the direction you first show many times - not once have I ever encountered a car turning right from the dual carriageway!
Eye contact isn't always easy on a sunny day, reflections and such. At a crossroads i find it ok to either turn nearside to nearside or one start creeping and showing they are going first.
Anyone who 'wants a go'!: there's one of these on the A66 in Co.Durham. Greta Bridge - a few miles south-east of Barnard Castle (don't forget your eye test!). There's even a DOUBLE one further eastbound - only a mile away, or so. They're actually simple to use in real life & keep 2 lanes eastbound & 2 lanes westbound flowing freely at Greta Bridge.
At crossroads like the one at 6:16, it’s not just both turning right that presents a problem, it’s the same if one wants to turn right and one wants to go straight on. If this happens a lot then the junction should probably have a mini roundabout instead.
This is such a weird junction! I couldn’t blame anyone for not knowing what to do here. I would’ve assumed Red gives way to Blue because that’s how it works on roundabouts, but this is just an inherently confusing design which really shouldn’t be used.
In Redcar there is the following junction in a residential area as follows. To visualise, imagine a clock face. A road with priority going from 9 to 3. A road from 10 o'clock, one from 12, one from 2 o'clock and one from 6 o'clock all with give way lines! Eye contact and all round observation is essential!
There were many of these within Milton Keynes' high speed grid road system; often associated with access into and out of business parks and residential estates. However many drivers new to MK, did not know how to use them correctly and enough collisions occurred that in the past decade or so, several of them have either been removed entirely or simplified to allow traffic to turning in only one direction.
I have been driving for 7 years and have never seen anything like this. After looking at the thumbnail a little bit, I could figure it out fairly easy. However, I could image this type of road junction being very confusing when first seeing it in person. I could imagine there's quite a few crashes here... I can certainly imagine a situation where a car goes to enter the middle box from the side road when a car fails to give way from the give way on the left, causing the side road car to have to stop in the live lane to avoid hitting them.
There is a junction like this at my local shopping centre and everyone uses it exactly the opposite of how you suggest. Goes to show how some junctions can be confusing and every driver will have their own opinion. I just go thirty metres down the road to the roundabout and come back skipping the queue.
In Germany there is a give way line for traffic turning left from the centre lane (it’s a mirror image because in Germany one drives on the right, of course) immediately before the branch road in the situation you describe at 3:23. This stops waiting traffic from preventing vehicles coming out of the branch road from crossing the main road.
can’t believe you were in leicestershire just passed my test there, watched your video for drivers test nerves and passed first time yesterday, failed all of my mock tests and drove like a professional in the actual test 😂😂😂, took your advice of driving confidently
Generally it's the side road that goes first here, coming off the A5 you have to cross the path of those emerging into the centre and the Southbound traffic on the A5. That said those Northbound can start to creep into the centre to signal intent and block those turning right path before having to cross the carriageway.
I got a much more common question. A cross-roads. Cars from minor roads both want to turn right. I take that nobody has priority and its whoever goes first. Answered at time index 6.15. Pretend you haven't made eye contact!
@@TravisBickle0312 same stuff as anywhere in the world, some manoeuvres, taking direction from the instructor, following navigation etc. the reason it's simpler is bcus the road design is so much easier and simple.
Interesting - not the answer I expected. I expected it to have been the blue route's 'priority', because, at the point of conflict, the blue route is more of a straight-ahead direction in front of the red route's waiting point, whereas the red route is turning more sharply right, across that 'straight-ish' blue path. Helpful extra points are made. But it seems there no actual 'priority' as such - more a case of common sense based on each situation of traffic etc.
Confusing because you usually give way to those coming from the right. I therefore got it wrong as I thought the red would give way to the blue. Horid road design, should be a roundabout or filled in, forcing people to go left and turn around at the next roundabout.
I would have just assumed "give way to the right" and caused an accident. IMO the give way from the dual carriageway should be on the central reservation, and there be a yellow-hatched area where the two paths cross. That would be a lot clearer.
@@ConquerDriving ha yeah, would have saved a days driving 😅 Another unusual junction I've come across that's near Colchester as well that might be worth a video, is near Great Totham and Wickham Bishops. Prince of Wales Road, Kelvedon Road, Back Lane and Maypole Road.
It's in my teaching area. So many people disregard the give-way markings turning from the main road and don't actually look right before pulling fully into the middle. There was a severe crash (three or four vehicles, shattered glass and bits of bodywork all over the road) recently at that exact junction.
I think most people forget but the rules in The Highway Code do not give you the right of way in any circumstance, but they do advise you when you should give way to others, always give way if it can help to avoid an incident, nobody has the priority to do any particular turn but road signs and road markings will remind a driver when they need to give way, give way simply means give way to the main carriageway, both have give way lines so it means both need to give way to the main carriageway but neither have a right of way once the main carriageway is clear but for me personally I’d wait until the traffic in the middle has cleared before I enter as obviously it’s safer to enter when there are no cars waiting in the middle, if you enter while cars are already waiting in the middle there is always a risk of an accident happening, if you’re crossing the path of someone generally you would let the other person go first but it’s safer to wait until there is no traffic in the middle before entering.
0:10 from this image It looks like blue is on a road that is terminating while red is leaving a road, normally red takes priority but here the confusion (at face value) seems to be from the unconventional road layout (opposing lanes geographically split and red having a dedicated turning lane with a give way line.
Love your work. Sorry I haven’t watched everything you’ve done, but have you ever considered covering what constitutes ‘phone handling’ while in control of a vehicle? I think some clarification for new drivers would be great coming from you. 👍🏽
There’s one of these in the North East on a test route, someone failed for doing what you said, not leaving enough room in the reservation for the red cars to move past the give way line
I dont usually take right rurns that seem dangerous and looking at these roads and all these markings would make things dangerous. I would take another route or take another right😊
In addition to my other comment, as a van driver I would have to be far more precise with my angles, because seeing traffic coming from the left requires closegto 90 degrees due to there being no side rear windows to see through. My van is long wheelbase, but one of the shorter variety. I can see this junction being a problem for a full-on long wheelbase vehicle.
Responding to the thumbnail, haven't watch it yet: My instinct as an IAM and ex emergency driver is "a) whoever enters the system first [the most commonly applied rule], then b) if both are waiting the bottom one first because they have to cross and safely clear the major road." Noting that it is less likely the top one will be waiting at the same time as the bottom, since they generally have clear exit from the NW road to come and wait at the top side of the major road. After watching it: ...and within 5 seconds I learn it's a dual carriageway open reservation, oh. Now I can see an argument both ways, but in fact (as demonstrated near the end when that LGV turned across) the lane markings are badly painted. The top lane shouldn't be dragged down at 30° so the top Give Way is so close to the carriageway, it should be straight until closer to the opening and then a sweeping quarter turn, giving more space for a couple of cars to queue at the bottom which would give space for traffic coming up to pass them and likewise queue at the top. Pretty much as demonstrated by that LGV. But across the country Road Planning Departments employ non-drivers or people who haven't read the Highway Code to design or specify road "safety" measures and traffic control systems. What has amazed me for decades is how few collisions happen because of their bad work and lack of common sense. I lament, driving around my home town, that _every single time_ they decide to update or re-engineer a junction or road system, they completely balls it up and often go so far as to paint road markings instructing drivers to do exactly the opposite of their natural tendency and what is written in the Highway Code, for utterly no recognizable valid reason. Truly infuriating.
I am a bus driver in Edinburgh, I have never seen turning after each others before, theres absolutely NO space to turn after, the side of the bus will touch the oncoming car if I do so
@5:44 - I've just today done an *almost* exact mirror image of this Junction, it's an exit from Bolventor (on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall) onto the A30 Dual Carriageway to turn right to the east. A van showed up at that 2nd Give Way line (one you drew a red arrow on) he did the unexpected: used it to U-turn Left(Westbound) onto the road I was giving way to. So I didn't exactly get to test your video's theory! :D But it is coincidental you posted this video of this twin junction the day I came across it. Planning your route on Streetview helps a lot.
The Spanish approach is to have an offside acceleration lane to merge in. Tried it a few times in the UK in the chevroned area but British drivers just freak out
What happened to the driver with least work to do goes first? I would have thought the side road driver has priority if they keep the junction clear. Both have the same number of lines to cross but the side road driver is going straight and the other is turning right.
Could you PLEASE upload a video with tips on how to join a side road or exit a main road to a side road? My instructor said I should not break (travelling from 50/60mph roads) and bread into the space I am given. However there are side roads where is basically a 90 degree angle and you don't have such place where you could slow down/break before the junction. What should we do in such case? I hope my question is clear.😅
I don't agree that it's equal priority. The joining traffic has a line to yield to the main carriageway, the leaving traffic has a line to yield to the joining traffic. Obviously you shouldn't block traffic when you can't clear (just as you shouldn't block side roads despite having priority), and it's confusing so you can't rely on them correctly giving way when a gap comes, but they could put yellow hatching or something if it just meant don't queue here. If it were a one-way instead of half of a dual carriageway then the priority would be very clear.
I think Richard's conclusion is that if the car from the minor road has started to cross, the car on the major road should give way to allow it to access the central reservation safely. If the car on the minor road is waiting the car on the major road has priority but etiquette suggests they take it in turns.
@@user10184 Obviously give way to anyone who has started to cross, regardless of priority, moving would cause a collision. I'm saying if traffic approaches both lines at the same time, the _minor_ road has priority where they normally wouldn't.
I think it is equal priority. A give way line on a side road generally means give way to traffic from both directions, not just from the right, but the give way line on the main road then creates an equal priority situation (like at a normal crossroads), because both cars are sitting at equally important give way lines. As stated in the official literature, the purpose is to encourage drivers turning right off the main road to be cautious of cars joining from the side road before entering the central area. If any 'blue traffic' is already proceeding from the side road into the middle as 'red traffic' approaches, then the give way line makes it clear that red traffic must give way. If there is stationary traffic at both give way lines waiting for a gap, then there is nothing to say which car has priority over the other - whoever goes first claims priority. I think the "confusion about priority" the Traffic Signs Manual is referring to is that drivers turning out the minor road are often fixated on finding a gap from the right and might fail to notice a car about to enter the central reservation from the left as they proceed. The give way line resolves this issue.
If a similar layout was implemented in Ukraine, assuming it was mirrored obviously, whoever was turning off a main carriageway into a branch road would have priority over vehicles coming out of it. And it wouldn't be a rule of thumb either, it would be law binding.
This is nearly always the case here too, but on busy dual carriageways this can make it hard to get out. So to improve flow they add this yield line to switch priority to the joining traffic, and they only have to wait for a gap in one lane at a time
I work for devon highways, very basic level, and although i have very little knowledge regarding highway design and chapter 8 training, its common sense that all cross junctions can NOT be turned into roundabouts or have traffic lights etc placed bloody everywhere 🤣 especially having the largest road network in the UK. However i understand the cross junction struggle of side road priority as i am a learner driver and was at a mexican standoff recently lol. The eye contact advice is perfect, What would you do if you could not accommodate body language?
Having etiquette means you are considerate which doesn’t mean indecisive. People just need to learn to be considerate in the new world “me me me”. Giving way doesn’t get you there any quicker 99% of the time when our roads are clogged 😂.
Both the silver car and the DPD van are around 14 frames of video. So, let's give them the benefit of doubt and say the video is 30 frames per second (rather than 25 fps) then that equates to a gap of 0.5 seconds at best. Absolutely insane at that speed. What are they trying to prove with their bullying attitudes apart from they have less brain cells than an amoeba?
there's a three way roundabout i drive past every day and i always see and am involved in three cars meeting at that point and we're all giving way to each other and noone knows who should go? it makes me chuckle but is also confusing and annoying.. great videos thankyou.. 🙂 x
This junction seems designed to up the road casualty statistics. Why oh why don't they just make it into a big roundabout? Even if you drive perfectly, doesn't mean others won't make mistakes. I'd probably avoid this if I could.
I am finally in the ‘I passed but am still watching’ crew. The best advice I can give is to remember that the examiner is a person, and they’re at work! They’ve seen people all day every day and in the least rude way possible, you’re not special! It’s not a test, it’s a check to see if you’re safe to be out on your own. If you’re not safe, you don’t want to pass! You don’t wanna be out there on your own if you’re gonna hurt yourself or someone else. Stay as calm as you can, as soon as you meet the examiner you’ll start to feel better. Deep breaths, you’ll get there!! Try not to think about all the reasons you want to pass and instead think about where you’re gonna drive. Think ‘dot to dot’ one thing at a time!! Good luck!
Bizarrely in 40 years of driving I’ve never encountered a junction like this.
I would have assumed that the ‘give way to traffic from the right’ rule would apply, but apparently I was wrong.
Thank you for another informative video, there’s always something new to learn.
It makes sense to have the cars not crossing a carriageway move into the central reservation opening first, because it's substantially less dangerous for them to do so.
@@KindredBrujah It entirely depends on how much traffic there is and what direction it’s travelling in.
Give way to traffic approaching to the right is ONLY for roundabouts
@@danielvanced5526 OK mate…
Like you, I have never encountered such a complicated junction in 53 years since passing my test, and hope I never will, but at least forearmed is forewarned, so now better prepared thanks to this informative video! Thanks Conquer Driving!
The best moto I have heard is "drive like you know them" - it really works! Imagine if every other vehicle was driven by one of your friends of family, we'd all be much calmer and generous on the road 🙌
After a few years of driving, I actually came across one of these for the first time yesterday! This would have been very useful as it was very confusing at first sight.
This would be chaos for a uk driving test.😮
Nice video Richard.😅
It can't be worse than the roundabout in my hometown that was notorious for two reasons: The road markings and traffic signs didn't match, and the road markings were incorrectly painted, so each lane was more of a concentric circle than the spiral that keeps you in the right lane and feeds you neatly to be able to take the junction you want. They have finally sorted it out a few years ago, but it was wrong for a good ten years or so!
I finally passed my test today! I watched plenty of your videos and dreamed of the moment I could say it! Thank you so much for your content, it's been so helpful!
Congratulations.
Thanks for the heads up on this one. I find your videos quite informative and as a driver of over 40 years standing, it can be a helpful refresher on modern practice.
The give way lines simply mean the main road has priority so both need to give way to the main road, when there’s nothing on the main road and there are cars waiting at both side roads at the give way lines nobody has priority and eye contact needs to be made and a decision has to be made as to who would like to go first, it’s safer and best for traffic flow to let cars clear the middle from the inside before cars from the outside enter the middle, the Highway Code states that nobody has priority but road signs and road markings tell us when we should give way but always remember that some drivers may have a different opinion so always read each and every situation as they are all different.
Excellent way of putting it thank you!
No worries at all, you’re always very welcome! 🙃 To be honest with you I learnt it from Ashley Neal’s RUclips channel, when turning right at a dual carriageway with a central reservation I’ve seen a few RUclips videos explaining it wrong, they say when the main road is clear the car on the main road has priority over the car on the side road but that’s not correct, it doesn’t matter if there’s a central reservation or not, if both cars are turning right nobody has priority because you’re both crossing each others path, both have give way lines which simply means give way to the main road, it’s safer to let the cars in the middle in the central reservation clear first before entering the middle from the outside, it’s safer and it’s also better for traffic flow! ☺️
Whoever has the biggest truck goes first
eddi hall in his tank, I dare you ;)
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But the Audi still has priority
@@maxkendal5152 even if they don’t they’ll go anyways.
Oh no the Americans are here, quick everyone hide your oil!
I passed my driving test in Ireland last week! The roads in Ireland are very similar to the UK (although ye do have some very complicated roundabouts over there in England), and your videos were a massive help. I couldn't have done it without you. 🎉
That's really great to hear! Thank you for your generosity and congratulations on passing!
I would just like to say thank you & show my appreciation for your dedication in making your videos. I’ve passed my driving test on my first take with 2 minors today. I did my best to replicate what you do on your videos and your voice is just playing on my mind while doing my driving test. Cheerio! 😊
I’ve been on that junction when I was a learner. It was very confusing. But Richard’s done a great job explaining it!
Just passed today with 2 minors，thank you Richard！Your videos are so much more helpful than my instructor！I have a Chinese driving license and my instructor made me start from scratch，like im someone whos never touched the wheel，your videos made me realize what the test was actually looking for in a driver and once I got that it all worked beautifully！
I watch your videos as a kind of refresher course, having passed my test a very very long time ago, keep up the good work and always drive safely
Passed today with 3 minors, thank for your videos Richard, they were a huge help!
I've been driving in the UK for over twenty years, you should always be alert and ready to learn. I am glad that my assessment of this, having never seen this particular junction before, matched yours. (I'm also pleased to see that you're teaching in a manual car, it's a good skill to have!)
Such a UK road, reminded me of that big roundabout consisting of roundabouts
@@jeremy9203 I would be down to try some time😭
It works well, it just looks intimidating. @@jeremy9203
@@jeremy9203we have all seen one if we live in the UK
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Interestingly, two junctions much like this have been removed on the A120 between Frating and Wix, and a single roundabout installed. I believe the junctions were unsafe after a number of fatal accidents.
Not surprised. How difficult would that be to negotiate at night?
I've been dying for someone to cover this, I'm glad you pinned down the literature that elaborates on it. I have a couple near me and I've always treated it as an equal priority, usually I let the other person go first to avoid confrontation, similar to the crossroads you mention later in this video.
That's defensive driving in a nutshell and the correct way to drive. You don't know what kinda crazy manoeuvre the other person is going to pull, so going simultaneously is risky, and belligerently pushing ahead first might get their hackles up. If you are both politely allowing the other to go, you can check for other cues such as the proximity of oncoming cars on either side, nearby parked cars you'll have to negotiate immediately afterwards and so on.
@@KindredBrujah Yeah man exactly, no stress that way.
Still, no rule on who has 'right of way' in this set-up. Maybe some sufficient signage would help?
I’m a new driver and soon I’ll have to do this exact junction every day to get to uni 😢 this was very helpful thank you
I try to stick to good etiquette. But I wonder sometimes, how many incidents have occurred as a result of assumed etiquette.Don't assume. Even if you're right, do you really want the hassle? No assumptions, no jostling... massively reduced stress. If you want to take the initiative, crawl forward so you can stop just in case. Great content on the video. 👍
Passed today and binge watching your videos last night saved me lol
I passed my driving test last Friday and just wanted to say thank you for your videos! They have really helped me.
Congratulations.
So thankful for your videos mate! Passed my test first go with 2 minors. You've helped so much to be more confident in my decisions on the road.
If you have traffic to your right you should give way ! So on this figuration if I was the red traffic turning right I would give way to the traffic coming on my right !
This is exactly how the junction turning into our estate is. There used to be a lot of these in our city but, as people didn't always give way correctly or misjudged how quickly the 70mph traffic they were crossing or joining would reach them resulting in numerous accidents, many of these junctions were removed. You also unfortunately get people using them to do U-turns...
Great video! There's a junction like this near blaydon, in gateshead, and it has this arrangement but there's 2 branch roads within a very short distance. Lost of crashes and overall a dangerous junction because of it.
Hi Conquer Driving, more good work as we have come to expect, but there is one issue that I see that might be important. The traffic turning right onto the dual carriageway has a double broken line for give way to traffic on the dual carriageway from the right, the traffic coming from the left off the dual carriageway also has a double broken line at the threshold but only for traffic crossing and turning right, this means that those cars must wait for the others to cross if there is no other traffic around.
Cheers, Richard.
What a dreadful layout. Although most of us would figure it out, there is enough room for error for a number of drivers to screw up. Any reason they don't dig it up for a roundabout or to install traffic lights?
Agree.
I agree, it’s appalling.
Shockingly bad design. A box junction would help.
I would be following the red line as I commuted this junction every day for 10 years. Nightmare junction.
It’s a very fast road with heavy truck traffic trying to gain speed to tackle the hills on either side as this junction is in a dip…!!
Thank you! Have loads of these on A1 Scottish section as well as the A9. Once on the A1 a Land Rover driver from behind tried to bully me into going as I waited to turn right to join A1, who then had a go at me and then squeezed past me to turn right… Part of me being cautious was also the lines are very faded, made it not possible to judge how big is the area in the middle, or knowing if the car from the other side will actually give way (like the lorry in your clip). Also worth noting, the side of a car can take far less impact so need to be extra careful when turning right.
On the plus side, it's only your passenger who will bear the brunt of it! :P
Whoever runs out of patience first! 😁
The outcome is the same, but I was taught (30 years ago) that cars on the main road should be allowed to clear the junction first where possible, as it is more dangerous to cause a queue on the main road than the side road.
Next week I'll be driving in the UK for the first time in my life after 17 years of driving in RHD countries. Thanks for scaring me once again. 😅
@nwrth: RHD and LHD is the abbreviation for where the steering wheel is, the uk has RHD vehicles.
@@john_smith1471 You're right. Of course, for those who couldn't see through my mistake, I meant that I was used to driving on the right side of the road. 🙂
Heck i drive this every week! I usually give way to people turning off A5 when there is traffic heading right on A5, but its definitely one of those where you have to communicate with hand gestures etc because even if you are "technically correct" theres 0 guarantee the other party is on the same page.
In the good old days we had the concept of Major road. There were UK signs that said "Halt Major road ahead". Minor road traffic always gave way to major road traffic. There was no confusion.
The position of the cars ( lines) makes it difficult and dangerous to join the main road. Giveway markings mean exactly that: Give way to incoming traffic. Once they entered the central reservation who ever entered first has priority. Anyway the way the lines are drawn will make it difficult for the blue to properly check if is safe to join the main road. Keep the car straight don't turn it right to early as you will not see in depth the road. The same goes for the red line. As much as possible position your self on the left of the central reservation and keep the car as straight as possible before you join to see as much as possible incoming traffic.
Under normal circumstances you give way to the right. On this occasion, in my opinion neither has right of way over the other (RED/BLUE) and becomes more of being aware of what other road users are doing and should never expect priority. As priority is given, Not taken.
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As a Leicestershire local I've come up to that junction from the direction you first show many times - not once have I ever encountered a car turning right from the dual carriageway!
Eye contact isn't always easy on a sunny day, reflections and such. At a crossroads i find it ok to either turn nearside to nearside or one start creeping and showing they are going first.
Anyone who 'wants a go'!: there's one of these on the A66 in Co.Durham. Greta Bridge - a few miles south-east of Barnard Castle (don't forget your eye test!).
There's even a DOUBLE one further eastbound - only a mile away, or so.
They're actually simple to use in real life & keep 2 lanes eastbound & 2 lanes westbound flowing freely at Greta Bridge.
At crossroads like the one at 6:16, it’s not just both turning right that presents a problem, it’s the same if one wants to turn right and one wants to go straight on. If this happens a lot then the junction should probably have a mini roundabout instead.
This is such a weird junction! I couldn’t blame anyone for not knowing what to do here. I would’ve assumed Red gives way to Blue because that’s how it works on roundabouts, but this is just an inherently confusing design which really shouldn’t be used.
In Redcar there is the following junction in a residential area as follows. To visualise, imagine a clock face. A road with priority going from 9 to 3. A road from 10 o'clock, one from 12, one from 2 o'clock and one from 6 o'clock all with give way lines! Eye contact and all round observation is essential!
There were many of these within Milton Keynes' high speed grid road system; often associated with access into and out of business parks and residential estates. However many drivers new to MK, did not know how to use them correctly and enough collisions occurred that in the past decade or so, several of them have either been removed entirely or simplified to allow traffic to turning in only one direction.
I have been driving for 7 years and have never seen anything like this. After looking at the thumbnail a little bit, I could figure it out fairly easy. However, I could image this type of road junction being very confusing when first seeing it in person.
I could imagine there's quite a few crashes here... I can certainly imagine a situation where a car goes to enter the middle box from the side road when a car fails to give way from the give way on the left, causing the side road car to have to stop in the live lane to avoid hitting them.
There is a junction like this at my local shopping centre and everyone uses it exactly the opposite of how you suggest. Goes to show how some junctions can be confusing and every driver will have their own opinion. I just go thirty metres down the road to the roundabout and come back skipping the queue.
In Germany there is a give way line for traffic turning left from the centre lane (it’s a mirror image because in Germany one drives on the right, of course) immediately before the branch road in the situation you describe at 3:23. This stops waiting traffic from preventing vehicles coming out of the branch road from crossing the main road.
can’t believe you were in leicestershire just passed my test there, watched your video for drivers test nerves and passed first time yesterday, failed all of my mock tests and drove like a professional in the actual test 😂😂😂, took your advice of driving confidently
That was really helpful. Thanks for that.
Generally it's the side road that goes first here, coming off the A5 you have to cross the path of those emerging into the centre and the Southbound traffic on the A5.
That said those Northbound can start to creep into the centre to signal intent and block those turning right path before having to cross the carriageway.
I got a much more common question. A cross-roads. Cars from minor roads both want to turn right. I take that nobody has priority and its whoever goes first. Answered at time index 6.15. Pretend you haven't made eye contact!
Passed my driving test today in Belgium. The roads are quite a bit easier here.
Well done, mate.
@@MrPaulc222 thanks
Congratulations
What do you have to do on your test there?
@@TravisBickle0312 same stuff as anywhere in the world, some manoeuvres, taking direction from the instructor, following navigation etc. the reason it's simpler is bcus the road design is so much easier and simple.
Interesting - not the answer I expected. I expected it to have been the blue route's 'priority', because, at the point of conflict, the blue route is more of a straight-ahead direction in front of the red route's waiting point, whereas the red route is turning more sharply right, across that 'straight-ish' blue path. Helpful extra points are made. But it seems there no actual 'priority' as such - more a case of common sense based on each situation of traffic etc.
Confusing because you usually give way to those coming from the right. I therefore got it wrong as I thought the red would give way to the blue. Horid road design, should be a roundabout or filled in, forcing people to go left and turn around at the next roundabout.
I would have just assumed "give way to the right" and caused an accident. IMO the give way from the dual carriageway should be on the central reservation, and there be a yellow-hatched area where the two paths cross. That would be a lot clearer.
The civil engineer and the design team need to go back to be re educated.
Useful ... clarified matters for me ... somewhat! I hate these junctions and havoc often reigns when a novice user appears on the scene,
They should make that into a roundabout. The ahead lanes on the dual carriageway become filter lanes.
Yeah. I'm avoiding that area.
Any situations like this, I always just let the other person go. Even if they’re in the wrong, I don’t want to damage my car nor myself.
Why don’t they just make a roundabout there 😂 surely that would be easier for everyone
I think Milton Keynes scared the Roundabout of them😂😂😂😂😂
The one approaching from the right, I would have thought has right of way, ie the blue arrow.
Hi Richard, there's a similar junction on the A120 at coggeshall that's a similar size to this one 😊
That's correct. I remembered that one after making this video 😂
@@ConquerDriving ha yeah, would have saved a days driving 😅
Another unusual junction I've come across that's near Colchester as well that might be worth a video, is near Great Totham and Wickham Bishops. Prince of Wales Road, Kelvedon Road, Back Lane and Maypole Road.
I came to say exactly the same! It’s at the turning for Earls Colne
It's in my teaching area. So many people disregard the give-way markings turning from the main road and don't actually look right before pulling fully into the middle. There was a severe crash (three or four vehicles, shattered glass and bits of bodywork all over the road) recently at that exact junction.
I think most people forget but the rules in The Highway Code do not give you the right of way in any circumstance, but they do advise you when you should give way to others, always give way if it can help to avoid an incident, nobody has the priority to do any particular turn but road signs and road markings will remind a driver when they need to give way, give way simply means give way to the main carriageway, both have give way lines so it means both need to give way to the main carriageway but neither have a right of way once the main carriageway is clear but for me personally I’d wait until the traffic in the middle has cleared before I enter as obviously it’s safer to enter when there are no cars waiting in the middle, if you enter while cars are already waiting in the middle there is always a risk of an accident happening, if you’re crossing the path of someone generally you would let the other person go first but it’s safer to wait until there is no traffic in the middle before entering.
0:10 from this image It looks like blue is on a road that is terminating while red is leaving a road, normally red takes priority but here the confusion (at face value) seems to be from the unconventional road layout (opposing lanes geographically split and red having a dedicated turning lane with a give way line.
Love your work. Sorry I haven’t watched everything you’ve done, but have you ever considered covering what constitutes ‘phone handling’ while in control of a vehicle? I think some clarification for new drivers would be great coming from you. 👍🏽
There’s one of these in the North East on a test route, someone failed for doing what you said, not leaving enough room in the reservation for the red cars to move past the give way line
I dont usually take right rurns that seem dangerous and looking at these roads and all these markings would make things dangerous. I would take another route or take another right😊
In addition to my other comment, as a van driver I would have to be far more precise with my angles, because seeing traffic coming from the left requires closegto 90 degrees due to there being no side rear windows to see through. My van is long wheelbase, but one of the shorter variety. I can see this junction being a problem for a full-on long wheelbase vehicle.
Responding to the thumbnail, haven't watch it yet:
My instinct as an IAM and ex emergency driver is "a) whoever enters the system first [the most commonly applied rule], then b) if both are waiting the bottom one first because they have to cross and safely clear the major road." Noting that it is less likely the top one will be waiting at the same time as the bottom, since they generally have clear exit from the NW road to come and wait at the top side of the major road.
After watching it:
...and within 5 seconds I learn it's a dual carriageway open reservation, oh. Now I can see an argument both ways, but in fact (as demonstrated near the end when that LGV turned across) the lane markings are badly painted. The top lane shouldn't be dragged down at 30° so the top Give Way is so close to the carriageway, it should be straight until closer to the opening and then a sweeping quarter turn, giving more space for a couple of cars to queue at the bottom which would give space for traffic coming up to pass them and likewise queue at the top. Pretty much as demonstrated by that LGV. But across the country Road Planning Departments employ non-drivers or people who haven't read the Highway Code to design or specify road "safety" measures and traffic control systems. What has amazed me for decades is how few collisions happen because of their bad work and lack of common sense. I lament, driving around my home town, that _every single time_ they decide to update or re-engineer a junction or road system, they completely balls it up and often go so far as to paint road markings instructing drivers to do exactly the opposite of their natural tendency and what is written in the Highway Code, for utterly no recognizable valid reason. Truly infuriating.
I am a bus driver in Edinburgh, I have never seen turning after each others before, theres absolutely NO space to turn after, the side of the bus will touch the oncoming car if I do so
Hello Nigel, I passed today. Thank you.
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@5:44 - I've just today done an *almost* exact mirror image of this Junction, it's an exit from Bolventor (on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall) onto the A30 Dual Carriageway to turn right to the east. A van showed up at that 2nd Give Way line (one you drew a red arrow on) he did the unexpected: used it to U-turn Left(Westbound) onto the road I was giving way to. So I didn't exactly get to test your video's theory! :D But it is coincidental you posted this video of this twin junction the day I came across it. Planning your route on Streetview helps a lot.
Not a safe design. Fix needed, probably a roundabout.
This is very helpful as always. Thank you
This is so helpful! Thank you!
The Spanish approach is to have an offside acceleration lane to merge in. Tried it a few times in the UK in the chevroned area but British drivers just freak out
They are a bit confusing when you first come across them, at Crossroads I just give way to the person opposite.
Blue would get priority, it is coming from a main road, red would have to cross in front of blue to get to the main road
Never come across this sort of junction looks a mess from the diagram. Been driving for 51 years.
Why isn't there a keep clear box / marking in the cental reservation at the end of the red lane?
Give way to traffic from the right . As on a roundabout .
What happened to the driver with least work to do goes first? I would have thought the side road driver has priority if they keep the junction clear. Both have the same number of lines to cross but the side road driver is going straight and the other is turning right.
Could you PLEASE upload a video with tips on how to join a side road or exit a main road to a side road? My instructor said I should not break (travelling from 50/60mph roads) and bread into the space I am given. However there are side roads where is basically a 90 degree angle and you don't have such place where you could slow down/break before the junction. What should we do in such case? I hope my question is clear.😅
I don't agree that it's equal priority. The joining traffic has a line to yield to the main carriageway, the leaving traffic has a line to yield to the joining traffic.
Obviously you shouldn't block traffic when you can't clear (just as you shouldn't block side roads despite having priority), and it's confusing so you can't rely on them correctly giving way when a gap comes, but they could put yellow hatching or something if it just meant don't queue here. If it were a one-way instead of half of a dual carriageway then the priority would be very clear.
I think Richard's conclusion is that if the car from the minor road has started to cross, the car on the major road should give way to allow it to access the central reservation safely. If the car on the minor road is waiting the car on the major road has priority but etiquette suggests they take it in turns.
@@user10184 Obviously give way to anyone who has started to cross, regardless of priority, moving would cause a collision. I'm saying if traffic approaches both lines at the same time, the _minor_ road has priority where they normally wouldn't.
I think it is equal priority. A give way line on a side road generally means give way to traffic from both directions, not just from the right, but the give way line on the main road then creates an equal priority situation (like at a normal crossroads), because both cars are sitting at equally important give way lines.
As stated in the official literature, the purpose is to encourage drivers turning right off the main road to be cautious of cars joining from the side road before entering the central area. If any 'blue traffic' is already proceeding from the side road into the middle as 'red traffic' approaches, then the give way line makes it clear that red traffic must give way. If there is stationary traffic at both give way lines waiting for a gap, then there is nothing to say which car has priority over the other - whoever goes first claims priority.
I think the "confusion about priority" the Traffic Signs Manual is referring to is that drivers turning out the minor road are often fixated on finding a gap from the right and might fail to notice a car about to enter the central reservation from the left as they proceed. The give way line resolves this issue.
Thanks.
We have one of these just north of Winchester. It has sadly caused a lot of crashes
My test is tomorrow and I’m so nervous
If a similar layout was implemented in Ukraine, assuming it was mirrored obviously, whoever was turning off a main carriageway into a branch road would have priority over vehicles coming out of it. And it wouldn't be a rule of thumb either, it would be law binding.
This is nearly always the case here too, but on busy dual carriageways this can make it hard to get out. So to improve flow they add this yield line to switch priority to the joining traffic, and they only have to wait for a gap in one lane at a time
I work for devon highways, very basic level, and although i have very little knowledge regarding highway design and chapter 8 training, its common sense that all cross junctions can NOT be turned into roundabouts or have traffic lights etc placed bloody everywhere 🤣 especially having the largest road network in the UK.
However i understand the cross junction struggle of side road priority as i am a learner driver and was at a mexican standoff recently lol.
The eye contact advice is perfect,
What would you do if you could not accommodate body language?
The rules would be the same as on mini roundabouts, give way to your right
Having etiquette means you are considerate which doesn’t mean indecisive. People just need to learn to be considerate in the new world “me me me”. Giving way doesn’t get you there any quicker 99% of the time when our roads are clogged 😂.
In Texas its the truck with biggest gun rack.
Can you do a video about driving a patrol car Vs diesel car?
theres already videos on that on his channel
Always go for patrols over diesels. Especially Nissan Patrols. 😆
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1:21 Look at that silver car driver's following distance! Shockingly unacceptable.
yes thats very bad
@@FBIAGENT95103 The next two drivers are not much better either
Yeah even if this is a 30 road this would still be too close
Both the silver car and the DPD van are around 14 frames of video. So, let's give them the benefit of doubt and say the video is 30 frames per second (rather than 25 fps) then that equates to a gap of 0.5 seconds at best. Absolutely insane at that speed. What are they trying to prove with their bullying attitudes apart from they have less brain cells than an amoeba?
@@QiuEnnan Yeah that silver car driver's following distance was totally unacceptable, but the sad thing is brake checking him is still illegal.
there's a three way roundabout i drive past every day and i always see and am involved in three cars meeting at that point and we're all giving way to each other and noone knows who should go?
it makes me chuckle but is also confusing and annoying..
great videos thankyou.. 🙂 x
I wonder if a ½ size yellow box at the intersection of the two vehicle paths would add value in a busy environment?
This junction seems designed to up the road casualty statistics. Why oh why don't they just make it into a big roundabout? Even if you drive perfectly, doesn't mean others won't make mistakes. I'd probably avoid this if I could.
These sort of junctions make me think fully self driving cars just aren't going to happen in the UK