I've not really had difficulty with roundabouts but I was led to understand that you should always use the right hand lane. Always! No matter which exit you were taking. I thought that was pretty silly and illogical so I pretty much ignored it and did as you advise. LH lane for 3rd/4th exit etc. but entered the roundabout in the LH lane. After quite a long time, I was behind a traffic police car, he did exactly that, entered form the LH lane and moved into the RH lane to take the third exit. Just as I had always done. So.....there you go.
I'm a Canadian and in Spain to consider retiring here. To be clear I've driven in large cities, including Chicago and the nightmare that is Los Angeles many, many times. For a decade and a half I drove down the West Coast of the United States two to four times a year thru every type of weather. I'm telling you this so you don't think I don't know what I'm doing. Roundabouts are somewhat used in the North America, but certainly not to the extent in Spain. I've never seen a freeway with roundabouts used to change routes until I arrived in Spain. In larger Spanish cities, roundabouts are a nightmare; Im forcing myself to drive to a further everyday just to get used to them. On Friday I plan to go to a larger city to be a tourist and try to get over my roundabout anxiety. This video is very helpful, but I must admit to being an outside lane only user, mainly out of fear of being stuck in the endless circle forever.
I am a Spaniard and I have to confess, after decades driving here (less 5 years in USA), that only a few years ago I learned to drive better in roundabouts. My takeaway from your video: left turn signal when entering the roundabout if you are going to take the 3rd or 4th exit. Oh, you are right on the signalling when exiting the roundabout, too many don't do it and it bothers me. When you want to enter and do not know if that approaching car is exiting or coming your way you lose some seconds or more if more cars are coming. Also, those drivers who think a roundabout is a particle accelerator and speed as crazy, staying all the time mostly on the right lane, regardless of exit they are going to take; these guys really block the incoming traffic.
I’ve been driving for 18 years all over Europe but mostly UK, I’ve never needed to consult RUclips until day 2 of driving in Spain 😂 it’s a free for all here
It’s funny, a few people have said the same thing, but I’ve found it way less scary than driving in England where the motorways especially always seemed to be so busy and angry. Cars here are known to cut across in front of you, lane changing at speed, that’s not good but it’s something to be aware of. And it’s best to let the cars that want to overtake you do it. Or they’ll stick to your bumper.
60% don’t use indicators properly at roundabouts? 60% don’t use indicators at all. I discovered years ago about only leaving from the outer lane, but still find it odd that cars taking the 3rd or 4th exit go all the way round in the outside lane. One thing I have trained myself to do at busy roundabouts, when indicators aren’t being used, is to watch the drivers’ hands as they approach the exit into the road I am leaving. You can often see their hands turning into the exit or turning left to continue round.
You’ve got good eyes if you can see their hands. If their hands are turning the wheel though, doesn’t that mean the car is turning too? So you can see the whole car moving.
yeh thanks,for this.i found that most drivers dont use indicators,i assume everyone is going to cut me up and do something stupid,which they usually do.i try to make sure i know what i am doing and where i am going,stick to my route and indicate where needed and avoid the other cars that wizz past in the wrong lane.as for bikes/mopeds how most of the riders live through the week is amazing.valencia was a nightmare for me to drive through the busy areas and people just step out in front of you.
Sadly the video misses the most important problem which is the inconsistency. If the police say traffic doing 270o should use the inside lane, then if there is a collision with somebody incorrectly using the right hand lane, it’s the RH lane driver who should bear responsibility. It’s all very well saying “give way and go round again” in PowerPoint but that’s not how the real world works. Blind spots are a thing and a driver only has a split second to determine the road is clear before changing lanes. Secondly, N332 have said 1. “always exit from the outside lane”, 2. “Generally exit from the outside lane” and 3. “exit from the outside lane of the roundabout unless it’s busy”. There are many urban dual carriageways which have 2 lanes for traffic throughput. If a roundabout then gets installed, even though the bulk of traffic is going straight across, the intention remains that drivers should use both lanes to enter and exit the roundabout. To do otherwise would cause chaos. Just look at the traffic camera of a typical urban roundabout during rush hour and you’ll see a constant stream of traffic going straight across. This works just fine until the idiot who does a 270 in the outside lane, like she was taught, causes a collision which then isn’t her fault.
Well, I think I made it clear that everyone’s an idiot very early on in the video, and that the advice isn’t always clear. I talked about blind spots, taking it slow to give yourself more time, being very aware of all other drivers, and that the majority of road users either don’t know the rules or disobey them so I think I covered that the way the real world works is inconsistent and chaotic. Thanks though for taking the time to add to the confusion.
Well, I sometimes use it if I’m taking the 3rd exit or more, especially if it’s a busy road and lots of cars might be in the outside lane taking the 1st or 2nd. Ultimately the most important thing to do is be very aware of what everyone else is doing.
Hello, im a Spaniard and i have news for you. Roundabouts are use incorrectly in Spain only for one reason, the D.G.T., (equivalent of your DVLA), do not understand the correct use of this intersecctions. Not only that, within that inability to understand it, they have mix things and created a little monster. A spanish roundabout is in fact the same thing as any roundabout in any other contry. The only diference is between countries with left or right hand drive traffic. But if you check the use explanations in all right hand driving countries, all give the same indications, only in Spain are understood and explained differently. It suprised me a bit listening to this video and wondering if you are Brit. Spain adopted around 1993 the roundabout system created by the brits, the engeneers of the TRRL. The system proved very safe and effetive to deal with traffic in an intersecction, so many countries decided to adopt it as they learn about it. So as i said, in 1993 Spain decided to do the same, and they teached quite correctly its use for some years, till the year 2000, when a (Probably brainless) civil servant from the DGT had the great vision and realised that a roundabout is acctually an independent road, kind of like a eternal curved road, he decided that when you enter the lanes on the ring of the roundabout, you are now on that new road. Then his bright brain came up with a bigger even vision!, "as in any other road, all exits are to your right" (making dissapear of the equation intersecctions). Now an intersecction was no longer an intersection. He used to explain the concept the following: , any motorway in Spain, where all exits are to your right (not even being 100% true) you should always be on your right lane to exit that motorway, so he cleverly though, in a roundabout is the same!!!. That took him to say that obviously then, the right lane "has the right of way", and from that it evolved to "you can go using the external lane of a roundabout (right lane) to any exit of the roundabout. Edited: Teachers on our driving schools tell students that "all exits on roundabouts are to the right, you always turn to the right when exiting a roundabout". That way of seeing it creates all the confusion. They forget that acctually you can turn to the right, keep going straight, turn to the left or do a u-turn on a roundabout. In Spain you dont do that...yo turn right, turn right, turn right and turn right. As i said, brainless retards. As any brit should know, the rule and trick to use a roundabout, is the correct use of the lanes depending on your inteded exit. Adapted to our side of driving that is, if i want to take my first or second exit, i will acces on the right lane to the external lane of the ring. I wil not use that lane to go to my third or fourth lane. For that i will access using the left lane and the internal lane on the roundabout. (this for countries driving on the right) It can be proved that in my country drivers are left on the hand of some retarded people, the DGT,(we use here more happily this term) and they are so. Here is one video that shows the way they understand the matter: ruclips.net/video/Tgl2JROaC5A/видео.html Believe it or not, that is what is thaught to new drivers in our driving schools. Totally true. The green car is doing something correctly and the red, something that its wrong and a sin. We broke records on the number of accidents in roundabouts for decades, the most common accident is what it can be seen on that video. For over 20 years now, whenever there was an accident like that in Spain, the person on "the red car" was to blame. But we had tens of thousands of thouse per year in our roundabouts. So in 2016, the little einsteins of the DGT heard of a new invention that could end all those accidents: ruclips.net/video/wfTIS8LSa60/видео.html And like MAGIC, by using correctly the lanes depending on your exit, those accidents dessapear!!!!!!!! Yes, we are here on the hands of some absolute incompetent people. 24 years and counting, because they could not see it with the turboroundabouts that they have bee wrong all this time, no, they think that turboroundabouts are simply........"another different thing". Many cities in Spain are changing their roundabouts to turboroundabouts, and by using some paint, you cannot do any longer what the teachers teach in our driving schools,. Its all a bit surreal but unfortunately it is all true. God save us.
What about same direction two lanes entering and two lanes exiting roundabouts? That’s the confusion when you want to exit and there are two lanes to do it. Thanks.
Good point. If you’re exiting from the outside lane like you should do, then you should take the right lane that’s for driving in. Anything else involves some risk. There are roundabouts in cities where the lanes guide you into the most appropriate exit lane. I suppose the reason there are two lanes at the exits is because it would be a bit silly to only have one when it’s going to turn straight back into two again. It leaves room for people to begin overtaking immediately on the exit, and also it’s slightly safer if someone does cut straight across, having two lanes at least gives some escape room. Not the best reason for it!
could you do a video on zebra crossing rules please as im still not sure who has priority.if i slow down and stop for padestrians, i got beeped at or undertook,if i drove on people stepped out infront of me
Pedestrians have priority on crossings, period. Anyone beeping or overtaking when you’ve stopped to let someone cross is an idiot. Bear in mind that some crossings have traffic lights on so you just obey the lights on those. Sometimes it’s possible to notice the crossing but not the lights.
So, if this is how we're supposed to use roundabouts in Spain, only exiting on the right-hand lane, then what is the second lane on an exit for?! Most roundabouts have them but there seems to be no reason for their existence (in UK and Ireland two cars can leave a roundabout simultaneously, but not here, right?)
Well, if the road approaching the roundabout is a dual carriageway it would be a bit dumb to have fewer lanes on the exit roads, that would cause huge traffic jams. The second lane is for overtaking, which you can begin to do as soon as you’ve taken an exit. In the UK and Ireland you have to be just as careful if two cars try to take the same exit at the same time. Usually someone is in the wrong if that happens.
@@TomS-ce8hi you can only leave FROM the outer lane. That doesn’t mean you can’t move to overtake at your exit. Anyway this is all getting tied up in interpretation of the rules and really I think we should focus on the most important fundamental thing about roundabouts, which is we should all take them carefully enough to be aware of what all the other drivers are doing. Because we know that no two drivers are going by exactly the same rules it’s practically worthless to argue who’s doing it right.
Spanish roundabouts are terrible. For some reason 90% of Spaniards have difficulty understanding the concept despite numerous government attempts at roundabout education ever since they came into existence. It's the same as in Britain except the other way round. Trouble is many Spaniards drive into the lane with the shortest queue regardless of the intended exit. That causes problems. I have been driving in Spain for decades so I have a lot of experience and I can normally tell when someone is about to do something stupid. It's best to err on the side of caution rather than see the red mist.
You’re right about erring on the side of caution, that’s the answer to all of the driving rules. Being able to read what other drivers are going to do is a skill well worth learning.
Surely you mean 90% of drivers not 90% of Spanish drivers, bearing in mind that much of the traffic on the roads in the South of Spain are foreign tourists . . or foreign residents such as yourself. The experience in the North of Spain is completely different where the vast majority of drivers use roundabouts in a way which us Brits would consider as being correct.
@@michaelstanley3961 oh come on, explain yourself, just saying a blanket ‘no’ to someone is rude and it’s unclear which part of what Mike is saying you are disagreeing with.
Thank you! I needed this. I’m a Spaniard (I’ve been in the uk for over 15 years) and I learned to drive in the uk last year. The thought of going to Spain and driving terrifies me 🙈
Don’t worry. I find it easier to drive in Spain. The secret to driving anywhere is to drive carefully and be aware always of other drivers. Don’t get distracted.
i'm a brit who's living in spain and doing his tests here! i've been doing my A2 motorbike tests and exams in a language i barely understand. i actually failed my english B theory test and passed the motorbike theory (available in spanish only), goes to show what anxiety-induced learning can do! roundabouts freak me out, too, that's why i'm looking for videos on youtube! this one seems pretty good!
Ha ha! Very entertaining explanation. But are these rules not the same in the UK? Your rules are how I was taught in the UK and are how I have used roundabouts in Spain for the past 9 years.
No, in the UK you don’t stick to the outside lane all the way round as the default, which is what the Spanish Highway Code says. They treat it as a continuation of the road rather than as a junction, which is what every other country does. However, in practice, most people do tend to treat roundabouts like junctions while keeping a careful eye out for anyone who isn’t.
@@youtoospain 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are right 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 i was not sure i was getting your point in your video. Your irony is very very subtle. One day it will be studied abroad, the un·believ·able case of a country (Spain) where the people incharge of traffic matters managed to confuse everyone and make drivers do what they should never have done. By the way, not long ago 64% of all accidents in Spain happened in our roundabouts. Much more that that 10%
@@youtoospain Please do so. It is an absolutely true story. I have been trying to make then understand it for years and it is imposible. They have autoblinded themselves. And best of all, it all comes from a confussion of rules that have nothing to do with intersecctions. Most spaniards will tell you :""our driving rules say...." ,something that it doesnt say at all, about intersecctions. Let me know if you make that video. Cheers
Ya never covered, who is at fault for the collision on a roundabout! Are you saying that as long as you stay in the outside lane , no matter what exit you are taken......you are in the right! In the eyes on my insurance company and the rules of the road and police.
No, I’m saying that it’s a correct procedure. But you still need to be aware of what cars around you are doing. If you just kept going round the outside without a care in busy traffic you’ll probably end up causing mayhem. Who is at fault can depend on a lot of factors, and that’s up to the traffic police to work out, not me. I’m just attempting to explain the basic rules, which I think I made clear weren’t altogether clear while I played with out-of-scale toy military vehicles.
Sorry to disagree, but if you’re going to use the word literally correctly, I have to point out that the rules in the UK’s Highway Code on using roundabouts are definitely different from those in Spain’s equivalent book of rules. I did a live show with a driving instructor who pointed out the differences. I don’t know about the French rules so can’t comment on them, although I’ve driven there a lot and they seem to be the same as the UK.
Great video! A question: Did you take your DGT test in Spanish or English? I've heard the English manual is similar to this "manual" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_She_Is_Spoke
I’ve not heard of that before, but from what I’ve heard the translation isn’t brilliant. I moved from Ireland with an EU driving licence so I didn’t need to take a test.
That is very well explained!!! Brilliant video
Cheers matey.
I've not really had difficulty with roundabouts but I was led to understand that you should always use the right hand lane. Always! No matter which exit you were taking. I thought that was pretty silly and illogical so I pretty much ignored it and did as you advise. LH lane for 3rd/4th exit etc. but entered the roundabout in the LH lane. After quite a long time, I was behind a traffic police car, he did exactly that, entered form the LH lane and moved into the RH lane to take the third exit. Just as I had always done. So.....there you go.
Yes, it seems to be the safest thing to do. The N332 site are advising to do this, and they are the traffic police so it’s official.
This is the best video on this topic I have seen (Canadian driver driving on Spain)
Excellent, thank you!
great video sir! im here from nmplols livestream
What’s that? Email me a link, RUclips won’t let you
Fantastic video, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Excellent video! Love from nmplol
Cheers!
I'm a Canadian and in Spain to consider retiring here. To be clear I've driven in large cities, including Chicago and the nightmare that is Los Angeles many, many times. For a decade and a half I drove down the West Coast of the United States two to four times a year thru every type of weather. I'm telling you this so you don't think I don't know what I'm doing. Roundabouts are somewhat used in the North America, but certainly not to the extent in Spain. I've never seen a freeway with roundabouts used to change routes until I arrived in Spain. In larger Spanish cities, roundabouts are a nightmare; Im forcing myself to drive to a further everyday just to get used to them. On Friday I plan to go to a larger city to be a tourist and try to get over my roundabout anxiety. This video is very helpful, but I must admit to being an outside lane only user, mainly out of fear of being stuck in the endless circle forever.
I’ve only tried them in cities the size of Malaga in Spain, but I’ve driven in London and that can be mayhem.
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2 assume no one will ever use their indicators
Thanks for a summary of the last part of the video.
I am a Spaniard and I have to confess, after decades driving here (less 5 years in USA), that only a few years ago I learned to drive better in roundabouts. My takeaway from your video: left turn signal when entering the roundabout if you are going to take the 3rd or 4th exit. Oh, you are right on the signalling when exiting the roundabout, too many don't do it and it bothers me. When you want to enter and do not know if that approaching car is exiting or coming your way you lose some seconds or more if more cars are coming. Also, those drivers who think a roundabout is a particle accelerator and speed as crazy, staying all the time mostly on the right lane, regardless of exit they are going to take; these guys really block the incoming traffic.
Yes…more of this 😅
Yay!
I’ve been driving for 18 years all over Europe but mostly UK, I’ve never needed to consult RUclips until day 2 of driving in Spain 😂 it’s a free for all here
It’s funny, a few people have said the same thing, but I’ve found it way less scary than driving in England where the motorways especially always seemed to be so busy and angry. Cars here are known to cut across in front of you, lane changing at speed, that’s not good but it’s something to be aware of. And it’s best to let the cars that want to overtake you do it. Or they’ll stick to your bumper.
60% don’t use indicators properly at roundabouts? 60% don’t use indicators at all. I discovered years ago about only leaving from the outer lane, but still find it odd that cars taking the 3rd or 4th exit go all the way round in the outside lane.
One thing I have trained myself to do at busy roundabouts, when indicators aren’t being used, is to watch the drivers’ hands as they approach the exit into the road I am leaving. You can often see their hands turning into the exit or turning left to continue round.
You’ve got good eyes if you can see their hands. If their hands are turning the wheel though, doesn’t that mean the car is turning too? So you can see the whole car moving.
yeh thanks,for this.i found that most drivers dont use indicators,i assume everyone is going to cut me up and do something stupid,which they usually do.i try to make sure i know what i am doing and where i am going,stick to my route and indicate where needed and avoid the other cars that wizz past in the wrong lane.as for bikes/mopeds how most of the riders live through the week is amazing.valencia was a nightmare for me to drive through the busy areas and people just step out in front of you.
I’ve only just found your comment Jason, where you mistyped ‘lane.as’ the algorithm thought you were putting in a web address. Silly algorithm!
Sadly the video misses the most important problem which is the inconsistency. If the police say traffic doing 270o should use the inside lane, then if there is a collision with somebody incorrectly using the right hand lane, it’s the RH lane driver who should bear responsibility. It’s all very well saying “give way and go round again” in PowerPoint but that’s not how the real world works. Blind spots are a thing and a driver only has a split second to determine the road is clear before changing lanes. Secondly, N332 have said 1. “always exit from the outside lane”, 2. “Generally exit from the outside lane” and 3. “exit from the outside lane of the roundabout unless it’s busy”. There are many urban dual carriageways which have 2 lanes for traffic throughput. If a roundabout then gets installed, even though the bulk of traffic is going straight across, the intention remains that drivers should use both lanes to enter and exit the roundabout. To do otherwise would cause chaos. Just look at the traffic camera of a typical urban roundabout during rush hour and you’ll see a constant stream of traffic going straight across. This works just fine until the idiot who does a 270 in the outside lane, like she was taught, causes a collision which then isn’t her fault.
Well, I think I made it clear that everyone’s an idiot very early on in the video, and that the advice isn’t always clear. I talked about blind spots, taking it slow to give yourself more time, being very aware of all other drivers, and that the majority of road users either don’t know the rules or disobey them so I think I covered that the way the real world works is inconsistent and chaotic.
Thanks though for taking the time to add to the confusion.
YouTooSpain, Sir, if we can only leave from the outside ring, why would i ever use the inside one?
what a brilliant video, i laughed all the way through!
Well, I sometimes use it if I’m taking the 3rd exit or more, especially if it’s a busy road and lots of cars might be in the outside lane taking the 1st or 2nd. Ultimately the most important thing to do is be very aware of what everyone else is doing.
I think I will just drive in Cyprus then, so I can stay on the left hand side. Good video. 😅
Hello, im a Spaniard and i have news for you.
Roundabouts are use incorrectly in Spain only for one reason, the D.G.T., (equivalent of your DVLA), do not understand the correct use of this intersecctions. Not only that, within that inability to understand it, they have mix things and created a little monster.
A spanish roundabout is in fact the same thing as any roundabout in any other contry. The only diference is between countries with left or right hand drive traffic. But if you check the use explanations in all right hand driving countries, all give the same indications, only in Spain are understood and explained differently.
It suprised me a bit listening to this video and wondering if you are Brit.
Spain adopted around 1993 the roundabout system created by the brits, the engeneers of the TRRL. The system proved very safe and effetive to deal with traffic in an intersecction, so many countries decided to adopt it as they learn about it.
So as i said, in 1993 Spain decided to do the same, and they teached quite correctly its use for some years, till the year 2000, when a (Probably brainless) civil servant from the DGT had the great vision and realised that a roundabout is acctually an independent road, kind of like a eternal curved road, he decided that when you enter the lanes on the ring of the roundabout, you are now on that new road. Then his bright brain came up with a bigger even vision!, "as in any other road, all exits are to your right" (making dissapear of the equation intersecctions).
Now an intersecction was no longer an intersection. He used to explain the concept the following: , any motorway in Spain, where all exits are to your right (not even being 100% true) you should always be on your right lane to exit that motorway, so he cleverly though, in a roundabout is the same!!!. That took him to say that obviously then, the right lane "has the right of way", and from that it evolved to "you can go using the external lane of a roundabout (right lane) to any exit of the roundabout.
Edited: Teachers on our driving schools tell students that "all exits on roundabouts are to the right, you always turn to the right when exiting a roundabout". That way of seeing it creates all the confusion. They forget that acctually you can turn to the right, keep going straight, turn to the left or do a u-turn on a roundabout. In Spain you dont do that...yo turn right, turn right, turn right and turn right. As i said, brainless retards.
As any brit should know, the rule and trick to use a roundabout, is the correct use of the lanes depending on your inteded exit.
Adapted to our side of driving that is, if i want to take my first or second exit, i will acces on the right lane to the external lane of the ring. I wil not use that lane to go to my third or fourth lane. For that i will access using the left lane and the internal lane on the roundabout. (this for countries driving on the right)
It can be proved that in my country drivers are left on the hand of some retarded people, the DGT,(we use here more happily this term) and they are so.
Here is one video that shows the way they understand the matter:
ruclips.net/video/Tgl2JROaC5A/видео.html
Believe it or not, that is what is thaught to new drivers in our driving schools. Totally true. The green car is doing something correctly and the red, something that its wrong and a sin.
We broke records on the number of accidents in roundabouts for decades, the most common accident is what it can be seen on that video. For over 20 years now, whenever there was an accident like that in Spain, the person on "the red car" was to blame. But we had tens of thousands of thouse per year in our roundabouts.
So in 2016, the little einsteins of the DGT heard of a new invention that could end all those accidents:
ruclips.net/video/wfTIS8LSa60/видео.html
And like MAGIC, by using correctly the lanes depending on your exit, those accidents dessapear!!!!!!!!
Yes, we are here on the hands of some absolute incompetent people. 24 years and counting, because they could not see it with the turboroundabouts that they have bee wrong all this time, no, they think that turboroundabouts are simply........"another different thing".
Many cities in Spain are changing their roundabouts to turboroundabouts, and by using some paint, you cannot do any longer what the teachers teach in our driving schools,.
Its all a bit surreal but unfortunately it is all true.
God save us.
Great explanation, thanks
@@youtoospain No worries. just edited a bit the text.
Great video
Thanks!
What about same direction two lanes entering and two lanes exiting roundabouts? That’s the confusion when you want to exit and there are two lanes to do it. Thanks.
Good point. If you’re exiting from the outside lane like you should do, then you should take the right lane that’s for driving in. Anything else involves some risk. There are roundabouts in cities where the lanes guide you into the most appropriate exit lane.
I suppose the reason there are two lanes at the exits is because it would be a bit silly to only have one when it’s going to turn straight back into two again. It leaves room for people to begin overtaking immediately on the exit, and also it’s slightly safer if someone does cut straight across, having two lanes at least gives some escape room. Not the best reason for it!
could you do a video on zebra crossing rules please as im still not sure who has priority.if i slow down and stop for padestrians, i got beeped at or undertook,if i drove on people stepped out infront of me
Pedestrians have priority on crossings, period. Anyone beeping or overtaking when you’ve stopped to let someone cross is an idiot. Bear in mind that some crossings have traffic lights on so you just obey the lights on those. Sometimes it’s possible to notice the crossing but not the lights.
So, if this is how we're supposed to use roundabouts in Spain, only exiting on the right-hand lane, then what is the second lane on an exit for?! Most roundabouts have them but there seems to be no reason for their existence (in UK and Ireland two cars can leave a roundabout simultaneously, but not here, right?)
Well, if the road approaching the roundabout is a dual carriageway it would be a bit dumb to have fewer lanes on the exit roads, that would cause huge traffic jams. The second lane is for overtaking, which you can begin to do as soon as you’ve taken an exit.
In the UK and Ireland you have to be just as careful if two cars try to take the same exit at the same time. Usually someone is in the wrong if that happens.
@@youtoospain But there is de facto only one lane on the exit road, because you can only leave on the outer lane!
@@TomS-ce8hi you can only leave FROM the outer lane. That doesn’t mean you can’t move to overtake at your exit.
Anyway this is all getting tied up in interpretation of the rules and really I think we should focus on the most important fundamental thing about roundabouts, which is we should all take them carefully enough to be aware of what all the other drivers are doing. Because we know that no two drivers are going by exactly the same rules it’s practically worthless to argue who’s doing it right.
@@youtoospain Yes! :)
Spanish roundabouts are terrible. For some reason 90% of Spaniards have difficulty understanding the concept despite numerous government attempts at roundabout education ever since they came into existence. It's the same as in Britain except the other way round. Trouble is many Spaniards drive into the lane with the shortest queue regardless of the intended exit. That causes problems. I have been driving in Spain for decades so I have a lot of experience and I can normally tell when someone is about to do something stupid. It's best to err on the side of caution rather than see the red mist.
Trouble is the Uk bought roundabouts to Spain, and since then they put them in overnight, and still don't know how to use them..... lol 😜
You’re right about erring on the side of caution, that’s the answer to all of the driving rules. Being able to read what other drivers are going to do is a skill well worth learning.
Surely you mean 90% of drivers not 90% of Spanish drivers, bearing in mind that much of the traffic on the roads in the South of Spain are foreign tourists . . or foreign residents such as yourself. The experience in the North of Spain is completely different where the vast majority of drivers use roundabouts in a way which us Brits would consider as being correct.
@@Mike_Ripper No 🥸
@@michaelstanley3961 oh come on, explain yourself, just saying a blanket ‘no’ to someone is rude and it’s unclear which part of what Mike is saying you are disagreeing with.
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@@shivaavanti301 however long the course lasts up to a year, like the article says.
Just stick to the outside, close your eyes and hope for the best........
Eyes are definitely important, but I usually err on the side of keeping them open.
Thank you! I needed this. I’m a Spaniard (I’ve been in the uk for over 15 years) and I learned to drive in the uk last year. The thought of going to Spain and driving terrifies me 🙈
Don’t worry. I find it easier to drive in Spain. The secret to driving anywhere is to drive carefully and be aware always of other drivers. Don’t get distracted.
i'm a brit who's living in spain and doing his tests here! i've been doing my A2 motorbike tests and exams in a language i barely understand. i actually failed my english B theory test and passed the motorbike theory (available in spanish only), goes to show what anxiety-induced learning can do!
roundabouts freak me out, too, that's why i'm looking for videos on youtube! this one seems pretty good!
Ha ha! Very entertaining explanation. But are these rules not the same in the UK? Your rules are how I was taught in the UK and are how I have used roundabouts in Spain for the past 9 years.
No, in the UK you don’t stick to the outside lane all the way round as the default, which is what the Spanish Highway Code says. They treat it as a continuation of the road rather than as a junction, which is what every other country does.
However, in practice, most people do tend to treat roundabouts like junctions while keeping a careful eye out for anyone who isn’t.
@youtoospain this ridiculous rule is pathetic, it makes no sense and Spain should change this and comply with everyone else retarded rule.
@@angeloluis4130 Absolutely. Retarded is an understatement
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I just realized that the video could have been titled "Idiots guide spanish roundabouts"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s the beauty of the English language and headlines.
@@youtoospain 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are right 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 i was not sure i was getting your point in your video. Your irony is very very subtle.
One day it will be studied abroad, the un·believ·able case of a country (Spain) where the people incharge of traffic matters managed to confuse everyone and make drivers do what they should never have done.
By the way, not long ago 64% of all accidents in Spain happened in our roundabouts. Much more that that 10%
@@husse I’m thinking of making another video all about what you said. It makes a good story.
@@youtoospain Please do so. It is an absolutely true story. I have been trying to make then understand it for years and it is imposible. They have autoblinded themselves.
And best of all, it all comes from a confussion of rules that have nothing to do with intersecctions. Most spaniards will tell you :""our driving rules say...." ,something that it doesnt say at all, about intersecctions.
Let me know if you make that video. Cheers
@@husse will do. If you’re subscribed to the channel you’ll be notified.
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Idiots guide thats what I need, thanks
You’re welcome
Can I have a pint of whatever your having 😂
Well at the moment it’s only water, but when I was making this video I was over the limit.
Ya never covered, who is at fault for the collision on a roundabout! Are you saying that as long as you stay in the outside lane , no matter what exit you are taken......you are in the right! In the eyes on my insurance company and the rules of the road and police.
No, I’m saying that it’s a correct procedure. But you still need to be aware of what cars around you are doing. If you just kept going round the outside without a care in busy traffic you’ll probably end up causing mayhem.
Who is at fault can depend on a lot of factors, and that’s up to the traffic police to work out, not me. I’m just attempting to explain the basic rules, which I think I made clear weren’t altogether clear while I played with out-of-scale toy military vehicles.
I am a spaniard by force (aka a catalan) and I looked on how french and uk drivers do roundabaouts and the theory is LITERALLY the same.
Sorry to disagree, but if you’re going to use the word literally correctly, I have to point out that the rules in the UK’s Highway Code on using roundabouts are definitely different from those in Spain’s equivalent book of rules. I did a live show with a driving instructor who pointed out the differences. I don’t know about the French rules so can’t comment on them, although I’ve driven there a lot and they seem to be the same as the UK.
Nobody forces you to be Spanish, move out. Oh, and Catalan does not imply somebody who does not want to be Spanish.
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Great video! A question: Did you take your DGT test in Spanish or English? I've heard the English manual is similar to this "manual" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_She_Is_Spoke
I’ve not heard of that before, but from what I’ve heard the translation isn’t brilliant. I moved from Ireland with an EU driving licence so I didn’t need to take a test.