Roundabouts quiz

Roundabouts quiz

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

   1. AJoin the shortest queue
   2. BUse the signs, lane markings and the exit you need
   3. CAlways use the right-hand lane
   4. DFollow the car in front
   Answer and reason

   B. Use the signs, lane markings and the exit you need. Act on all the information available, including traffic signs, traffic lights and lane markings, and decide as early as possible which exit you need. Source: The Highway Code, rule 184

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

   1. ATraffic approaching from your left
   2. BTraffic approaching from your right
   3. CThe largest vehicle
   4. DNobody, if you got there first
   Answer and reason

   B. Traffic approaching from your right. Give priority to traffic approaching from your right, unless signs, road markings or traffic lights direct otherwise. Source: The Highway Code, rule 185

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

   1. ALeft-hand lane, signalling left
   2. BRight-hand lane, signalling right
   3. CLeft-hand lane, no signal
   4. DRight-hand lane, signalling left
   Answer and reason

   A. Left-hand lane, signalling left. Signal left and approach in the left-hand lane, keep to the left on the roundabout and keep signalling left to leave. Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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

   1. ABefore you enter the roundabout
   2. BAfter you pass the exit before the one you want
   3. CAs you pass the first exit
   4. DOnly once you have left
   Answer and reason

   B. After you pass the exit before the one you want. Signal left after you have passed the exit before the one you want. Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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

   1. AAlways signal right
   2. BNormally no signal on approach
   3. CAlways signal left
   4. DUse your hazard lights
   Answer and reason

   B. Normally no signal on approach. For an intermediate exit, select the appropriate lane on approach (follow signs and markings); you should not normally need to signal on approach. Signal left after passing the exit before yours. Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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

   1. AThey are leaving at the next exit
   2. BThey are continuing round the roundabout
   3. CThey want you to overtake them
   4. DThey are turning back
   Answer and reason

   B. They are continuing round the roundabout. Cyclists, horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles may stay in the left-hand lane to continue around, and should signal right to show they are not leaving. Source: The Highway Code, rule 186

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

   1. ATo stop you passing
   2. BBecause of its length
   3. CBecause it is lost
   4. DTo overtake
   Answer and reason

   B. Because of its length. Long vehicles might have to take a different course or straddle lanes, approaching or on the roundabout, because of their length. Source: The Highway Code, rule 187

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

   1. ADrive over it if the junction is clear
   2. BPass round it
   3. CStop on it to turn right
   4. DTreat it as a give way line
   Answer and reason

   B. Pass round it. All vehicles must pass round the central markings, except large vehicles that are physically incapable of doing so. Source: The Highway Code, rule 188

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