Give‑way and roundabouts
Learn give‑way, the right‑hand rule and safe navigation in roundabouts.
Give‑way rules and roundabouts are core for safe driving.
The right‑hand rule
If no signs or lights regulate priority, traffic from your right has priority.
Exceptions
- Signs (give way, stop, priority road)
- Operating traffic lights
- Police directing traffic
Signs that regulate give‑way
- Give‑way: slow, be prepared to stop
- Stop: full stop, check both ways, proceed only when safe
- Priority road: side roads must yield to you
Roundabouts
- Yield to traffic already in the roundabout
- Signal right before exiting
- Choose the correct lane; see Lane use and overtaking
Priority order
- Police/controllers
- Signals
- Signs
- Right‑hand rule
Practice
- Analyse scenarios systematically: signs → position → others → rule → who goes first
- Be defensive; don’t assume others yield