How to Navigate a Traffic Circle – Tips for Beginners

In this video you will learn how to safely drive in a traffic circle. Driving instructor Jacqueline will go through:

• Different types of traffic circles
• How to navigate a circle
• How to enter and exit a traffic circle
• How to use your turn signals in a roundabout
• Left & right turns
• Going straight ahead
• Some general rules + a lot of useful tips!

A roundabout, also known as a traffic circle, consists of a central island and one or more lines of traffic that travel in the same direction. Always keep right of the central island.

When using a roundabout, you will need to enter depending on where you want to exit, and it’s important that you know what you want to do before entering the roundabout. You have 4 different exit points in nearly every roundabout: exiting to the right, to the left, straight ahead, or back the way you came.