Give‑way and 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