When approaching this or any complex junction, it is essential to know your destination.

Look out for destination signs and road markings to guide you to your destination.

Look out for new lanes spiralling from the centre of the roundabout.

Stick to your lane, there may be some active steering to do.

Look out for and respond to the traffic light signals.

If waiting at a red light, use this as an opportunity to plan your next move.

Exercise

Using a diagram below:

1. Pick an entry point.

2. Pick a destination.

3. Follow the route through, what lane do you use?

Remember, safety is the priority, not the route!

If you are in the wrong lane, you must change lanes safely, if you can't, just go the wrong way....you can always turn around and come back!

Use Google Maps and Street View to practise driving through from an entry point to your destination Fleetsbridge Roundabout

Look for signs and road markings to help you decide what lane to use or what lane to move into.

Wrong road markings on Fleetsbridge Roundabout!

When entering this roundabout from the east, the lane markings clearly tell us what lanes to use, we can see 'POOLE - WIMB - WIMB' as we approach.

If we wanted to go to Wimborne we are told to use the middle lane (W1) or the right hand lane (W2).

If we follow the middle lane (W1) the road marking changes to DORC(ester)! If we stay in this lane, it does take us to the Dorchester exit.

To solve this, if we stay in the right hand lane (W2) halfway through the roundabout, we get a choice of two lanes for the Wimborne exit.