Do any drivers find big roundabouts leading to dual carriageway/motorway confusing?

[LottaBerry]

Do any drivers find big roundabouts leading to dual carriageway/motorway confusing?
I'm fine on normal roads, "normal" roundabouts, and fine on dual carriageways once I'm on them but the big roundabouts leading to the dual carriageways I find very stressful and confusing about which lane I need to be in for my exit :(.There are some road markings but they're so faded, they're of almost no use and signs aren't very helpful either.

Also, how can you tell when to be in the right hand lane for a right turn as say there's 3 lanes on a road, and my next direction is to take the second road on the right.. I don't always know if the right lane is for first road right at this point and so I should stay in the centre lane and then move to the right hand side lane once I've passed the first road on the right (moving at this late stage is not always easy/possible in high traffic) but I'm worried about taking the right hand lane to early on if it means that's only for the first turn right..

I hope my questions make sense?

I generally find driving OK but these things are very stressful and sometimes I feel I'm the only one :(

Can you post a pic of the roundabout you mean? (Google maps?)

I'm ace at driving usually but I do struggle with these kind of roundabouts if the road markings are faded/ non existent she it's an unfamiliar roundabout.

I'm good at reading the signs too usually but they can also be a bit ambiguous sometimes i.e they might show that it's fine to be in one of two lanes but when you actually get to the turn off it turns out one of the lanes is actually a only tiny merge lane and all the locals know not to use it.

There are different rules for different roundabouts. Some might have the left lane approaching as a left turn only and lanes 2&3 as Staight on / right. Others might have 1&2 as left / straight on and 3 as right etc. All you can do is look for arrows on the roads, signs, follow the lanes as it leads you round and DON'T cut across lanes. If you realise you're in the wrong one, just go with it and find somewhere to turn round up the road. Check blind spots and assume other people are idiots who will cut across yoy, come past on the left etc.

I find the big motorway roundabouts really confusing because often they are individual so the lanes are specific to that roundabout, and it doesn't tell you until you are very close to the end.

If in doubt I just stick to normal rules. They don't normally just have one lane for going down each road so normally if you follow normal rules you will be okay. E.g stick right for going right, left for going left. If I'm going straight on I will normally go middle until I see a sign which tells me the lane.

If I'm going somewhere I don't know I have Google maps as satnav and that will often say which lane you need to be in.

Are you in the UK? Or abroad? Because you wouldn't move into the right lane on a roundabout in the UK?

Thank you very much everyone so far. @BlueCornishPixie Yes I am in the UK and there are some roundabouts where there's 3 lanes on approach - left for left first exit, middle one for straight on second exit and right lane for right 3rd exit. I don't mean right as in the right hand side of the entire road.

Although in my original post, I'm talking about turning right in general on a straight road so if I'm driving along a straight road that has 3 lanes (left, middle and right) on my side of the road I mean and I intend to take the second road on the right, I am not sure whether I have to stay in the middle lane until I've passed the first road on the right before moving to the right lane (as I worry early on that the right lane is perhaps for first road on the right, rather than second road on the right)..

Hope that clarifies what I mean - finding it difficult to word it.

If you are going mostly the way round a roundabout in the U.K. you start in the right hand lane and move over as directed by the wording on the road and the signs. I do agree it is a pain in the arse and last weekend I did mess up myself and kind of coasted in between two lanes for most of it yes I am sorry.

I don’t really know what you’re trying to explain ‘first road on the right, second road on the right’.

I thought I did until your last post. Can you draw it?

Sometimes. If I know I’ve got to do an unfamiliar one, I have a look on google earth beforehand so I know what I’m doing.

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat

Have drawn it now. See the two paths shown in red. I never know which would be the correct path to take as hesitant to get into third lane BEFORE I've passed the first right in case that 3rd lane is for first turn right only but often I realize I should have been in the 3rd lane and find it difficult to merge from second to third lane after passing the first turn right as there's too much traffic queuing.

Erm. That's not a roundabout.

I don’t think I’ve ever driven down a three lane road (a motorway?) that didn’t have a central reservation so that you could turn right

That diagram doesn't make sense. Where's the roundabout and what is the arrow?

Are you saying 'right lane' to mean correct lane rather than right hand lane?

Follow the directions on signs which often tell you which lane to be in, and also the giant arrows and place names painted on the road.

(and avoid the M4 Heathrow / Uxbridge junction like the plague)

Are you quite a new driver? No offence but you sound quite scary to be behind!

Sorry to be confusing - the diagram I drew was for my second question regarding a right turn from a straight lane road (NOT a roundabout involved at all)

Can't you pay attention to what others in front of you do at those junctions/roundabouts?

@UCOinanOCG doesn't seem to work as a lot of people don't seem to be indicating so by the time I know who's doing what, it's too late to correct myself without being an annoyance.

If that's just two right turns off a multi lane road, you need to be in the right hand lane for either turning unless the lane markings or signage indicates otherwise.

If in doubt go in the right hand lane and go around the roundabout to come off in the correct place a la National Lampoons

Regarding your turning right question, go in the right hand lane. Most of the time there will be a sign or road markings if it is right hand turn only. If it turns out you can't go straight ahead in that lane you should be able to pull out safely into middle lane to continue ahead. Much easier than trying to cut into the right hand lane at the last minute when traffic may be slower than you/stationary.

And actually, taking the right hand lane on a roundabout would mean you can merge outwards when needed or continue round the roundabout if you get really stuck, rather than cutting across lanes of traffic.

I passed recently and while I don't mind motorways, traffic, roundabouts, hill starts, parking and windy country roads at night, I'm fucking terrified of those multi-lane roundabouts in between dual carriageways/motorways!

I just pray for traffic so I can copy what the other cars are doing.

You need to read your highway code. You sound very confused and a hindrance to others. I was taught if your turn is before 12 o'clock get in the left hand lane and after 12 o'clock get in the right hand lane. You then move across as your turn approaches on the roundabout.