That strikes me as a good digest. I'd add a couple of things.
3. On the freeways (which they call motorways, and which are very limited access, like turnpikes) and multi-lane highways (which they call dual carriageways), they also drive very fast, but the cops enforce the speed limits strictly.
The speed limit on both is 70mph, but actually you are very unlikely to be pulled over unless you are doing more than 80mph.
3a. But one thing is clear on multilane highways. Always, ALWAYS keep in the slow lane unless you're passing (which they call overtaking). The kind of wandering down the freeway in any lane you like that we have here, with only the vaguest obeisance to the idea of fast and slow lanes, was absolutely unknown there when I first visited the UK, and had barely made an appearance the last time.
This is true - in fact they launched a campaign just last week against people who stick in the middle lane, giving police powers to give on-the-spot fines to people who do it. (The idea that people might do the same in the fast lane was so horrible that they hadn't even contemplated it.) But there's a reason why this is so frowned upon, which is that it's verboten to pass someone on the inside (or "undertake"). Again, this is different from America.
Rule: when it's your turn, GO. Just go, don't hesitate.
And you'll know it's your turn by the fact that there's nothing approaching from the right. Many larger roundabouts have integrated traffic lights these days, giving you the best/worst of both worlds. I think though that the harder ones may be busy mini-roundabouts, mostly found in the middle of cities.
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3. On the freeways (which they call motorways, and which are very limited access, like turnpikes) and multi-lane highways (which they call dual carriageways), they also drive very fast, but the cops enforce the speed limits strictly.
The speed limit on both is 70mph, but actually you are very unlikely to be pulled over unless you are doing more than 80mph.
3a. But one thing is clear on multilane highways. Always, ALWAYS keep in the slow lane unless you're passing (which they call overtaking). The kind of wandering down the freeway in any lane you like that we have here, with only the vaguest obeisance to the idea of fast and slow lanes, was absolutely unknown there when I first visited the UK, and had barely made an appearance the last time.
This is true - in fact they launched a campaign just last week against people who stick in the middle lane, giving police powers to give on-the-spot fines to people who do it. (The idea that people might do the same in the fast lane was so horrible that they hadn't even contemplated it.) But there's a reason why this is so frowned upon, which is that it's verboten to pass someone on the inside (or "undertake"). Again, this is different from America.
Rule: when it's your turn, GO. Just go, don't hesitate.
And you'll know it's your turn by the fact that there's nothing approaching from the right. Many larger roundabouts have integrated traffic lights these days, giving you the best/worst of both worlds. I think though that the harder ones may be busy mini-roundabouts, mostly found in the middle of cities.