QLD PrepL roundabouts practice questions

Question 1

Who has priority when you approach a roundabout?

• Vehicles already in the roundaboutCorrect answer
• Vehicles turning left
• Whoever reaches the give way line first
• Vehicles entering from the largest road

Entering drivers give way to circulating traffic. Slow enough on approach that you can stop at the line if needed.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts

Question 2

You are turning left at a roundabout. What should you do?

• Approach in the right lane and signal left
• Approach in the left lane and signal leftCorrect answer
• Signal right on approach then left on exit
• Approach in the left lane with no signal

Left turns are made from the left lane with a left signal held until you have left the roundabout.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts

Question 3

You are travelling straight ahead through a roundabout. What signal do you give as you leave?

• Hazard lights
• Right
• Left, if it is practical to do soCorrect answer
• No signal at all

Every driver leaving a roundabout signals left where practical, so waiting drivers know the exit is being taken.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts

Question 4

A cyclist is riding in the left lane of a multi lane roundabout and continuing past your exit. What should you do?

• Overtake on the left before your exit
• Sound your horn to make them exit
• Cut across in front to take your exit
• Give way and let the cyclist continue, because they may legally stay in the left laneCorrect answer

Cyclists are allowed to travel around a roundabout in the left lane past exits. Cutting across their path is a common cause of crashes.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts and cyclists

Question 5

You are approaching a small single lane roundabout with no traffic on it at all. What must you still do?

• Slow down and be ready to give way, then proceed with the correct signalsCorrect answer
• Stop completely at the give way line every time
• Drive straight over the central island if it is flat
• Turn right by going the short way around the island

A clear roundabout does not need a full stop, but the approach speed and the signals stay the same.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts

Question 6

You are turning right at a roundabout. What is the correct approach and signalling?

• Approach in the left lane and signal right
• Approach in the right lane with no signal at all
• Approach in the right lane and signal left the whole way
• Approach in the right lane signalling right, then signal left as you leaveCorrect answer

Right turns are made from the right lane. Change the signal to left after you pass the exit before yours, where it is practical.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts

Question 7

You are going straight ahead at a two lane roundabout with no arrows painted on the road. Which lane may you use?

• Either lane, and you must stay in that lane through the roundaboutCorrect answer
• Only the right lane, so you can leave last
• Only the left lane in every case
• Whichever lane is shorter, changing lanes inside as needed

Without arrows or signs, either lane works for straight ahead. Changing lanes inside a roundabout is what causes side on crashes.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts

Question 8

A long truck ahead of you displays a DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE sign and is going around a roundabout. What must you do?

• Pass on the left while it swings wide
• Stay back and do not pass it while it is turning, even if it moves into another laneCorrect answer
• Pass on the right as soon as it slows
• Sound your horn so it keeps to one lane

Long vehicles need more than one lane to get around a corner, and the sign makes passing them during the turn an offence.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: sharing the road with heavy vehicles

Question 9

There is a marked pedestrian crossing on the road just after your roundabout exit, and someone is on it. What must you do?

• Exit quickly before they reach your side of the road
• Stop in the roundabout and wait there
• Give way to the pedestrian and only exit when the crossing is clear for youCorrect answer
• Continue, because roundabout traffic always has priority

Look past the exit before you commit to it. Stopping inside the roundabout blocks circulating traffic, so time your exit instead.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: pedestrian crossings

Question 10

You are already in a roundabout and realise you have gone past the exit you wanted. What should you do?

• Stop and reverse to the exit
• Cut across the lane to your left to reach it
• Stop in the roundabout and wait for a gap to back up
• Keep going around and take the next suitable exitCorrect answer

Continuing around costs a few seconds. A last moment swerve or a reverse inside a roundabout puts you in front of traffic that cannot stop.

Rule cited: Your Keys to Driving in Queensland handbook, topic: roundabouts