Ireland Roundabout Driving

One of the many roundabouts in Ireland. We're heading thru Ennis (thanks for the reminder!) on our way thru Limerick... again... Because of the roundabouts, we opted to use the Killimer/Tarbert ferry the next time we visited County Clare a couple days later.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• ireland
• limerick
• roundabout
• driving
• ennis

[bigbeninjax]

Good fun, McValkrie, please give us a heads-up before your next trip over! lol

[MCVALKRIE]

Will do! Wait... so you'll stay away from certain roundabouts on our itinerary??? lol!

[MCVALKRIE]

I'll make sure we get a driving lesson next time before we come thru Ennis. Noone explains how to use the roundabouts to tourists... and yes, we do know how to use the turn signals.

[bf1964bf]

brendan flanagan limerick hows things

just wondering about somit

i hve a full clean irish driving licence and just wondered

if i gave say half hour r hour crash courses of irish roads rules and tips etc would tourist pay me

you know when people come to ireland and cant figure out gear shift and roundabouts etc etc

would u hire a person at airport for this

please let me knw

baskeaton@yahoo.co.uk

r utube me at bf1964bf

[MCVALKRIE]

@bf1964bf Good idea - but when tourists from the US come in, they're extremely tired anyway. Who knows? I think you might want to check with the car rental people at the airports and see if they'd hire you to do a quick instruction before people rented the cars.

[joweho]

left lane- first and second exits

Right lane- all other exits

[Irishproudness]

this is so funny

never new some1 could enjoy a roundabout so much

[micklfc2008]

@joweho not really just the first and second exit , you use the left hand lane for anything before "12 oclock" anything after 12 is right hand lane.

[thorneel]

Left lane is for 1st and 2nd exits - right lane for all other exits.

[davsheep]

That is some hardcore driving there guys. Keep it up. CRAZY. 

[HuntersMoon73]

Gawd, that looked scary. Usually the roundabouts in America have only one lane, thus only one car at a time is coming at you, and you know when to stop and when to go. In Ireland & esp. England, there's a load of cars in the roundabout and it's really confusing and frightening for the hapless American driver. If you go, people honk their horns at you and if you stop, people honk their horns at you. Thus, I've opted for a van tour this time. :)

[bogsidebunny]

That was easy. Try some of the hubcab (3-foot) roundabouts, where the view to the right is blocked by a stone wall.

ALSO,

Roundabouts abound (PUN) in Ireland because of one thing. They're cheaper to maintain than traffic lights.

ALSO,

Once a roundabout is installed at an intersection of two roads the legal definition "intersection" goes away.

THUS,

It is perfectly legal to do a 360 (U-turn) at a roundabout. Try that at a 3-foot roundabout at rush hour!

[mrwigglesathome]

clare ennis

[joe546734]

wrong lane, should be on the right

[charlotia]

Whats the 12 o'clock rule???