The Policia Nacional has shared a graphic explaining how to use roundabouts in Spain.
In a post on X this week, the force said: ‘Pay attention to how one should circulate on roundabouts.
‘To exit you have to take the outside lane, i.e, the right.’
Spain’s roundabouts can be notoriously chaotic, with drivers often confused about which lane to take, particularly as many have three.
The graphic attached essentially explains what to do on a roundabout that has four exits and three lanes.
If you wish to take the last exit of the example roundabout, you should take the inside lane, before eventually moving to the right to exit.
If you want to take the third exit, you should take the middle lane, while those driving straight over or taking the first exit should stick to the right.
In the police’s graphic, the blue car, marked with the letter ‘A’, is described as being ‘correct’, as it ‘uses the exterior lane to exit and signals appropriately.’
The green car marked ‘B’ is described as ‘good’, because the driver ‘has chosen to use one of the interior lanes to circulate’, before indicating and moving to the exterior lane to exit.
Meanwhile, the red car, marked ‘C’, is branded ‘bad’ because ‘in both cases it uses the interior lanes to exit the roundabout, cutting off other drivers.’
Car ‘D’, the orange vehicle, is also ‘bad’ because it drives across the roundabout and ignores the lanes completely, creating ‘a risk of an accident’.
Finally, the purple car ‘E’ – which is performing a U-turn using the roundabout – is ‘bad’ because, according to the police, it should have moved around to the outside lane to exit, and not stayed in the interior lane the whole time.
