Brit is left very confused over common American driving rule and everyone is saying the same thing
Emma Powell
Published Aug 21, 2026
A BRITISH woman who moved to the United States has encountered several differences between English and American roads, but one rule stuck out.
The ex-Britain shared that she feels nobody on US roads knows how to handle roundabouts — a common regulation in her native country.
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Becks’ (@becks.shaw) TikTok clip begins with her saying: “The approach to roundabouts [in the US], it just feels like nobody knows what they’re doing with them.”
This TikTok creator added that she frequently witnesses drivers fail to use their turn signal in roundabouts.
The UK and Ireland have 967 roundabouts per one million residents compared to the US’ 73, Statista reports.
Roundabouts, or traffic circles, are circular intersections requiring drivers to travel counterclockwise around a center point toward one of four turns.
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US roundabouts don’t have any traffic signals or stop signs, which likely adds to driver confusion.
A clip posted by Walker Construction reflected the traffic chaos that Becks referred to.
The video shows a mini-roundabout after its installation at US-60/KY-801 on the Bath-Rowan county line in Kentucky.
As cars approach the roundabout’s center from one of the area’s four connected arms (turns), we see them driving in both lanes.
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Since this traffic circle has a single lane in its center, all cars must turn right into the roundabout using a far-right lane so other drivers can safely turn into their arm’s cleared left lane.
When the first vehicle turns left instead of right while hauling a trailer, the pickup illegally goes left again to enter an arm and head toward its destination.
Other cars repeat the same mistake until a holdup inevitably occurs.
Several viewers resonated with Becks’ views on US traffic circles in her TikTok’s comment section.
One viewer wrote: “It’s true, we don’t know what to do with roundabouts!”
Another TikTok account commented: “Don’t even get me started on people who treat roundabouts like stop signs.”
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