RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Editor's note: Information for this article was gathered from the Official Highway Code and confirmed with the local constabulary.

Are you inconsiderate, or just uneducated?

Like it or not, if you're one of those people who doesn't use their turn signals in roundabouts, one of those descriptors fits you. By the end of this article, if you're still "that guy," only the first one will.

One of the maddening things about driving in the United Kingdom is people who either don't understand, or just don't follow, the rules of the road, especially when they're so simple. I can't even begin to count the number of times I've been sitting at a roundabout, waiting to enter, and some dirtbag in a left-side steering wheel car whips out with no signal.

I try - I really do - to give the benefit of the doubt most of the time. "Maybe they don't properly know how to use a roundabout," I tell myself. "Someone should educate them."

We've all heard the phrase - the one about doing something or getting off the pot - so here I go, educating all who read this about the proper way to navigate a roundabout.

Roundabouts are one of those things we don't see often in the United States but are everywhere you look over here, so knowing how to properly use them is not only a good idea, it's absolutely crucial.

First, as you approach a roundabout, slow down and observe the traffic flow coming from the right. If there are no cars approaching, go straight into the roundabout. Don't stop, or you could end up with a British driver's bumper where your tail lights once were.

If there is someone coming at you, but they have their left turn signal on, they're signaling their intent to exit the roundabout at the next opportunity, so you should feel free to go ahead into it. If they have their right indicator on, or none at all, in most cases it means they're going to drive past you and you need to yield to them. That is, of course, if they're following the rules.

You may find this to be the case immediately as you approach it, or you may have to wait for traffic to pass. Either way, once it's clear for you to do so, move into the roundabout.

If you intend to take the first exit, you should already have your turn signal on when you enter. Not only does that let the people waiting at the next entry point know they're clear to enter, but it tells those behind you you'll be slowing down long before your brake lights do.

If you're going straight, no turn signal is necessary until you approach your exit. Click it on right as you pass the exit before your own.

To turn right, or to leave the roundabout any time after the second exit, throw on that right turn signal and leave it on until you pass the exit before yours, then switch on your left turn signal.

Yeah, roundabouts can be intimidating for those who have never used them. I hated them when I first got over here, but now that I know how they work, I don't know how I ever lived without them.