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Why don't you indicate?
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Unfortunately, in my opinion, the Institute of Advanced Motorists advise against unnecessary indicating which of course results in some members failing to indicate when they should do. As a pedestrian waiting at a T junction for a non indicating motorist to decide in which direction he wishes to go before you can cross the road is very frustrating.
This fire rages on and on. 'Just indicate all the time' or 'only indicate if there's someone around' - the second is supposed to make you pay attention instead of driving around in auto pilot. I see both sides, but I go with the first one - no panicking when you suddenly see someone you should be indicating to, but aren't because you're trying to be smart!
Anyway, I don't think OP has encountered any IAM members, as if they're driving as taught, they WOULD be indicating for other motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians - all other road users who would find an indication useful. I have a terrible habit of walking out in front of cars in your situation - no indicator = straight on.The only indicating that annoys me is London buses. They drive along a bus lane, but still indicate left and right as they stop at bus stops. Too often I see a bus in a bus lane indicating right, so I slow to let it into my lane, only to watch as it drives in a straight line along the bus lane.
They're indicating left to stop on the road, and indicating right to pull away again, albeit within their own lane. Same as a car should do. You're judging other road users for doing 31mph, but don't know this?!The bus behind them
... cyclist, motorcyclist, black taxi etc.0 -
I don’t have to indicate anymore, since I bought my BMW
He he he! I’m now officially a !!!!!!:A Goddess :A0 -
At a roundabout on the way to work there is a junction I come out of, needing the next exit.
The prior enterance is the main motorway. People come out of there and start indicating so I pull out. they then proceded to get upset because I should have known my exit/enterance does not count becuase it is not the main 4.
And then there are those who think pull into the left lane of a two lane exit in front of someone is fine. They usually don't indicate while doing this though.0 -
"I'm Italian"..
I'm not actually, but used to live there on the border with France. It was amazing the difference between the two: in Italy very little signalling whereas just over the border they were really good.
I used to indicate _and_ stop at pedestrian crossings: caused no end of confusion. :-)0 -
They're indicating left to stop on the road, and indicating right to pull away again, albeit within their own lane. Same as a car should do. You're judging other road users for doing 31mph, but don't know this?!
I didn't know this. I had no idea I should indicate right when I simply start moving forward in my lane.
If I'm in traffic on the motorway and all three lanes come to a stop, I wouldn't then indicate right when the traffic started to move again - that would give the impression I intended to change lanes.0 -
oldagetraveller wrote: »What's also with this trend of indicator asemblies and lenses being so small in size that they can hardly be seen in daylight?
YES! There should be a minimum size and luminosity measure for traffic indicator lamps. Some are so tiny, if the sun or a light source is behind and shining on that part of the vehicle, it cannot be seen to be operating with any certainty. Most of this is down to vehicle designers: form before function.
I have posted here before about my own driver training in the Army: we were taught to always indicate an intention to turn, halt, or move off from stationary. We were also taught to check mirrors and approaching traffic, before indicating. I was taught from 'scratch' for almost a month of solid driving, involving instruction on several types and sizes of vehicle. I know that people (including my own family) with busy working lives can only afford time to learn perhaps twice a week for an hour or so, but learner-driving for several successive days really gets the instruction into the learner's head. Breaks in instruction allow learners to forget most of what they are taught, IMO. I always consider myself fortunate to have had some of the best driving instruction there is.I think this job really needs
a much bigger hammer.
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I drive a BMW and I always indicate.
Get in, start engine, switch indicator on, pull away. Leave indicator on always....0 -
I didn't know this. I had no idea I should indicate right when I simply start moving forward in my lane.
If I'm in traffic on the motorway and all three lanes come to a stop, I wouldn't then indicate right when the traffic started to move again - that would give the impression I intended to change lanes.
There's a vast (and very obvious) difference between pulling away from the kerb and starting moving in a queue of traffic.
When you're stopped at a kerbside it's reasonable for othe road user to assume you're parked (or waiting) and to treat you as an obstruction to negotiate around- unless you habitually park near the middle of the lane? So, indicating that you don't intend to just sit still gives them useful information.
If you're stopped in queuing traffic then it's pretty obvious that you're likely to start moving when the traffic ahead does so indicating isn't needed.
eta: While you may not remember it, if you'd consistently failed to indicate when pulling away on your driving test you never would have passed, so you did know it at some point.....0 -
Joe_Horner wrote: »There's a vast (and very obvious) difference between pulling away from the kerb and starting moving in a queue of traffic.
To be fair, "almillar" stated that you need to indicate right to pull away again, even within your own lane.
But the buses don't pull away from the kerb. They're in a bus lane which is a bus's width. There's no-one to indicate to.
It makes sense if they've pulled over and are then indicating to re-join the traffic. But in London they indicate even though their position doesn't change - they just start driving along the bus lane they were already in.
It makes it confusing as you have no idea if they're in fact indicating to pull around an obstruction in the bus lane.0 -
Unfortunately, in my opinion, the Institute of Advanced Motorists advise against unnecessary indicating which of course results in some members failing to indicate when they should do. As a pedestrian waiting at a T junction for a non indicating motorist to decide in which direction he wishes to go before you can cross the road is very frustrating.
It's not just the IAM - the DVSA advise against it.
As a pedestrian, you are ill advised to trust any driver's signal, or lack thereof.0
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