Indicate People!

29-10-2008


So this is something I am starting to see more and more of and getting more and more irked about it. Roundabouts and Indicators.

Was there some memo or some sort of change to the law during the Budget that means you don't have to use your Indicator on a roundabout anymore? Because if so then I missed it and must apologize for using my indicators at every roundabout I come to.

The rules of the road are pretty simple on this one.

If you approach a roundabout and are going straight through you do not indicate until you approach the exit you want, then indicate.

If you are going around the roundabout you indicate right as you approach it and then change your indicator once you approach the exit you want.

If you are going to take the first exit at the roundabout you indicate left as you approach and just go straight off.

Of course there are more rules to the roundabouts, such as "he who is on first has right of way" and "to be in the correct lane when making an exit", but I don't mind about that so much. It's the lack of indications that is getting to me. Twice in the last week I have had cars blow or flash at me because I went to pull out onto a roundabout, all because from my point of view they are going straight (no indicators on) and from their's they can drive around in circles and tell nobody nothing.

Indicators are a signal of intent, an indication you might say, not an optional thing you dicks!

I think I might just let one of the millions of non-indicating drivers ram into me sometime and see how it turns out, because I am pretty sure the law would be on my side.

Blue_jester