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[slofox]

Had the "twang" moment again this morning....

Proceeding straight through an intersection (with lights) when a little RAV4 or similar suddenly blasted a right turn across my bow...put the skills of stopping fast into action (see How Fast Can You Stop? thread...) and avoided any grief. Also raised the finger at the offending driver who was fast retreating into the rising sun..."WTF?" I was thinking "was that in aid of?"
And then I looked down at the dash...and found that my left turn signal from the previous intersection was still indicating a left turn...so Ms RAV4 was quite within her rights to turn across my bow in the belief that I was competent with signals and intended to turn left.....course she might have noted that I was heading straight through. But the fact remains that I was wrong, not she...
Lesson? Cancel your turn signals kiddies else people might think you know what you are doing when patently, you don't......
Dumb bum rides a bike....

[sondela]

Haha I've done that exact same thing with the same reaction till I realised with embarrassment that it was my own fault.. I'm waay more careful now.
I can get away with doing stuff like that however, cause, as I'm always being told, I'm a woman driver/rider....

[CB ARGH]

Oh dear... that sucks!

Was riding to Taupo one day behind a nice big bike (no idea what it was - too long ago) who had his indicator on for at least 10km before he realised.

We all do it!

[vifferman]

Yup. Potentially very dangerous.
A few years back, I was riding to work and thinking, "WTF is up with people?!? Why are they all trying to kill me?!?" A long street, with multiple intersections to the left and right, I had right of way at each one, and yet nearly got cleaned up at several of them.
Yup - indicator still on from when i turned left onto the end of the street...

[Devil]

so Ms RAV4 was quite within her rights to turn across my bow in the belief that I was competent with signals and intended to turn left.....

Actually she's not. Nothing overrides the give way rule.
Leaving your indicator on is asking for trouble of course because people just assume that's what you're doing.

Tip for riders and drivers. Never assume *anything*. Dont trust that indicator!

[kiwifruit]

We all do it!

no we don't!

[Devil]

no we don't!

ditto.....

[PrincessBandit]

Lol. It think there would be very few riders who have never been caught like that at some time (if they're honest). I think there is even something about indicators in the road code for bikes since most are non-self cancelling.

Shoulda done a quick back-track, followed her then turned up with some pwetty flowers as a "sorry for the finger" as you probably frightened the daylights outta her as well! (flowers wouldn't work so well if it had been a bloke though I guess)
And vifferman, you may well have had to buy out the entire florists hahaha!

[vifferman]

I've only left it on very rarely - if anything I tend to be obsessive about turning it off, even when I haven't used it (like when I've gone around a corner that didn't require use of my confirminator), or have already turned it off.
It's a wonder I haven't worn it out. It definitely leads to premature retirement of my gloves due to the left thumb having a hole in it...

[McDuck]

no we don't!

ditto.....

ditto X2. It is not hard to do a scan every 5 seconds

[MsKABC]

I had a dumb-dumb moment on Tuesday night. It nearly resulted in a collision with a car (for which I abused the poor sod ), and in fact it was so blonde, that I'm not even gonna share it!

Certainly brings you back down to earth with a thud though, don't it?

[prettybillie]

Had the "twang" moment again this morning....

Proceeding straight through an intersection (with lights) when a little RAV4 or similar suddenly blasted a right turn across my bow...put the skills of stopping fast into action (see How Fast Can You Stop? thread...) and avoided any grief. Also raised the finger at the offending driver who was fast retreating into the rising sun..."WTF?" I was thinking "was that in aid of?"
And then I looked down at the dash...and found that my left turn signal from the previous intersection was still indicating a left turn...so Ms RAV4 was quite within her rights to turn across my bow in the belief that I was competent with signals and intended to turn left.....course she might have noted that I was heading straight through. But the fact remains that I was wrong, not she...
Lesson? Cancel your turn signals kiddies else people might think you know what you are doing when patently, you don't......
Dumb bum rides a bike....

That's amusing - thumbs up for admiting you were wrong though!!!

[PrincessBandit]

ditto X2. It is not hard to do a scan every 5 seconds

No, it's not, but when you're tired or distracted (in which case there are probably larger issues about ya riding than just indimacator operation) it can be easily overlooked. Lack of scanning frequently is my first clue that I'm getting tired since it's something I tend to be obsessive about too.

[Dr_seuss25]

Yeah i have this habit now of always pushing the indicator button to ensure my signals are off. It almost like a twitch sometimes and i worry im going to wear out the button

[Warr]

Yeah i have this habit now of always pushing the indicator button to ensure my signals are off. It almost like a twitch sometimes and i worry im going to wear out the button

You too eh!! Caution is always the best policy