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    1 step closer, got my 6R License last week

    Hi fellow riders
    So happy to share the news that I easily passed the restricted test last month. Alot easy then I thought, at the debrief the instructor stated I failed to signal at the roundabout, I actually thought I never needed to signal when going straight through a roundabout, other then that I was all good to go. I must admit I was a little nervous in the lead up but once on the bike the confidence kicked in.
    Just the waiting game for the next stage, so stoked to throw the L plate in the rubbish bin that's for real.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LATE RIDER View Post
    Hi fellow riders
    So happy to share the news that I easily passed the restricted test last month. Alot easy then I thought, at the debrief the instructor stated I failed to signal at the roundabout, I actually thought I never needed to signal when going straight through a roundabout, other then that I was all good to go. I must admit I was a little nervous in the lead up but once on the bike the confidence kicked in.
    Just the waiting game for the next stage, so stoked to throw the L plate in the rubbish bin that's for real.
    Good on ya. Never bothered with the L plate myself
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    You always indicate when exiting a roundabout (indicate as you pass the exit prior to yours). When turning left, indicate left all the way through. Straight through, only when exiting. Turning right, indicate right until you pass the exit prior to yours, then indicate left.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    You always indicate when exiting a roundabout (indicate as you pass the exit prior to yours). When turning left, indicate left all the way through. Straight through, only when exiting. Turning right, indicate right until you pass the exit prior to yours, then indicate left.

    If only the police knew this and every other road user.

    Congrats on the license one step closer to a Busa!

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    Congrats.
    My G/F just got her 6R, too. Pinged on the same thing, failure to indicate intention to exit round about, in olde speak.
    Bit twilight zone.

    I think she has already booked her full for the same day next year. Could be intention not fact.
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    Congrats man enjoy the rides

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    congrats Bud
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    well done, tis a nice feeling eh?
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    Well done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LATE RIDER View Post
    Just the waiting game for the next stage, so stoked to throw the L plate in the rubbish bin that's for real.
    Well done

    Live and learn with indicating at a roundabout, now you can practice it! Personally I do it everywhere even if there's not another vehicle in sight - that way it becomes a habit rather than a concious decision.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Erelyes View Post
    Well done

    Live and learn with indicating at a roundabout, now you can practice it! Personally I do it everywhere even if there's not another vehicle in sight - that way it becomes a habit rather than a concious decision.
    Yup. When I sat my car test in the days of crank starts & blokes with flags my instructor told me to indicate all changes in position on the road. It may make all the difference to somebody I had not seen. Still makes sense to me. I even indicate at the end of passing lanes.
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    Congratulations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Erelyes View Post
    Well done

    Live and learn with indicating at a roundabout, now you can practice it! Personally I do it everywhere even if there's not another vehicle in sight - that way it becomes a habit rather than a concious decision.
    Ditto, caught myself getting slack when clocking up lots of farm track miles, no need to indicate on them right? ....except the no indicating habit started creeping onto my road riding, do it everywhere now.

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    Technically, you should indicate three seconds before exiting the roundabout, most roundabouts that's not going to happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackSheepLogic View Post
    Technically, you should indicate three seconds before exiting the roundabout, most roundabouts that's not going to happen.
    Negative
    Road User Rule

    Clause (5) and (6) do not say anything about a 3 second requirement
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