Clear indicators

**kro** · 31st December 2005, 20:02

I got pulled over today, in my car.

I was approaching an roundabout, with the sun at my back, plain cop car was approaching the roundabout from the opposite direction, we both got to the roundabout at the same time, he carried on thru toward me, and not seeing any indicator, I started out into the roundabout, only to see Mr Plain car cop start coming round the roundabout at me, obviously very pissed off with me.

Truth is, he did indicate, but he had a new plain car, and it had those clear indicators with orange bulbs, and with the sun behind me, I just could not see them. I explained this to the officer, and we did a couple of roadside tests, and he admitted to me that they were damn hard to see, and let me go on my way, with an apology.

Be careful with these modern cars guys/gals, those trendy clear indicators are dangerous in my humble opinion, and are a serious hazard

**Sketchy_Racer** · 31st December 2005, 20:20

yea they are hard to see.... just a bit of humble pie for ya there

**Coyote** · 31st December 2005, 20:39

But boy do they look sweet. May as well have them on your bike, not like a cage is going to take notice of where you're going anyway

**froggyfrenchman** · 31st December 2005, 22:05

Originally Posted by alarumba

But boy do they look sweet. May as well have them on your bike, not like a cage is going to take notice of where you're going anyway

Good point really, why do we bother with indicators at all?

**inlinefour** · 1st January 2006, 09:21

Originally Posted by froggyfrenchman

Good point really, why do we bother with indicators at all?

Its to keep Mr/Miss/Mrs Plodd happy.

**marty** · 1st January 2006, 09:39

WHAT??? a reasonable copper???? what's happening????

**kro** · 1st January 2006, 09:55

Haha, I have struck no law enforcers who struck me as being deliberately unreasonable. Each time I have been collared, its been because I stepped outside the line, and got very politley ushered back in again.

This particular officer was a good chap from the get go, even though i had pulled out in front of him on a roundabout, the fact that he apologised for getting so mad at me was proof that they are human after all.

**froggyfrenchman** · 1st January 2006, 14:05

Yeah, the cops jump down hard on me. But i always deserve it.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 2nd January 2006, 08:47

hmmm im lucky they have never caught up with me to tell me off..... i know kapiti a shit load better than they do

all the ins and outs

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**skidMark** · 2nd January 2006, 10:29

Originally Posted by froggyfrenchman

Good point really, why do we bother with indicators at all?

so that other car drivers and buses have a flashing target to aim for?

**crashe** · 2nd January 2006, 12:05

Originally Posted by inlinefour

Its to keep Mr/Miss/Mrs Plodd happy.

ahem and not forgetting Ms Plod as well..

**Colapop** · 2nd January 2006, 12:10

The thing is even though the new law is in, how many cagers are actually using their indicators properly at roundabouts? Because there is a new (ish) law people who haven't indicated before aren't going to start now are they?

**Pathos** · 2nd January 2006, 20:39

Originally Posted by Colapop

The thing is even though the new law is in, how many cagers are actually using their indicators properly at roundabouts? Because there is a new (ish) law people who haven't indicated before aren't going to start now are they?

seconded

idiots are now indicating right when going straight through a round about....

**skidMark** · 2nd January 2006, 20:46

Originally Posted by Pathos

seconded

idiots are now indicating right when going straight through a round about....

ive noticed that watta bunch of retards

just wastes peoples time because they are coming at you and you think they are going to keep going round but then they go straight and by then somebody else is already coming at you.

ugh idiots

.... i'm

MA