yup i hate it too.....everyone here seems to indicate wrong and think they are right....even my own mother does it [indicates right and then left when going straight through.]
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yup i hate it too.....everyone here seems to indicate wrong and think they are right....even my own mother does it [indicates right and then left when going straight through.]
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Originally Posted by pzkpfw
Yes it makes 'perfect' sense to use your indicators when you are 'not' turning.
And you are so right about the 'dolts' that do this.
This 'new' rule is not about safety...............but confusion.
Skyryder
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I find people r not confident enough or do'nt give a shit, they hesitate 2 much, they think they don't have time. Will what they needed to do was be quicker than fuck around on the fucken round- about. I don't mind the round-about at all, it seams to me we r blind to whats going on or very inconsiderate!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I agree with Morepower: the powers that be should "teach the road code on TV". I can see it now...point-of-view shots from behind the wheel, approaching roundabout, camera pans down to the indicator, shows driver pushing it up/down, voiceover says "If you are going straight thru the roundabout you need to indicate left after you have passed....."
Anyone got contacts at TVNZ or maybe I can email that closeup at 7:00 woman and she can have a little 30 second road code spot on a Friday night. I should be going to bed soon and not writing this rubbish.
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There's enough shit on tv as it is. Indicators are for indicating that you are about to make a turn. The LTNZ in their wisdom have found a new use for them: on roundabouts when going straight through you indicate that you are 'not' turning. And these fuckers are advising the government on how to bring the road toll down....................????????????I agree with Morepower: the powers that be should "teach the road code on TV". I can see it now...point-of-view shots from behind the wheel, approaching roundabout, camera pans down to the indicator, shows driver pushing it up/down, voiceover says "If you are going straight thru the roundabout you need to indicate left after you have passed....."
Anyone got contacts at TVNZ or maybe I can email that closeup at 7:00 woman and she can have a little 30 second road code spot on a Friday night. I should be going to bed soon and not writing this rubbish.
Skyryder
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I was already a fair way into the roundabout when the car accelerated hard into the roundabout, then he see's me 1.5 meters away from his front wheel, and slams on the brakes..I find people r not confident enough or do'nt give a shit, they hesitate 2 much, they think they don't have time. Will what they needed to do was be quicker than fuck around on the fucken round- about. I don't mind the round-about at all, it seams to me we r blind to whats going on or very inconsiderate!!!!!!!!!!!!
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comming back from a ride on sunday, i was making right hand turn into storey ave, when this small black car come out on to te rapa, he looks straight at me as if what r u going 2 do about it, i rode on thinking what a fucking wanker.
Hardcore Biker
don't u hate those people that don;t see u. but i see a cross.
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..you mean: coming back from 'the ride' on sunday?comming back from a ride on sunday, i was making right hand turn into storey ave, when this small black car come out on to te rapa, he looks straight at me as if what r u going 2 do about it, i rode on thinking what a fucking wanker.
Yeah, I hate it when people just don't care..
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Hardcore Biker
yeah thats correct, it sound like urs getting a bit close for comfort.
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definitely.. I'm just glad I'm here to talk about it.. if the road had been wet, I woulda hit his front right wheel, and high jumped over his bonnet, or into his driver side window (if that happened, at least my helmet woulda got him)
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Immature and proud of it.
It's called consideration for the poor sod giving way to you and waiting to discover if you're going straight ahead or turning right.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
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Indicators are for indicating your direction
Get the idea that they are just for indicating turns out of your collective heads.
There are plenty of situations where it is courteous and/or sensible from a safety viewpoint,to indicate when your direction does not deviate from a straight line.
The intersection of SH 2 and the Road to Miranda is a perfect example of this.
Really,you lot are making it hard for me not to use the fuckwit word.
sdkfz
Once you are on a roundabout, it's like you are on a straight road that keeps having (left) side roads on it.
(Imagine riding around and around it, ALL the exits are on your left.)
So indicating your exit (with a left turn signal) makes perfect sense.
.............|.indicate
desired move.|.on entry.|.on exit
---------------------------------
left turn....|.left.....|.left
straight.....|.n/a......|.left
right turn...|.right....|.left
(The consistency of the "on exit" column should make it easy).
On a small roundabout, and if you could trust the actual left and right turners to indicate left and right, then the straight through people not indicating would be fine.
The problem is more on the really big roundabouts. Do you know that car comming from your right is going straight through, from opposite you? Or straight through, from your right? Or turning right, and not indicating?
Possibly the real point is: whatever the rules are, if everybody just knew them and obeyed them, we would not be having this conversation.
Cheers,
P.S. Buy my NZ250, and use it to test roundabout theories.
P.P.S. The odd kind of situation shown by Magua is pretty difficult, though. What would be the best way for everyone to indicate?
Measure once, cut twice. Practice makes perfect.
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Yup, that sounds correct.. also to be noted to all stupid cagers, when a bike is approaching your side of roundabout, it is NOT ok to start driving in front of it
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