Indicating at roundabouts

**CptSolo** · 13th August 2007, 22:32

Hi guys, just need to vent a frustration..

People who indicate right when heading straight through a roundabout are getting on my wick.

Probably a year or two ago the law changed making it compulsary to indicate when coming off a roundabout, eg. turning right you indicate right going round the island and then when approaching your exit you indicate left. A good and simple rule to help traffic flow, but somehow a lot of people seem to have interpreted this to mean you must also indicate right when you are going straight through. Not the case, if you are going straight through you only need to indicate left when coming off the roundabout (right?!). The result is you end up waiting for somebody indicating right only to find they're going straight.

Anybody else sick of this happening? Its driving me freeking nuts!

**Vagabond** · 13th August 2007, 22:37

Yeah I feel zackaly the same! but also the lack of indication at all, sometimes I find myself wanting to Tbone someone on perpose (when in the cage) that is!

**cowpoos** · 13th August 2007, 22:43

you poor poor man!! I feel for you!! all these people out there not obeying the raod rules just to piss you off!!! it must suck!!

where as the only thing that drives me freeking nuts is the amount of pointless firckin post on here these days!!! whinging about pointless fricken shit!!!

nah n ah nah....wear your safety gear always....nya nya nya...the sky is falling the sky is falling!!!!

**Grahameeboy** · 13th August 2007, 22:47

Originally Posted by cowpoos

you poor poor man!! I feel for you!! all these people out there not obeying the raod rules just to piss you off!!! it must suck!!

where as the only thing that drives me freeking nuts is the amount of pointless firckin post on here these days!!! whinging about pointless fricken shit!!!

nah n ah nah....wear your safety gear always....nya nya nya...the sky is falling the sky is falling!!!!

Be tolerant Mr Poos............they only have 8 posts.............

**CptSolo** · 13th August 2007, 22:51

8 posts, 9 posts, but a life you web worms

**cowpoos** · 13th August 2007, 22:52

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Be tolerant Mr Poos............they only have 8 posts.............

yeah alright I will....only if you buy me a candy bar though??

**Gremlin** · 14th August 2007, 00:56

Originally Posted by cowpoos

yeah alright I will....only if you buy me a candy bar though??

stop chasing guys... are the sheep too fast for you?

I believe the law didn't actually change either... they just tried to make people aware of it. It's really not hard either. I've had muppets in front of me go into roundabouts, using one indicator, then the other, then the hazards, and by that time they were only in the middle of the roundabout.

Never assume that their indicators actually tell you what they are doing. They don't even know what they are doing.

**Grahameeboy** · 14th August 2007, 07:12

Originally Posted by cowpoos

yeah alright I will....only if you buy me a candy bar though??

Yum...do I have a candy bar for you!!

**sAsLEX** · 14th August 2007, 07:31

Thing that gets me is the worse roundabout habits are found in the centre of the roundabout Universe..... Hamilton......

Here in the UK indicating and roundabouts does not seem to happen much at all, but people use them correctly as a give way not a stop sign and things seem to flow oh so much easier.....

**Nasty** · 14th August 2007, 07:37

I agree that its annoying .. but its not as simple rule as you seem to think. The way it was sold in papers etc to the public was that you had to indicate ... and that is what people picked up on .... not that you had to indicate to get off.

**mdooher** · 14th August 2007, 07:47

Lets face it some people are just too stupid to drive. I guess the idea when you go for your drivers test is that as long as you are basicly safe you should get better with time...nice idea but as we know some never change and some get worse.

How many cage drivers do you see with their headlights and fog-lights on at the same time? Are they to stupid to know that it is illegal?........yep. Do they care?....nop. think these people will know how to indicate at roudabouts?

**Goblin** · 14th August 2007, 07:59

What ever happened to 3 seconds indicating before turning or changing lanes? This indicating to get off a roundabout just causes confusion. Too many stoooopid people dont know how to use indicators at the best of times. Never trust them!!

**Rosie** · 14th August 2007, 08:15

Originally Posted by mdooher

How many cage drivers do you see with their headlights and fog-lights on at the same time? Are they to stupid to know that it is illegal?........yep. Do they care?....nop.

I care, but it can be hard to keep up with (or remember) every aspect of the road rules. Do you have a reference for the fog light rule? I couldn't find anything in the road code. I know it's illegal to drive with just your park lights on, but wasn't aware of any laws about fog lights.
I might be a too-stupid-to-drive cage-piloting criminal

**yungatart** · 14th August 2007, 08:25

What is worse (IMHO) at roundabouts is the tossers who change lanes within the roundabout....you know, start off in the outside lane, switch to the inside , then back to the outside again, all because it is too much hard work to actually drive around the thing, much easier to straighten it out! (Use an indicator - nah, don't be stupid!)