Do you use indicators?

[dipshit]

I don't indicate when going straight through a roundabout,law says you must indicate right then left which is rubbish to me

It doesn't. Have you actually ever read the road code? Please then show me where it says to...???

Only idiot road users think that.

[dipshit]

Wrong.
You only indicate left out of the roundabout if going straight through.
Why is this simple concept so widely misunderstood?

Because there are so many brainless fucking morons on the roads in this country.

[The Stranger:Me]

Use indicators?
No way, it's no body elses bloody business where I'm going.

[Katman]

I also seem to remember when the new roundabout indicating rules were brought in that the idea was to indicate right when entering and then indicating left even when going straight through. I remember thinking at the time that it was absolute bullshit and having arguments with my wife because I refused to do it. They must have come to their senses and amended the ruling soon afterwards.

[dipshit]

I also seem to remember when the new roundabout indicating rules were brought in that the idea was to indicate right when entering and then indicating left even when going straight through.

I just googled "new roundabout indicating rules" and got this....

http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/road-user-sa...ew-road-rules/

"The 'Road User' Rule changes of 27 February 2005 clarified what you should do at pedestrian crossings, special vehicle lanes (such as cycle and bus lanes) and roundabouts (particularly multi-lane roundabouts).

Before entering a roundabout you must indicate if you are intending to exit left or right – if you’re going straight ahead, don’t indicate."



Now I can distinctively remember there wasn't much of a problem of people indicating entering a roundabout when they were going straight through, on the few roundabouts in Dunedin... but a few years ago after there was a full page ad in the ODT showing how to indicate at roundabouts - particularly showing not to indicate entering if going straight through, only to indicate when exiting...

...after this advertisement campaign - people started getting all confused and I noticed from ever since vehicles incorrectly indicating when entering even though they were going straight through.

The conclusion I drew from this - is that people can't read and understand plain english.

Unless there was an even earlier rule that said to indicate when entering even if going straight. I would be very interested to see if anybody could find it in writing. Has someone got an older road code?

Or is this another urban myth?

[varminter]

A significant number of cage drivers would get confused if you put them in a barrel and told then to piss in the corner. Signaling is just too hard, I mean WTF all those knobs and the big round thing and the mobile and the haircut adjustment and where did I leave the sunglasses and lets adjust the seat too

[yungatart]

Always! Even at roundabouts (correctly, of course)
Doesn't matter if I'm caged or on the bike...I didn't realise the rules were different depending on what vehicle you used

[sunhuntin]

always, including roundabouts. however, this doesnt include when its damn obvious which way im going. ie, a forked road where the only options are left and right and theres a honking huge road island between the two directional lanes. then i dont bother. i have forgotten to turn them off a handful of times, but usually the flashing orange light annoys me enough to look at it.

[GrayWolf]

Having learnt to ride and passed an advanced test in the UK, the premise I work on is to asses the situation and use indicators when and if I feel they are needed.
One thing I do find 'usefull' on roundabouts if I see a car that looks like the driver is edging on the clutch is to use the good ole hand signal. It doesnt seem to be used much if at all and the 'strange' action performed by the silly man on the 2 wheel thingy that should get out of my way tends to make them look and pause.

[Horse]

I always use my indicators unless there are no other road users about. After I turn a corner I habitually cancel my indicators...even if I haven't used them...just a habit...change up, cancel indicators...just in case.

My indicators cancel themselves. Reading about them I thought they'd be a bit unreliable but in practice they work bloody well.

[DarkLord]

Always. Unless I forget. Then I don't. Because I've forgotten. But otherwise. Always.

[buellbabe]

Yep most of the time, AND I check over my shoulder as well as checking my mirrors.

I say that I use the indicators MOST of the time cos if I am on an open stretch of road with nothing coming in the opposite direction and aware that there is nothing behind me about to overtake ME then I don't bother indicating to pass a lone car...

And yep I ALWAYS wear a seatbelt when driving a car...

[xwhatsit]

I do find myself using hand-signals from time to time. It seems, as Gra(e?)yWolf said, cagers do a bit of a `WTF?' and pay attention when you use them, more so than a little blinkenlight.

I indicate even when I think I'm the only person around within a kilometre. I don't know why, but it's courteous (hanging around waiting to give way to somebody that you didn't need to does piss me off).

And yes, people who signal right when going straight through roundabouts are fucking brainless and should have their cars/motorcycles taken to with a cricket bat until they see sense

[slofox]

I don't indicate when going straight through a roundabout,law says you must indicate right then left which is rubbish to me,otherwise I follow the law.Indicate when turning,remember you have turned(surely can't be that hard)push indicator in to turn it off.

I question that the law says "you must indicate right then left". My understanding is that when travelling straight through you do NOT indicate right but you do indicate left before you exit.......?

Otherwise I always use indicators when appropriate.

[Daffyd]

I don't indicate when going straight through a roundabout,law says you must indicate right then left which is rubbish to me,otherwise I follow the law.Indicate when turning,remember you have turned(surely can't be that hard)push indicator in to turn it off.

No... the law states that if going straight through you indicate before turning OUT of the roundabout. You only signal right if actually turning right.