Is it because the driving instructors are rubbish?

[supermono]

I know there's lots of problems on the roads but what's with this national passtime of failing to signal logically or at all on roundabouts?

To my mind it's essential as a minimum to signal left if you're going left, right if you're passing junctions where people may be waiting to come out. Even if you don't see cars you've got pedestrians to think about -- there's a roundabout I walk past very often and these deathmeisters carve round to their left without a signal and sometimes nearly mow me down.

So without getting into a discussion about how to signal on a roundabout or how to be a safe pedestrian, I'd like to understand how much weight instructors place on correct indication.

In my case, it was a bit like the speed limit where it was accepted that you only needed to follow the speed limit blindly for the driving test then you could start being sensible. I only discovered the true importance for myself later.

Signalling on roundabouts is a real safety thing not to mention a courtesy to other road users and I honestly think accidents (pulling out in front of, running into the back of, etc) are caused by this and therefore insurance ££££ are wasted.

Do instructors give the proper amout of weight to this but ignorant dumbfricks just can't be bothered or is it more of a just for the test thing?

SM

[supermono]

His signal was a way of you discovering there was a hazard ahead which you'd have to move out for. You obviously didn't need the hint but I'll bet if you take 1000 cars one of them wouldn't have noticed as he moved out from eclipsing it and crashed right into it.

Seems on balance to be a reasonable and courteous move considering it cost him nothing.

I often wonder why hazards like that are put into roads to create danger, but that's another subject altogether...

SM

[supermono]

Martin A said:

DirtyHarry88 said:

Something that annoys me is people indicating right to go straight on.

The reason people may do this is because it used to be what was written in the edition of The Highway Code, that was valid until late last year.

Did it also say that if you were going straight on at a cross roads, you should indicate right on approach?

I honestly don't remember reading about indicating right when you're not turning right.

Anyhow the biggest problem in my view is failure to signal left or right when turning left or right. I don't think these are advanced drivers I'm talking about TBH and signalling when there's nobody to see it has nothing to do with it.

Saying that, there's a major roundabout near where I often cross the road as a pedestrian, and time and again these imbeciles will turn to their sharp left without signalling and nearly mow me down as I'm halfway across the road. Maybe these people think it's ok not to signal since there's no other car about to benefit from it?

SM