help me with this please

[pistonchris]

Just having a debate with my brother im law who is with me at the moment.
He currently hasn't passed his test but something happened on his driving lesson today.
He was on a single carriage way road signalling right to turn in to a side road.
There was a car further up the road on the opposite side parked partly in the road a motorist as then come down the road indicated round the car.There was a side road on is right so my brother in law started edging forward the bloke then started shouting at the brother in law.
Do you think the bloke was right to indicate to pass the car in is way letting other drivers behind him know.
Are my brother in law is in the opinion he shouldn't have indicated as it was misleading.

[TheEnd]

That's normal, your bro should learn to expect that signalling doesn't mean you can head into a gap that might form.

It's the famous sideroad problem.
Take for example a car sitting at a T, entering the main road.
A vehicle coming from the right, indicating left does not mean you can pull out, as it doesn't necessarily mean they will be turning down your sideroad, they might want to pull in just after the junction.

In general, you see the indicator, and still wait until you know what they are doing, this case is even more clear cut as there was also the parked car he was getting round as a cause to indicate.

As the bikers say, don't watch the indicators, watch the wheels!

[zollburgers]

At least he's learned never to pull out infront of someone who is indicating, which is a valuable lesson. If the other driver had to cross the white line to pass the car then indicating would be what a lot of people would do.

[elanfan]

Why don't you do some bartering:

are you teach im to drive
and im teach are englich

[GKP]

All indicators mean is that there's a flashing light on the side of the car. I don't indicate to pass a parked but some do. However, don't begin a manoeuvre until you absolutely 100% certain of the intentions of other traffic.

[Mrs OwenK]

Having only recently passed my test, I was lead to believe that you would only need to indicate too round a 'live' vehicle, so although possibly misleading, the motorcyclist was doing the correct thing if the vehicle was live.

[elanfan]

Is that the motorcyclist that wasn't mentioned in the the OP?

[pistonchris]

My brother in law now understands you don't start learning to you pass your test.

[XitUp]

elanfan said:

Why don't you do some bartering:

are you teach im to drive
and im teach are englich

[TheEnd]

pistonchris said:

My brother in law now understands you don't start learning to you pass your test.

He'll need to learn a bit first, or he'll never pass!

[Mrs OwenK]

elanfan said:

Is that the motorcyclist that wasn't mentioned in the the OP?

The very one!

Mistake on my part....motorist not motorcyclist