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Indicating with no one around?

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  • #52
    Boscoirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,255 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    Wouldn't normally indicate when nothing is around, but at the moment my front left indicator is not working so I over compensate with the right, even when it's not necessary


  • #53
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    langdang wrote: »
    The information content of that signal is Zero. Why bother?

    It's not a bother, it's a reflex.

    It's like co-ordinating the clutch, gearstick, handbrake and accellerator in a hillstart. Learners think about this stuff; I don't even notice my hand/feet moving, I just drive off.
    If it's a reflex then you are doing it out of habit as opposed to determining the appropriateness given the current circumstances.
    You are bordering on the indicate and turn in one manoeuvre that we all know too well from the ooh there's my exit 3 lane sweep off the motorway or the next fare on the far side of the road u-turn.
    I have no problem with indicating or not, the bundling indicating with turning automatically doesn't convey the same information as a considered indicate.


  • #54
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    I do it automatically, who thinks about should i indicate ?


  • #55
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Jimbob 83 wrote: »
    I do it automatically, who thinks about should i indicate ?
    It's not asking should i, it's asking what information exactly am I conveying and is it appropriate or even possibly confusing if I do.


  • #56
    btard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭btard


    Jimbob 83 wrote: »
    I do it automatically, who thinks about should i indicate ?

    Bad drivers who think they are good drivers think about it. Especially the ones who 'know' there is nobody close enough to make any difference whether they indicate or not.


  • #57
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    Idleater wrote: »
    It's not asking should i, it's asking what information exactly am I conveying and is it appropriate or even possibly confusing if I do.

    That makes 0 sense, just saying :p


  • #58
    opti0nal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 892 ✭✭✭opti0nal


    langdang wrote: »
    The information content of that signal is Zero. Why bother?
    It confirms that you will turn left (some people do abuse lanes, you know...) and serves as a warning to pedestrians or cyclists who might try to cross your path.
    chuck stone wrote:
    I look in my rear view mirrors, I look ahead, and if there are no cars around then not indicating is not affecting anyone.
    Oh dear!


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