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From: alan.holmes on 14 Jul 2010 15:11 I find that often I am following a car, which suddenly rams on it's brakes and indicates to turn left immediately when they get to the turning! I was always taught to indicate early at least 50 - 100 yards before the turnoff, but few, if any drivers these days do that, they all seem to wait until they are just about to turn then indicate and turn. Alan
From: mileburner on 14 Jul 2010 15:54 "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message news:YZn%n.133041$sD7.11983(a)hurricane... > > I find that often I am following a car, which suddenly rams on it's brakes > and indicates to turn left immediately when they get to the turning! > > I was always taught to indicate early at least 50 - 100 yards before the > turnoff, but few, if any drivers these days do that, they all seem to wait > until they are just about to turn then indicate and turn. I was taught to leave a safe distance in front so that if the driver in front brakes sharply, it does not matter :-)
From: Squashme on 14 Jul 2010 18:03 On 14 July, 11:23, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > Squashme wrote: > > > What pleasure you must take from these minor victories. > > He also seems to get a similar smug satisfaction from minor usenet > victories. Does he get any?
From: Squashme on 14 Jul 2010 18:24 On 14 July, 11:43, JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > Squashme wrote: > > JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> Squashme wrote: > >>> JNugent <jennings...(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: > >>>> alan.holmes wrote: > >>>>> I find that often I am following a car, which suddenly rams on it's brakes > >>>>> and indicates to turn left immediately when they get to the turning! > >>>>> I was always taught to indicate early at least 50 - 100 yards before the > >>>>> turnoff, but few, if any drivers these days do that, they all seem to wait > >>>>> until they are just about to turn then indicate and turn. > >>>> I agree on the "correct" way to do it, and in an ideal world one would always > >>>> do it. But there can be situations where the left-turning driver judges that > >>>> not indiucating left in advance can be a wise(r) way to proceed than the > >>>> standard method. > >>>> A good example would be approaching your left turn and noting that there is a > >>>> large HGV or a bus waiting to turn right into it from the opposite direction. > >>>> Give the driver enough notice and he'll be tempted to turn in front of you > >>>> and then you'll be stuck behind him. And that is Not Good (depending on the > >>>> type of road the turning is, of course). > >>> And that would never do. > >> Absolutely. If it is easily avoided (and it is), it's better avoided. > > What pleasure you must take from these minor victories. > > If the topic is of so little moment, one marvels that you ever thought it > necessary to take a contrary line. Oh, reason not the need! How about you drive along, overtake a cyclist, then turn left, not having signalled, as you do not want to alert the oncoming right- turning dustcart? This exciting surprise could be of some concern to the cyclist. I suppose that you could claim that you protected him from the potential action of the dustcart.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 14 Jul 2010 18:25
"brass monkey" <a(a)b.com> wrote in message >> >> "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message >> news:iJL_n.207405$Yb4.142523(a)hurricane... >>> >>> I find that often I am following a car, which suddenly rams on it's brakes >>> and indicates to turn left immediately when they get to the turning! >>> >>> I was always taught to indicate early at least 50 - 100 yards before the >>> turnoff, but few, if any drivers these days do that, they all seem to wait >>> until they are just about to turn then indicate and turn. >> >> You find that they actually indicate? >> And with traffic lights near me, my road and the opposite road are single >> lane, so both sides either turn right, left or go straight on. >> When we change to amber I indicate to turn right and wait for the dope >> opposite to let me know where he's going. Which is a very selfish attitude to take. You should already be indicating on the approach and why call the driver approaching from the other direction a dope for not indicating? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |