Lack of arm signals
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From: Bod on 19 Nov 2009 12:28 Nick Finnigan wrote: > Bod wrote: >> I can't remember the last time I saw a driver use an arm signal. >> I use them occasionally. > > Do you drive around with your window open just in case? > >> Is it a forgotten art or do drivers not bother anymore? > > Half of them don't care about signalling anyway proving that you don't > actually need to. It is extremely rare circumstances in which there > would be any benefit - certainly you could do 100 miles on a motorway > without needing an indicator. Especially if you stay in lane 1 at 56mph. Bod
From: Harry Bloomfield on 19 Nov 2009 12:31 Adrian pretended : > I don't regard a bulb blowing as the indicators "failing". So, would it pass the MOT with a blown indicator lamp? So that's a fail then. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 19 Nov 2009 12:40 Bod wrote on 19/11/2009 : > Indicator switch. Exactly, lots of ways to fail - but only one way for them to work correctly. Getting back to the usefulness of hand/arm signals... There is one particular place I visit on a regular basis. Getting there involves coming down a slip road in a town centre, then crossing four lanes of free moving traffic within 50 yards to make a right turn at some lights. I always use a hand signal there and it always works, whereas indicators alone are often ignored. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 19 Nov 2009 12:42 After serious thinking loopy livernose wrote : > Most modern cars you couldn't see the driver doing them.. through the tiny > rear windows.. > > if your indicators fail, you should have a spare bulb/fuses? > > simples.... Why would a following driver be looking through his tiny rear windows? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Bod on 19 Nov 2009 12:43
Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Bod wrote on 19/11/2009 : >> Indicator switch. > > Exactly, lots of ways to fail - but only one way for them to work > correctly. > > Getting back to the usefulness of hand/arm signals... > > There is one particular place I visit on a regular basis. Getting there > involves coming down a slip road in a town centre, then crossing four > lanes of free moving traffic within 50 yards to make a right turn at > some lights. I always use a hand signal there and it always works, > whereas indicators alone are often ignored. > It really surprises me, that the modern driving test does not have a session on hand signals. Like you say, there are the odd occasion when they can be beneficial. Bod |