Leaving indicators on

[chris-red]

Hi all,

My mate just failed his test because he keeps leaving his indicators on, I have never had this problem and couldn't really give too much advice. He told me before the test that was his only worry.

Personally I can't see how hard it can be as I rarely do it. Can anyone advise?
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[YZFR1IAN]

It was a bit worry of mine also until the bike I was given to ride on test day (the bike I did DAS on was accidently lent to someone else) made a horrible loud out of tune beeping noise, when I put indicators on I'd see pedestrians looking around and thinking what the hell is that noise bit embarrassing but it works Does your mates riding school not have bikes with the indicator beeper thing on? Maybe he/she just needs more road experience until cancelling the indicators becomes automatic.
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[ajacko]

If you drive a car start cancelling them in that too, it becomes habit after a while. Try and make it a post corner ritual (as above), cancel, mirror, accelerate, works for me, I even find i'm pushing the button to cancel even if i'm going straight on at lights etc and i don't have any indicators on.

[chris-red]

They suggested to him that everytime he changed gear to push the indi switch. I'll let him know about the beeping thingys.
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[Polo]

I have a habit of pressing the cancel a few times. Just in case I haven't pressed hard enough. Still leave them on occasionally.

Just a matter of drilling yourself for the period of the test. Not a lot of advice to give in this instance.
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[Im-a-Ridah]

My bike has one of these stupid slidey switches to do left/cancel/right, so after cancelling one its possible to switch on the other on! I just got back from Maplin where I bought an alarm type thing to fit as an indicator beeper (or should that be siren?), so that's one less issue!

I can easily see how it can be forgotten though, even with a decent indicator switch. Mainly if you are distracted by a hazard ahead you may forget the switch, similarly if something breaks the routine you have for cancelling it (e.g parked car around corner, you slow to let it pass and forget your indicator and instead just do checks).

[krider2010]

[chris-red]

[Im-a-Ridah]

[YZFR1IAN]

https://www.audicator.com/audicator.htm

£40
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[Im-a-Ridah]

[Kal]

[Bendy]

I developed an obsessive indicator-cancelling tick to the point that whenever I'm on a trackday I find my thumb wandering to the cancel button whenever I go through a chicane.

[bigup]

if you wanna go a bit extreme

buy a helmet with a built in bluetooh system

get a mate to follow you and the instructor on the practical test and open a call to your mate in the car, so he can tell you to turn indicators off when you leave them on for too long

job done

[deanoet]

It is one of them things that just needs the 30 mins of focus on the test. Just get into a habit and stick to it.

We all do it, on ride outs with a few bikes you can gurantee that at least one will do it at some point during the ride

So easily done, in a car you can hear the ticking, on a bike you cant, unless you are stopped with the engine off, then you can (yes i wondered why my bike was ticking when i first noticed this, then wondered how long it had been on for).
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[Thom]

i've never really suffered from this indicator thing, chris, is your mate already a driver by any chance?

Apparantly car drivers leave their bike indis on alot because they rely on the auto-cancel function.

On the bike i have a bad habbit of ensuring my indi's are on, so i'll maybe flick the switch 2-3 times, i often get caught checking im in first gear at junctions and then when my indi's are off i check them about 3 times as well
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[ajb]

I press the button alot aswell, and of course, I've found myself wondering why they were still on a few times

I found that changing bikes between my 125 and DAS bike for the first couple mins i would forget more, but after a little while it was OK, when I test rode the CB I'm sure I left them on about 2/3 times in the space of 25mins.

Just get into the complusive indicator cancelling habit, it works for 90% of the time (which is probably good enough for the test).
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[jack_zxr400]

I dont even worry if i've left mine on because I go through a system after using them:

Straighten up the bike,
Check mirrors,
Cancel indicators

dont really think about it as i've done it so much lol
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[ms51ves3]

Once you switch the indicator on keep your indicator switch covered with your finger, that way you can never forget.