The cheek of it!

[headlamp]

I was doing my usual filtering home along the North Circular in London, at a speed I consider reasonable for traffic moving around me at 5mph. I was doing about 20mph. A car about 15 feet in front of me proceeds to cross over the lane and indicates. As a result I was right next to him (having braked fairly sharpish) and gave him a hefty blast of horn. He pulled back fairly smartly but said to me,

"Why did you block me off, I have my indicator flashing".

I nearly dropped the bike laughing, but managed to explain to him the basic rule of mirror, signal, manoeuvre NOT manoeuvre, signal which is what he did - he didn't appreciate this little lesson at 6pmish and told me to f@@@k off. I shook my head sagely and went on my way.

The cheek of it - but seriously if anyone else had been tearing down there at 40mph (as some bikers do), they'dve been off.
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[stinkwheel]

It is a source of constant amazement to me how many people think it is acceptable to sit in a lane with their flasher on when they want to pull out despite there being no gap for them to move into. Even more amazing the people who think that doing so means you should give way to them.

They genuinely think they are correct too, so it is no good arguing with them. I had a huge argument with someone about this one and despite showing them the relevant sections of the Highway code and the Road Traffic Act, they still would not conceed the point.

They must all think they are driving buses.
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[mchaggis]

If you're not supposed to indicate to come into an unbroken stream of traffic, then what are you supposed to do? I stopped in a layby for a break and to warm up a bit some time in January, somewhere in the middle of a 2 mile+ tailback, traffic I could walk faster than. I could see no alternative but to stick the blinker on and sit there until someone let me in; eventually someone let a gap grow and waved me in, for which I was very grateful. Was I supposed to sit there until there was a suitable gap in the mile of queueing traffic behind me?

If someone will give way and wave you into a huge queue because you've got the indicator on, then go for it I'd say. Only pull out if they have given way already however. That's the sin of these people doing U-turns and claiming that they indicated, so it's the bike's fault.
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[mr jamez]

I think the problem is with people who see the indicator as something they can use to barge there way through traffic, onto dual carriage ways/motorways or to change lanes. Rather than putting the indicator on and waiting, they seem to think it is permission for them to go into the space that you are currently occupying in the road, usualy with no observations.

[J.K.R]

Arent the Kevlar/Carbon fibre Knuckled gloves for this situation? Punching the car when they cut you up?
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[paulthewitt]

ive even had a van full of builders open a door to try and have me off. after performing a rossi like emergency stop. they just laughed, before driving off. if only i'd got the plate.!!!

amazing how stupid cagers are. remember they are ALL trying to kill you. its up to you to stay alive. shgouldnt be. but it is.

paul

[stinkwheel]

[MikeyC]

I believe its now a thing of the past for motorists to indicate prior to turning? All i ever see on the road now are people that turn and indicate at the same time, leaving you zero time to react to it. Never good when that happens whilst filtering!

[killa]

Should be a new scheme to remind people not to think


Oh….Left



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[Zero-G]

Unfortunatly my girlfriend is exactly the same as this. She will sit in the middle lane of the motorway waiting for a gap to pull into the outside lane, and will only indicate when she is pulling into it.

It pisses me off no end. She insist's she's in the right every time

I tell her that if she stuck her indicator on when she decided she wanted to go into the 'overtaking' lane, that some nice fellow driving a bmw 5 series would probably just let her into the slightly quicker stream of cars, instead of her sitting there for 10 mins looking for a gap and getting pissed off because there isn't one.


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[Itchy]

Tsk you people don't know you've been born , nobody uses their indicators here anymore or properly

nobody uses indicators around these parts they just pull out , or they keep them on all day long ,

I was following this guy in a car this morning also in a car (had to carry lots of stuff) , who indicated right all the way into town,

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[map]

The Highway Code has this on changing lanes