Telling someone their indicator is stuck

[jok]

Hello,

One of the more annoying, yet surprisingly regular things on my daily commute is people leaving their indicators on. From nice Mr Punto who indicates left, comes up to a junction, slows down slightly, tucks in left and then... carries on going straight and swerves back out (I'd positioned myself to overtake at this point and was nearly next to him ) to Mr GSXR who rides along with his indicator on (which cracks me up). The question is: how do you let someone know they've left their indicator on?

I tried pointing at their indicator, indicating briefly myself (when it was safe to do so), waving, more pointing and gesticulating and generally making an ass off myself; the amount of effort put into it seems to have no bearing on the likelyhood of getting noticed, though.

A quick search threw up this old thread, which seems worth trying, but do any of you know of another way that generally works?
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[Hawksy_CBR]

I belive the sign for indicators is opening ure hand fully then closing it with ure fingers stretched out as if to make some kind of 'you talk too much' gesture... atleast i think it is? ride up close and point at the damn indicator or ride infront and put it on until he thinks ure daft when theres no turn therefore checking his own :S

If all else fails just stay well back and overtake on a stright

[lumphammer]

Have had bikers come past me and tap thier rear indicator to let me know I have left mine on

[Annabella]

The flashy hand gesture is the most common.

The other thing to try is once you are in front of them put your indicators on in turn, then turn them off. Do it again if they haven't noticed. It's sometimes enough to make them check their own.



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[FreshAL]

It's one of the things I remember my instructor saying

"What does it mean if you can see someone indicating?"
"They want to turn?"
"Nope. It means the bulbs working. Never assume it means anything more"

[coolfox1]

[jok]

[matt_uk]

forgot to turn mine off a few times in my CBT today, but luckily had instructer to tell me to turn them off

shame bikes arent like cars and make a noise..

the bike i was on today ( dont know if same for most/all bikes ) after you selected what way.. it will slide back into position in the middle, and you need to press it in to cancle your signal
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[Mozzer]

Was like that on the bike I did my CBT on and my RS125... pretty standard as far as I know.

[matt_uk]

ahh.. well im sure when i get my rs125.. ill get into the habit of turning them off,

i only got told to turn of of by the instucter once or twice.. but sometimes i turned them off myuself a little later..

unlike the person in front who left them on nearly every time.. the instructer was getting pissed off . Mind you, even he left his on once
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[Yoshi]

Throw rocks at them, until they get the point. Or they'll try to indicate to turn off at the next road to get away from you in which case they'll be using the indicator correctly.
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