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Originally Posted by madeupname
Very interesting.
One of my old workmates left us to become a driving instructor. I had noticed drivers not indicating had started to become more frequent so I asked him why this was happening. He said that they now teach drivers not to indicate if there's no reason to. ie, no other traffic.
I said I thought this was wrong because it gets new drivers into the habit of NOT indicating, instead of the habit OF indicating. He wasn't impressed.
I just wonder if these instructors will now be sued by drivers who have been fined for not indicating?
It's a long time since I last read the highway code, but I remember my instructor telling me not to indicate when pulling out of a parking spot, instead wait till there's no more cars coming and pull out and join the flow.
Now, I can kinda see some reason for this, as several times I have slowed down to let a car pull out from the kerbside, only to discover there's no driver in it and it's the hazards that are flashing 
You don't notice that until you're almost at it's rear end. |
this post is quite funny.
driving instructor says "He said that they now teach drivers not to indicate if there's no reason to. ie, no other traffic"
I remember my instructor telling me not to indicate when pulling out of a parking spot, instead wait till there's no more cars coming and pull out and join the flow
err what's the point of an instructor advising to wait until there are no cars about and then indicating, there's no cars to see the indicator
I too was told not to indicate if there is no one to see it but, what about the person I did not see that's there to see it?
It will also take me longer to study what I can see nio only out of the window but in my mirrors to make sure there is no one to see it.
I'm a "indicate every time then it becomes habit and you don't forget" person.
I hope those that don't indicate do get fines, it's driving without due consideration to other road users.
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