Are indicators an optional extra on new cars..

jimgoose · 20-01-2017 04:38PM

Graces7 wrote: »

Exactly and it is an idea I have copied and adhered to.

I realise of course that alerting folk behind you to potential hazards is a most unorthodox use of Park-Anywhere lights, but that's just the kind of maverick I am. And yourself also, t'would seem!

jimgoose · 20-01-2017 04:40PM

Graces7 wrote: »

We used to call the "trafficators"in the old days when they were like little hands that shot out from the car, or when we only had hand signals.. Ah the good old days!

I actually remember a couple of 1960s VW Beetles knocking around where I grew up that still had those, despite the fact that Wolfsburg issued a kit for upgrading to electric light-based indicators sometime before 1970.

Graces7 · 20-01-2017 04:44PM

jimgoose wrote: »

I realise of course that alerting folk behind you to potential hazards is a most unorthodox use of Park-Anywhere lights, but that's just the kind of maverick I am. And yourself also, t'would seem!

Notsur what park anywhere lights are? lol

I used hazard lights when I round a bend and there are sheep or cattle or ponies or deer loose ahead.... . Leave them on a while to warn oncoming cars. NB I am totally rural now so maybe different nuances apply!

Graces7 · 20-01-2017 04:46PM

jimgoose wrote: »

I actually remember a couple of 1960s VW Beetles knocking around where I grew up that still had those, despite the fact that Wolfsburg issued a kit for upgrading to electric light-based indicators sometime before 1970.

lol.. that dates me! My family was driving us around before 1950 ! Hand signals were in and I remember one joking neighbour inventing new variations... but roads were quieter then.. Ah those were the days!. No motorways... fewer cars.. ...

jimgoose · 20-01-2017 04:47PM

Graces7 wrote: »

Notsur what park anywhere lights are? lol...

Park-Anywhere lights are the four flashing ambers on the Range Rover Vogue with two wheels up on the pavement outside Wagamama, indicating (Hah!) to whom it may concern that the owner knows they're improperly parked, and that therefore and ipso-facto it is no longer improper.

Estrellita · 20-01-2017 05:25PM

jacksie66 wrote: »

.. because nobody seems to know how or when to use them. Roundabouts and indicators go as well together as ISIS at a gay pride parade..
Sorry for the rant but I nearly crashed this morning because someone decided to use the wrong lane at a roundabout without an indicator..

I hate this. It's unfortunate, but we have to share the roads with some of the dumbest cúnts ever to draw breath. All you can do is give them a wide berth and hope you get home alive.

lazybones32 · 20-01-2017 06:00PM

Here, indicators are only used for when you are parking on double-yellow lines...put on the hazard lights and they negate the no-parking meaning of the lines.

Zaph · 20-01-2017 06:10PM

jacksie66 wrote: »

.. because nobody seems to know how or when to use them. Roundabouts and indicators go as well together as ISIS at a gay pride parade..
Sorry for the rant but I nearly crashed this morning because someone decided to use the wrong lane at a roundabout without an indicator..

Not sure why you think this only applies to new cars. The lack of understanding regarding the proper use of indicators at roundabouts has been an ongoing issue in this country for years. You're just as likely to see someone using an indicator and plotting a completely different path to the one they're indicating as you are seeing someone not using them at all. The Garda Traffic Corps should be given summary execution powers for dealing with these people. If it doesn't encourage them to start indicating properly at least the numbers of these idiots will start to fall pretty quickly once they start getting shot in significant numbers.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 20-01-2017 09:24PM

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Used to be an optional extra on just Mercs, BMW's and Landrovers, but now it seems to be an optional extra on most cars.

Yeah I didn't spec them on my new car. I use hand signals except when it's too cold to open the window to stick my arm out or if it's raining or if I forget or if I couldn't be bothered.

clintondaly · 20-01-2017 09:29PM

RiderOnTheStorm · 20-01-2017 09:36PM

But......how can they indicate if they don't know where they are going?

GritBiscuit · 20-01-2017 10:50PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

A lot of Irish drivers don't realize that indicators are thus called because they're used to indicate your driving manoeuvre in advance of it being performed. As opposed to an (optional) accompaniment to it.

Ah yes...the Irish take on the more traditional "mirror, signal, manoeuvre" of "maneuver, possibly signal, **** the mirrors"...

When it comes to roundabouts it's the multi-lane roundabouts that seem to cause the biggest issues. Some drivers appear unable to travel from one road to another around a circular object unless they go directly as the crow flies; lanes and the traffic in them be damned! The amount of perfectly avoidable accidents I've witnessed involving people seemingly incapable of moving the steering wheel while on a dual lane roundabout is staggering. :eek:

johnty56 · 20-01-2017 11:00PM

I observed a car with its hazard lights on, pull out from the hard shoulder of the m9 today at about 20mph in front of the car in front of me ( about 400yards in front of me).. the car in front of me had to jam on.. then the genius with the hazards on pulled over into the overtaking lane..just as well the guy he pulled out in front of was too shocked to do the obvious and try to go around him..The motorway was empty .. this guy was either suicidal or he/she literally didn't even look in their mirrors before pulling out slowly onto the driving lane of a motorway without indicating.. How did this person manage to get so far down the motorway without being hit by a truck I don't know

Graces7 · 21-01-2017 06:56AM

jimgoose wrote: »

Park-Anywhere lights are the four flashing ambers on the Range Rover Vogue with two wheels up on the pavement outside Wagamama, indicating (Hah!) to whom it may concern that the owner knows they're improperly parked, and that therefore and ipso-facto it is no longer improper.

For the laughter, thank you! I never knew that !

The things I miss living rural!

Are indicators an optional extra on new cars..

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