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Turn indicators and how did licence was dipensed ?

mea_k

Today was travelling from my rual village towards my nearest town to work about 15 minutes drive. Road id merge on to would have been in 3 lanes . overtaking lane and comming traffic lane. There was nobody on road except cyclist and car behind me traveling and ok speed . this area is 50km/h .so i was travelling at this speed going up the hill turned my turn signal to over take cyclist at safe distance. Making sure i was looking at car behind me. Half way over taking this cyclist other car decides they will over take me while i over take this cuclist without idicators or anything of that sort pushing me either smash my car against theirs or crashing in to cyclist. I wriggled just about not hitting either .
I followed this car up untill roundabout that i would have taken second exit. I made sure stay away from car in front . and again no signals all over the place and took first exit. Driving from work i just made note of driving and looking do people use their turn signals. I seen nobody using their turn signals correctly on 2 major roundabouts .
How do people have licences ? And why - if not you do not use them ?

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jaxxx

somefeen wrote: »

Its not a case of a bad testing process. Just people get sloppy naturally over time as they get more familiar and blasé about driving.
Regular re tests is my proposed solution

There's a word for that, gimme a sec it'll come to me.....

Complacent! Isn't it?

Anyways this is one of the many reasons why I believe there needs to be some form of recap made compulsory every few years. Not necessarily having to sit a test again, but more so a seminar that goes over the basic rules of the roads, basic etiquette when driving etc. The fact that once you get your license, that's it. Look at all the people who can't even negotiate a roundabout properly, or who don't stick to the slow lanes on a motorway when they don't need to be in the fast lanes, etc. It's madness?

Madness? THIS IS IRELAND!

Graces7

When I learned to drive, many years ago now, we were taught to drive defensively. To assume that others would make mistakes and be ready for that.

IT has saved my life several times when someone has come round a bend too fast or a tourist on the wrong side, on an eejit on a narrow lane. I always see the only way to avoid. Always see the way out. Has become automatic.. hedge hurts less than metal..

One thing I have noticed here is the way folk put their hazard warning lights on when stopped at road work lights. People come far too fast..

dan1895

bluewolf wrote: »

I was waiting to turn right onto a main road yesterday, taxi driver approaching from my right indicated left and started pulling in left, so i would have been free to go. Inched out a bit to check my left, all clear, looked right again and mr taxi had just put his foot down to tear in front of me and glared at me.
So don't trust indicators either... Crazy people out there

Don't trust taxi drivers would be my advice.

[Deleted User]

Graces7 wrote: »

When I learned to drive, many years ago now, we were taught to drive defensively. To assume that others would make mistakes and be ready for that.

IT has saved my life several times when someone has come round a bend too fast or a tourist on the wrong side, on an eejit on a narrow lane. I always see the only way to avoid. Always see the way out. Has become automatic.. hedge hurts less than metal..

One thing I have noticed here is the way folk put their hazard warning lights on when stopped at road work lights. People come far too fast..

People all over the place do the hazards on motorways for unexpected slow/stop as well

diomed

My sister says she uses her indicators when she knows there is a car behind her.
But i think she doesn't bother much to see if there is a car behind her.
Cars she does not see do not exist.
Hope that helps.

Graces7

bluewolf wrote: »

People all over the place do the hazards on motorways for unexpected slow/stop as well

Good idea.. I never use motorways any more and rural only now. Winding down!

Graces7

diomed wrote: »

My sister says she uses her indicators when she knows there is a car behind her.
But i think she doesn't bother much to see if there is a car behind her.
Cars she does not see do not exist.
Hope that helps.

Speechless.. I tell myself off if I think of omitting signalling when parking at our deserted slipway.

Needs to be an ingrained automatic habit like so much else in driving. Too much else to think about to be making decisions like that .

mirror, signal, manoeuvre.. Automatic

Sam Quentin

It's gotten so bad now:- that if your stopped by the Gardaí for not indicating! Then most peoples 'excuse' would be.., sorry I didn't realise it was the Gardaí behind me...
Like wtf!?