A driving question.

[the other bob wilson]

Rule of the motorway is to drive on the left.
You indicate right to overtake and Not indicate to return to the left lane.
You would fail an advanced driving by indicating left. Only indicate left when you are approaching a junction.

Why? It’s a long time since I learned to drive (fifty years November in fact), so things may well have changed since then, but I was told at the time I should always use my indicators when changing lanes. That’s what I’ve done all my life, so I don’t get why indicating left why changing lanes on a motorway is now considered unacceptable.

[light up the darkness]

Why? It’s a long time since I learned to drive (fifty years November in fact), so things may well have changed since then, but I was told at the time I should always use my indicators when changing lanes. That’s what I’ve done all my life, so I don’t get why indicating left why changing lanes on a motorway is now considered unacceptable.

Just to add a further twist I was informed that drivers under instruction are now being taught at roundabouts to only signal to exit the roundabout.

You know if there’s 3 or 4 lanes going around a roundabout to me it makes sense to signal to people waiting to enter the roundabout that you are continuing to navigate the thing and not just jump across whenever you’re ready.

[Dembe]

Just to add a further twist I was informed that drivers under instruction are now being taught at roundabouts to only signal to exit the roundabout.

You know if there’s 3 or 4 lanes going around a roundabout to me it makes sense to signal to people waiting to enter the roundabout that you are continuing to navigate the thing and not just jump across whenever you’re ready.

Not in my daughter's case.

[Dembe]

Why? It’s a long time since I learned to drive (fifty years November in fact), so things may well have changed since then, but I was told at the time I should always use my indicators when changing lanes. That’s what I’ve done all my life, so I don’t get why indicating left why changing lanes on a motorway is now considered unacceptable.

I didn't pick up on this either, imagine the chaos if people did this on fast moving motorways and duel carriageways.

[splott parker]

Was in Turkey for the Wales game last year, stayed in Istanbul. Now the driving situation there is a sight to behold. I don’t know if they were shit drivers for nearly crashing into each other or brilliant drivers for the split second avoidance of hitting each other.

[Dembe]

Was in Turkey for the Wales game last year, stayed in Istanbul. Now the driving situation there is a sight to behold. I don’t know if they were shit drivers for nearly crashing into each other or brilliant drivers for the split second avoidance of hitting each other.

I liked Ibiza where they sped up if they saw tourists at the zebra crossings they had dotted all over.

[bobh]

I didn't pick up on this either, imagine the chaos if people did this on fast moving motorways and duel carriageways.

Sound horns at 50 paces?


Re: London driving and roundabouts -
There is a story, maybe an urban myth, that many years ago, police were called to investigate why a car was parked on the middle of the Hyde Park Corner roundabout (the one with the Wellington Arch)
Cops drove up, got out and approached the car to find a "little old lady" in the driver's seat, crying.
"I can't get off!" she sobbed. She had been going round and round, got caught in the inner lane and no-one would leave a gap for her to exit.


Re: indicating when changing lanes on a motorway -
If it wasn't for this, I may have been involved in a nasty smash.
I was driving along theM4, just before the M4/M5 split, in lane 1.
I wanted to continue on the M4 to glorious Wales, so indicated and pulled into lane 2.
Ahead, I could see several cars indicating the same, but also a few indicating to go from 2 to 1.
I thought I'd get past in case there was trouble, so indicated and pulled into lane 3.
When i finished that move, I looked ahead again and saw a van going over the hard shoulder onto the bank, another car swerving right and left as iif trying, i=unsuccessfully, to keep control - it then spun around to face the wrong way.
I drove past (not smugly!), pulled over and called the plod.

A month later I had a stroke and got medically DQ for life - clean licence and 13 years NCB up the swannee

[jon1959]

Why? It’s a long time since I learned to drive (fifty years November in fact), so things may well have changed since then, but I was told at the time I should always use my indicators when changing lanes. That’s what I’ve done all my life, so I don’t get why indicating left why changing lanes on a motorway is now considered unacceptable.

Me too.

The cars behind always appreciateva polite left signal when I move in front of them - if they happen to look up from their texting!

[Dembe]

Me too.

The cars behind always appreciateva polite left signal when I move in front of them - if they happen to look up from their texting!

Theres a hospital near me and the amount of staff that drive out of there looking at their phones amazes me, its not just kids like people will have you believe, a lot of them are old enough to know better. What is so important it cant wait the 30 minute journey home?