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B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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As a passenger, I'm fed up with looking in the side mirror and cringing.
When do YOU signal before turning left?
My view is that you should not assume that the driver behind has their eyes glued to your indicators.
I'm hoping that I can get some evidence to hammer my OH who becomes a PITA  whilst grasping the wheel of rectitude 

In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited May 2018
    OH and I share the driving.  He signals late IMHO whereas I like to let people know what to expect.   Mirror, signal, manoeuvre!   

    It's relevant to gardening too if we have a boot load of plants or even just one.  Gently does it on roundabouts and corners so they stay upright.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That's the answer. Gardeners are better drivers :D
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    I follow police advice and signal early and slow down before turning left, saves being rear ended.
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Same as Berghill.
    SW Scotland
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Same here ... I was taught to assume that's everyone else on the road is either an idiot or having a really bad day so I give everyone much more time and a better chance to stay safe than they give me  o:)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    edited May 2018
    Me too... always plenty of time. My OH drives me mad when he goes round a roundabout or a bend, he seems to make it a mission to get as close to the kerb/roundabout as possible without actually driving over it lol!
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    As a cyclist, pedestrian and non-driver, I always assume that all other road users are blind, or at least selectively blind, and cannot see cyclists.
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  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    MrsGlaze said:
    I always like to give plenty of notice before any doing any manoeuvres, I wish some people would apply the same consideration with a supermarket trolley!
    Ditto pedestrians with their heads stuck in a mobile 'phone ...
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    It's a British cultural thing, signaling really late.  I've seen countless examples across the country.  In America we signal, check the mirror, look ahead, check the mirror, then move over if there is space.  A signal is a friendly "hey, I'm about to change lanes/turn at some point in a near future.. slow down and either let me in or expect me slow down even more".  My English husband always waits until the moment he is going to change lanes to signal, his hand sort of hits the signal arm as it moves the wheel to steer the car over.  He's better about turns off the main road, thankfully.. but he drives me nuts on the interstate.. waiting, and waiting.. and waiting for someone to let him in.. but never putting on his indicator to tell the steady stream of American's over taking him that he wants out.  Hmm.. maybe it's not a British thing.. but rather a husband thing?   ;)
    Utah, USA.
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