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Old 30-10-2011, 08:31 PM   #61
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Default Re: Use of Indicators, Optional? You'd think so

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why would there be a massive pile up. after you have passed the relevant entry and exit, you simply flick the indicator stalk up and then exit at your turn off

even with the pedestrian crossing, i don't understand what the problem is. you go when it is safe, you wait when it is not
The problem is the amount of cars that attempt to go through that roundabout, everyone is relying on indicators to make their move so one mistake on the indicators could cause an accident.

Plus you approach the roundabout, you're looking at cars in/around the roundabout when you approach, to see if you can get through not in front of you at the pedestrian crossing just in case someone is crossing. There is way too much going on there at once.
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Old 30-10-2011, 08:49 PM   #62
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Default Re: Use of Indicators, Optional? You'd think so

Happened to me on friday night. Was traveling in the left lane to turn left before i know it a lady in a lexus turns into my lane without indicating and hits me
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Old 30-10-2011, 08:54 PM   #63
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Default Re: Use of Indicators, Optional? You'd think so

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Happened to me on friday night. Was traveling in the left lane to turn left before i know it a lady in a lexus turns into my lane without indicating and hits me
I am always wary of this happening to me. I guess if you see some one indicating, you can ASSUME their intentions. But as the saying goes, "Assumption is the mother of all .... ups"
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Old 30-10-2011, 08:59 PM   #64
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Default Re: Use of Indicators, Optional? You'd think so

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Which I deem as going "straight ahead".

You're basically just driving around an obstruction, but you're going straight (directly opposite) from the road you came out of.

In that gap road roundabout, never, ever will you indicate other than where you are turning, I bet you 100% if you tried the indicate left stunt you'd cause a massive pile-up.

Also here is the VicRoads website which mentions roundabouts, it says if practical signal left when you exit the roundabout so it is a law here:

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/...oundabouts.htm

Under the section:

Going straight ahead
Are you referring to the Essendon one? I'd call that a bad piece of design not a roundabout. It's more a median with two U turn bays and a tramline right through it (a no-no for a roundabout). Between that and the heading "going straight ahead" in the road rules I'd put both down to being good examples of Vicroads incompetence. They've got no idea.

The "going straight ahead" mentality is what causes accidents as drivers in the major road speed through the blip in their progress (the "obstruction" as you call it!) to the detriment of those with equal rights trying to enter from side streets. The roundabout is supposed to a traffic calming and filtering device that treats all entering roads equally.

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Old 30-10-2011, 10:08 PM   #65
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The only thing stuck on a roundabout is this thread and it seems it can't find the indicator to get off.

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