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Thread ID: 97360	2009-02-13 02:07:00	Roundabouts signalling	qazwsxokmijn (102)	PC World Chat

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747458	2009-02-13 02:07:00	OK, I've noticed this frankly infuriating thing for some time now. When I took my learner's license and restricted license test, as written in the road code, that when one wishes to go straight through a roundabout, one has to signal left halfway through the roundabout, when turning right, signal right at least 3 seconds before entering the roundabout, then signal left as you exit it. And when turning left, signal left 3 seconds before entering the roundabout. But what I have noticed is that MANY drivers when going straight through, are signaling right all the way through. This creates the impression that the driver is going right instead of straight. Just today after a 10 minute drive, and passing 4 roundabouts, I saw 5 drivers signaling right as they go straight through the roundabout. A few days ago a driver meaning to make a U-turn actually signaled LEFT and nearly plowed his car into mine. As both our windows were down, I gave vent to some explicit language at the driver. And what angered me more was that he still had the audacity to honk his horn. Is this just an Auckland thing? Do these bloody idiots think how their false signaling might affect traffic?	qazwsxokmijn (102)
747459	2009-02-13 02:21:00	Its the same everywhere I've been. Nelson's bad for it. Its just laziness. These days you need to treat every car on a roundabout as if its going to go past you.	wratterus (105)
747460	2009-02-13 02:37:00	I hate the people that indicate RIGHT to go STRAIGHT. When going straight through an intersection do you indicate right? No. Means you have to sit there and watch them appear to go right (hence in front of you) when they end up going straight (and you could've gone)	--Wolf-- (128)
747461	2009-02-13 02:37:00	In Wellington many of the roundabouts are so small the only signalling that makes sense is left before entering if you are taking the 1st exit or right before entering if you are continuing around. Signalling left before exiting is rather pointless on mini roundabouts.	PaulD (232)
747462	2009-02-13 03:48:00	when one wishes to go straight through a roundabout, one has to signal left halfway through the roundabout, when turning right, signal right at least 3 seconds before entering the roundabout, then signal left as you exit it. And when turning left, signal left 3 seconds before entering the roundabout. Mental isn't it. When I took my license test the idea was you indicated to make a turn. Not to go straight through anything. Which is how I still do it.	pctek (84)
747463	2009-02-13 03:57:00	When driving, assume that everybody is a bloody idiot and never take their signalling as gospel. Personally, I only signal left and only do so just before the exit, but many drivers seem to think you signal right wherever you are headed. Crazy. While I'm not thrilled with people signalling to turn one way and then do not, or perhaps turn the opposite way, or just turn without any signal, I am resigned to that happening and so I wait. Not worth becoming upset about. Besides, what's an extra minute or two waiting if you are considering living another day or two?	Roscoe (6288)
747464	2009-02-13 05:43:00	You are incorrect about a few things, and they also changed the roundabout law a few years ago. If you are going straight, you must not signal at all when going into the roundabout, you must only signal left as you come out of the roundabout. There is also nothing about signalling for at least 3 seconds if you are in a round about. Infact most roundabouts in NZ are so pathetically small that you could drive around them twice in 3 seconds. You must however signal left to exit, as you pass the final exit before the road that you are exiting on. You can also get away with not signalling properly to the words of the law, if the roundabout is too small for it to be reasonally possible to make the signalling in time, which can occur on these really small excuses for roundabouts. I hate roundabouts in NZ, as they are too small, and so many people don't know the road rules. As a result you get 3 or 4 way intersections, where everyone is stopped at the intersection, waiting for the other to make the first move into the intersection, and know one knows who should go first, as everyone has to give way to the right, which I have seen result in accidents.	robbyp (2751)
747465	2009-02-13 06:09:00	When roundabouts were first built in Upper Hutt some years ago, the road markings on one were changed 5 times (including no markings at all), and on others more than once because "they" whoever "they" were, could not decide on the correct lane markings and turning arrows, especially where there were two lanes going into or out from the roundabout. The same was true in Lower Hutt. Several roundabouts in Upper Hutt are built so far to the right that "straight on" is quite literal. In some cases it is pointless to indicate a technical left turn. Surfer Joe would say the signalling problem is because we are upside down, hence New Zealanders are confused as to their left and right. This is probably true, it can only be in this country that so many drivers signal right when they are turning (technically) left at a roundabout.	Terry Porritt (14)
747466	2009-02-13 06:14:00	yeah, one i get here every day is people signalling left then going straight or turning right at the intersection. a lot of it is they don't know and simply don't care. unfortunately there is a few dirty tricks which do the rounds through the pups etc such as not indicating which makes everyone give way to you, or indicate the wrong way so the traffic gives way to you. also people just to lazy to change the indicator while going through the roundabout. quite often see cars driving down the road with indicators going. you would think the blinking light and click click noise would remind them that they left the indicators on.	tweak'e (69)
747467	2009-02-13 06:20:00	Mental isn't it. When I took my license test the idea was you indicated to make a turn. Not to go straight through anything. Which is how I still do it. Ditto. If a driver sitting waiting at a roundabout entrance can't tell that I'm going straight ahead, he/she shouldn't be on the road. I only indicate when I am changing direction. Going straight through a roundabout is NOT changing direction. Happy to go to court and defend this one if and when I get a ticket. The rules were changed because so many people DON'T indicate when they turn. Why change the rules to something nonsensical to cater for idiots???	johcar (6283)
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