a good indication

blackninja · Post by **blackninja** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:17 pm

im finding lately more drivers are indicating right then left to go straight at round abouts its almost as annoying as the ones that turn right in front of me without indicating at all

a honda cbr rider was killed on saturday here on the coast a car chucked a u-turn in front of him police are appealing for witnesses i bet the driver didnt indicate.

condollences to his family and friends may he rest in piece.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:58 pm

umm thats the law on a roundabout..indicate right to enter the roundabout, indicate left to exit....

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:43 am

Ummm the laws on roundabouts is strange but I prefere the one that says no two objects can be in the same space at the same time and make sure that doesnt happen.

Condolances to the cbr rider.

bonester · Post by **bonester** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:00 am

umm thats the law on a roundabout..indicate right to enter the roundabout, indicate left to exit....

Nup Neka that is incorrect except in the case of a right turn or a u-turn on the roundabout. The first indication on a roundabout is to signal your intention of direction. i.e left if you are going left, right if you intent turning right, straight ahead no indication coz you aren't turning.
The second indication is to tell traffic you are leaving the roundabout, always left indicator.

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Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:46 am

bonester wrote:
umm thats the law on a roundabout..indicate right to enter the roundabout, indicate left to exit....
Nup Neka that is incorrect except in the case of a right turn or a u-turn on the roundabout. The first indication on a roundabout is to signal your intention of direction. i.e left if you are going left, right if you intent turning right, straight ahead no indication coz you aren't turning.
The second indication is to tell traffic you are leaving the roundabout, always left indicator. [/code]

not here..in bloody Victoria
we have to be different

unless going left (which you indicate) as you as enter a roundabout
you must have the RH indicator on
..even if going straight thru

which you flick to left hand indicator half way thru
and then go straight out the exit

why??
who knows?
I would have thought NO indicator means straight thru
LH means exiting left and RH indicator on means
you are turning right...bleeding obvious
but not to Vicroads

the poms do roundabout signalling well
why can't we?

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:38 am

Canberra is full of roundabouts, from huge ones that are probably about 50m in diameter, to tiny ones that are about 1m in diameter....and most Canberrans still seem to be unable to indicate properly at any of them

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:44 am

My understanding:

Left turn - Left Indicator all the way through
Straight - Left indicator as you leave roundabout
Right turn (Clyde) - Right indicator during apporach and 3/4 of the way round, then left indicator as you leave the roundabout.
U-turn - Same as Right turn but right indicator left on a bit longer before flicking the left indicator to leave the roundabout.

alexpacer · Post by **alexpacer** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:21 am

Smitty wrote:
not here..in bloody Victoria
we have to be different

unless going left (which you indicate) as you as enter a roundabout
you must have the RH indicator on
..even if going straight thru
which you flick to left hand indicator half way thru
and then go straight out the exit

.... i never know that...after 5 years driving i never put right indicator when i go straight through roundabout.....

SenNey · Post by **SenNey** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:27 am

alexpacer wrote:
Smitty wrote:
not here..in bloody Victoria
we have to be different

unless going left (which you indicate) as you as enter a roundabout
you must have the RH indicator on
..even if going straight thru
which you flick to left hand indicator half way thru
and then go straight out the exit
.... i never know that...after 5 years driving i never put right indicator when i go straight through roundabout.....

Your not the only one

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:46 am

SenNey wrote:
Your not the only one

yeah
I only got wind of it when I did an advanced car control course
refresher...earlier this year
and the friendly staff at Murcotts went thru the latest Vic road rules
and that was one of them....

cheers

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:00 am

The big problem I can see with that is in a two lane roundabout, car approaching in right hand (inner) lane with right indicator on but intending to go straight through, car at left of roundabout sees right indicator on approaching car so thinks they can pull out into outside lane of roundabout...and get cleaned up!

The ones that really bug me are the people turning left who don't indicate at all, so you wait to give way to them then they happily sail off to the left leaving you sitting there

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:14 am

red_dave Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:44 am Post subject:

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My understanding:

Left turn - Left Indicator all the way through
Straight - Left indicator as you leave roundabout
Right turn (Clyde) - Right indicator during apporach and 3/4 of the way round, then left indicator as you leave the roundabout.
U-turn - Same as Right turn but right indicator left on a bit longer before flicking the left indicator to leave the roundabout.

I'm with Dave.

Watched the Ford 50th DVD and they had this old bloke, who is Ford Aust oldest employee. He was saying that he purchased V8 1934 back when they were new. The problem was he needed this thing called a licence? He went to the local cop shop and was told to drive the car down the end of the road around the telegraph pole and back. When he arrived back the officer walked out and handed him his licence. This guy no longer drives but only stopped a few years ago. No other test involved since day 1

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:06 am

burkys_ninja wrote:
Watched the Ford 50th DVD and they had this old bloke, who is Ford Aust oldest employee. He was saying that he purchased V8 1934 back when they were new. The problem was he needed this thing called a licence? He went to the local cop shop and was told to drive the car down the end of the road around the telegraph pole and back. When he arrived back the officer walked out and handed him his licence.

hey..thats how I got my bike licence
turned up at the copshop and was told to ride down the
street and back again...didn't fall off so I got my licence
the car licence was pretty much the same
'cept I also had to back into the spot next to the station's
senior sergeants car
...got my licence coz i did not hit it*

oh...and me mum went to tell the sergeant how old I was

*since, I have done more than 10 advanced car control
and defensive driving courses of my own volition

cheers

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:41 am

My brother got his license pretty much that way.... and he is 3 years older than me...

A new law was passed after that and I had to be on a restricted license for 6 months........ There were no restrictions other than I was not allowed to drink alcohol, carry passengers (unless there was a fully licensed driver in the car with me)...

By the time I went for my bike license it was 6months on L's then 6 months on R's before going to full license....

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:30 pm

Neka79 wrote:umm thats the law on a roundabout..indicate right to enter the roundabout, indicate left to exit....

like old man smith said, its not like that in vic.

i struggle with those shitty rules driving in other states