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UK only - why dont drivers (mostly men) use the indicater at roundabouts??
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UK only - why dont drivers (mostly men) use the indicater at roundabouts??

is it so difficult to flick their little finger - or is this seen to be unmanly. When did this bad habit start?


    




red lyn
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They do this in every country its just laziness i reckin


renamecor
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It is not just men, it is both genders.

I put it down to a mix of older driver and hence older teaching practices as well as a general lack of respect and disregard for fellow road users.

Have some manners and help make everyones journeys a little less stressful by giving us a clue where you are going - that is if you have a clue where you are going.


Simon H
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My dad has been involved in 3 accidets, one of which were was very serious, all of them were caused by women. 2 rear end shunts, the other serious one when a women pulled out in front of him on a main road, and yes she was in a chelsea tractor. Although some men are pretty bad drivers too its just the ways in which they are bad differ.


jonboy
indicators, what indicators??


jbdhereford
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Tell me about it. It's not just roundabouts nor just men. I even get vehicles turning right on main roads without signalling! Perhaps it's getting to be 'uncool' to signal. My horn is getting warn out. Bad language is getting better though!


Steve f
I think they know where they are going so why indecate after all it is not your business to know, (thats what they think not me)


eriverpipe
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Actually I'd sooner have no signal on the grounds that most people who actually do signal at roundabouts do so incorrectly...


pinkwell2004
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because you women shd know where we are looking to go


LONDONER ©
Do you think it's a male thing? I've not noticed that, I think it's pretty equal between male and females!


byedabye
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Because they dont know there elbow from an indicator and they have the attitude that they are the only ones on the road so it doesnt matter anyway! he he he.


ehc11
This REALLY annoys, are other drivers supposed to be telepathic or something? I even indicate when there are no cars around out of habit, I hear that this can get you a fault on your driving test for excessive signalling which is quite blatantly stupid! I think people do it as they are lazy!


pooh bear
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Cause their male cant do too many things at once .
Brake, accelerate, turn steering wheel, think where to get off, that's quite good for a man to do all at once.


Veritas
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I'm amazed that you think that men are the main culprits. But when it comes to dithering at roundabouts you ladies take the biscuit every time.


Sua
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It's not just men, it's everyone. We're all to bloody lazy at times. You probably see more men do it because there are more men driving on the roads!!!


cru5ty_the_cl0wn
Could be the same reason that buses don't, Why waste electric?

Seriously, if you drive to the Institute of advanced motorists code (or wheel through hands brigade) you should only indicate or "give information" if there is someone to give information to. It's a pain in the neck when your sat at a roundabout waiting to pull out and someone dives off down your road and you miss the gap. I wouldn't say it was mostly men, but the young, old and the 4four wheel drives who seem to think they own the road and never take them off road so why do they need one. Oh yeah, for the school run to impress the other parents.


Nicola j. r
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just lazy, they think people can read their minds. they know where they are going so everybody else should. its a man thing!


chrisnewcars
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It is not compulsory to use an indicator, it is just polite.


Jeff J
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because they (unlike women) know where they are going


ghost nation
whats an indicator ?





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