Annoying Driving Habits

People seem to lose sight of the fact that a roundabout doesn't belong to the road that's going straight through, it's a stand alone entity. That argument falls over when there is more than one entry and one exit, then It's not a roundabout it's a traffic island...

The argument that I'm going straight through I shouldn't need to indicate also falls over when the roundabout is a big one and you can't see every vehicle, or there are shrubs in the middle obscuring vision.

I never rely on indicators, or common sense and logic on what they should be doing, or what the vehicle looks like it's doing to figure out where it's going, I rely on all three plus a look at the driver to see where their attention is at.

Probably the the worst case scenario at a roundabout is bowling over a pedestrian, good luck using the defence 'I'm going straight through, I shouldn't have to indicate' if the regulations stipulate you were supposed to and it contributed to the crash.

I dont one see what's so hard about sharing your intentions with other road users?

Oh here we go again , one last effort to convince kozzie and chris that what they are doing is more dangerous than just taking the second exit with out indicating .


People are stupid , we all agree on that don't we ?

Stupid people , can't be trusted to do even simple tasks .

So how do you expect these same stupid people to wait that split second until after passing the car waiting to enter on the left, before putting the indicator on to go straight out the second exit ? as others have said , this gets more critical on smallish RBs .

That car approaching the first exit ,has a stupid person behind the wheel as well ! if they see the left indicator the may think that you are taking the first exit . And like you, actually believe the little lights indication !!! .......and pull out in front of you .... crash ...

Even if you get the timing spot on and manage to indicate after passing the first exit , the car about to enter from the opposite side of the RB wont see your little flashing light because its on the left side of the car ,he can only see the right side as hes about to enter the RB.


conclusion : indicating to go straight through a roundabout is more dangerous than not indicating . And is of no benefit to people entering from the opposite direction,

Thats right everyones to stupid to manage the indicator at the roundabout, cant be trusted to flick that lever.
Especially kiwis who dont have roundabouts because they get stuck on them.

Are you suggesting that you should now indicate Right when entering the rounabout if you intend to go straight ahead?

And really how hard is it!!???
Treat it like any other intersection:

Turning left indicate left.
Turning right indicate right ..... but 90deg before the exit you want you indicate left to show you are leaving the roundabout.
Going straight ahead - do nothing......... but 90deg before the exit you want you indicate left to show you are leaving the roundabout.

Then as you approach the roundabout everyone knows what you are going to do. Why is that so difficult?

The law does account for the piddly little roundabouts where it is impossible to indicate left when exiting so no need to get knickers in a twist about indicating left when leaving the roundabout.

The main thing I see is the logical way is also the most courteous and also what the law says. So where da problem at?

Yes its a major problem,
people leaving too bigger gaps at the lights or roundabouts
Having to wait 50 seconds for the lights to change.....gets me sooooo angry,, lol.
Cuts into my seabreezing/facbooking/twittering time lol
You metrosexual city dwellers live a hard life. Must suck getting so stressed out having to wait a few minutes on the way to your back,sack and crack waxings at the day spa.
Surely you guys have more important things to whinge about than someone making you wait a few seconds before you can turn????
1st world problems are funny.

I already do. Im posting this from my phone at the traffic lights that have changed twice so far.
Then I waited till the light turned orange and quickly drove through, laughing looking in my rearview mirror at you punching the steering wheel.
I dont really, just find it funny as, how people stress out and lose their sh!t if they have to brake or slow down a bit.....like its the end of the world that they lost major important seconds of their life, but then spend 3 times as much time whinging on seabreezebook complaining about it. lol
Cracks me up.

It's not a question of spending more time on the road, although if it's bad then yes I'd rather have spent that five or ten minutes doing something else - even enjoying driving. I always leave plenty of time to reach a destination.

It's about stupid drivers who don't care about other drivers, like sitting in the right lane for miles on end next to another car in the left when they have the opportunity to drive courteously. I love driving and incompetent selfish drivers spoil the fun. They might think that they are being safe but realistically they are being insufferable to confident drivers.

Here's another one for single lane roads - pulling out from the lights with decent acceleration instead of taking a whole minute to reach a reasonable speed. Just use the damn accelerator. If you're too much of a tight arse to use some fuel, catch a bus. Accelerating is not dangerous nor illegal. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds to reach 50-60km/h - not a kilometre!

Also on multi lane roads when the lights go orange, unless you do plan to accelerate from the lights at a decent rate, don't effing change lanes at the last moment just to be at the front of the lights and then dawdle off at the same speed as the car you just parked your miserable arse next to.

^^^lol, seabreezebook rage