Does
anyone else find that as nearly everybody's indicators are broken when they approach roundabouts that they have no choice but to assume they are going straight on (as they are indicating by not indicating) and pull out on them all the time?

Indeed, my Ex's grandfather bought an up-to-date copy of the highway code, as he assumed that the rules had changed with regards to indicating on roundabouts (seriously, this bit it true - he actually thought that you no longer were required to indicate, seeing as no-one does any more, and being the fastidious type, thought he ought to be up to date with the rules. He was quite shocked to find that the rules were the same as they 'used to be').

Oddly, my indicators work (even if I am approaching a roundabout), and I drive a BMW!

I do get some funny looks when people see the strange, unfamiliar little yellow light flashing on the side of my car.
(dchurch bah, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 7:33, 8 replies)

Some
cars have a fault where the right hand indicator starts flashing when they go straight on.
(jvz, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 8:13, closed)

Yes
This irritates me greatly. Especially when it's a roundabout with two lanes, and I'm on the inside, going straight on. Then the previously right-indicating car decides to cut into my lane.

Bastards.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 8:23, closed)

Annoys me more than anything
Thing is, you can fail your test for not indicating but its not actually a driving offence per say
(Clashrock is being stalked by his brother on, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:14, closed)

I thought
changing lanes without indicating was a three-pointer?
(dchurch bah, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:20, closed)

I encountered something similar recently
Stuck in a horrendous jam on the M1 near Toddington I was amazed that I'd not read about them changing the rules that you can just drive up the hard shoulder if you're in a hurry and don't feel like waiting even if you're an HGV. Especially when the hard shoulder got as congested as the other three lanes and the ambulances couldn't get past.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 9:35, closed)

Works the other way too...
Quite recently I decided I ought to check my indicator, because people were pulling out in front of me when I was indicating right on roundabouts. Turns out it's working perfectly and they're all just cunts.
(Nightviolet, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 10:58, closed)

...or they've
got so used to people not indicating/indicating incorrectly, that they assume that the indication is meaningless and go for it as if they were not indicating at all.
(dchurch bah, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 11:24, closed)

I hate that!
I dread to think how much of my life in total has been wasted sitting at a roundabout, assuming the driver approaching from the right is going straight across, only for the bastard to turn left. All those wasted seconds add up, you know. When I'm on my deathbed (or, if all goes to plan, my death-human-cannonball-aimed-at-Piers-Morgan's-house), I'm going to despair over the wonderful things I could've been doing in those lost minutes that I spent waiting for twats.
(costas, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 11:49, closed)