You see, I wanted to turn right, but I didn't stick my arm
out, so it's my fault. There was no-one else on the road, so
I crossed into the centre lane, you know, the one marked out
in the middle of the road, with a big bent arrow pointing
right. Anyway, as I drew nearer to the turn, a car appeared
from the right hand road that I was about to turn into, and
drove out in front of me, and stopped directly in my path. I
managed to swerve round behind him, and continued my
manoeuvre thinking, rather generously as it turned out, that
the driver hadn't seen me. Anyway, no harm done. Then the
shout came from behind "Why don't you f****ing indicate!!?"
Well, he was right, I wasn't indicating. Just as well
really, as I needed both hands on the bars. But then the
implications started to sink in.
1: He HAD seen me.
2: Having seen me, he had driven out into my path and
stopped.
3: He had done this because he assumed from my lack of
signal that I intended to continue straight ahead even
though in the right-turn lane.
This would, of course, lead to a collision necessitating a
new door skin at least. Had I been indicating, naturally he
wouldn't have bothered pulling out. So that's why he was
angry. He'd missed me. I have learned that unconventional
hand signals are frowned upon in this group, so I ignored
him and continued, duly chastened, upon my way.
--
Martin Bulmer
Pie Conservation Threat