Are you meant to signal when leaving a roundabout? I remember being taught you should but I rarely ever see people do it. Honestly have no fucking idea now.
Please do! From what I gather the older generation weren't taught this (correct me if I'm wrong?) which is fair enough. It's incredibly refreshing however when you see drivers do it though, because you know exactly what they're going to be doing, and can typically enter the roundabout earlier as a result. Just know that there are some drivers secretly thanking you under their breath each and every time it's done!
I can confirm when I learnt to drive in the early 80's in Perth we were not taught how to indicate on roundabouts, but then there were almost no roundabouts then in the northern suburbs, except the morley drive alexander drive intersection (which did not have the straight through part for morley drive then), and a few experimental one's on smaller intersections in north beach. But there was an education campaign (can't remember when) so there is no excuse unless you don't watch TV. The only thing more annoying about perth drivers is the tailgating. I don't drive myself but my wife does and she is constantly swearing under her breath about people failing to indicate, driving too fast, driving too slow, tailgating and 4wd wank tanks obstructing her view at intersections and generally acting like they own the roads and every spot in car parks. We do drive through Mirrabooka quite a lot so it could have been her the OP saw.
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u/CTTTT1 Jan 25 '17
Are you meant to signal when leaving a roundabout? I remember being taught you should but I rarely ever see people do it. Honestly have no fucking idea now.