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Originally Posted by simon varley
note the wording. It is very precise. In every other situation on the road in Victoria you MUST indicate. When leaving a roundabout you only indicate IF PRACTICABLE. That's the get out clause and the one I hate. In the back of Burke at midnight, I can be fined if I turn left when nobody else is around, but in the middle of a town that's full and congested I don't have to? even when doing so tells everyone my intention, and eases the traffic flow?
and while we are at it - another one:
people who call them 'blinkers'. Fick off. they are INDICATORS. they are used to INDICATE THE DRIVERS INTENTION TO OTHER ROAD USERS.
sorry. rant off.
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blinker
noun
plural noun: blinkers
1.
BRITISH
a pair of small leather screens attached to a horse's bridle to prevent it seeing sideways and behind and being startled.
2.
a vehicle indicator or other device that gives out an intermittent light.
"the cars queued up with blinkers flashing"
verb
3rd person present: blinkers
put blinkers on (a horse).
"Brown Boy will be blinkered for the first time at York"
Ref:
https://www.google.com/search?q=blin...hrome&ie=UTF-8 