Exactly. There's also the occasional turn onto a T intersection with a slip lane that poses problems for oncoming traffic. I'll come up to the turn, the traffic coming in the opposite direction will turn into the slip, they wont notice i'm indicating and just keep going as i start turning the corner.

my parker and indicators don't work so people not seeing them isn't really an issue for me...

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It could be worth checking you have the right globes and the wiring around the right way if your having indicator problems. The globes are a dual filament just like the brake lights and if the wiring is around the wrong way or the globes are backwards, the indicator will be duller than the parking light.

I have never had a problem with roundies, I used to regularly drive to work in a mini and turning at roundabouts were never a problem. To me the indicator was about twice as bright as the parking light.

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Roundabouts - I knew there was a crucial time for them on the front! Just couldn't think of it

But at the same time I only pull out if the other car is doing the legal left turn signal to leave the roundabout (including straight through) or can judge by their speed that they aren't coming round with no indicators.

It's the dual lane roundabouts with the person in the left, turning right that always makes me laugh (when right lane can go straight). Canberra was brilliant for it.

from my work to my house i only need to use the indicators 3-4 times..

i just chuck my arm out the window when they're not working..

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As a teenager I was in a car with family, and the lady driving the car (no relation - her husband raced an F3 at the Grafton hillclimb, though) tried to change lanes on a double laned roundabout - three times on the one roundabout!!! There were several cars she almost ran into occupying the right hand lane. The silly thing was that we were in the left lane, heading straight through, and the drivers in the right lane were doing the same thing - we didn't need to change lanes (which is illegal anyway), as no one would otherwise have been cut off. The really weird thing about it all was that the lady had forgotten where we were going, and didn't remember until a few minutes down the road - we'd already passed our destination!
I've not had any issues with people not noticing indicators on the front of my Minis... I reckon they're not too hard to see. Cars like VB-VK Commodores are worse, because they've got a single bulb inside a long indicator, and most are not very translucent any more. If you're driving towards one, heading away from the sun, it's impossible to see the indicator, if it's on. Had a close call because of that once... That and Don Burke - influencing councils to plant tall greenery on roundabouts! What a stupid idea, reducing visibility at an intersection, especially one governed simply by give way to the right, not signals! Idiots...

i had someone change lanes mid roundabout into my back left as i was passing them lucky the wheel took the majourity of the impact only had a small cut in my plastic wheel arch however this girl vl front bumper snapped in half

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i have issues with people seeing my indicators, because the suburb im from has big garden bed dividers on the roads and the mini's indicator is too low, therefore i have to slow down and make sure the other people have seen it flashing before i can turn.
i also had a UC cop once give me a lecture on not indicating (when i did) and after arguing with him for about 10mins he said "i have a classic english car aswell (triumph), so im not going to book you"
F'n waste of time, dont you hate it when its your word against his, and you know your right.....

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Heh... at least we HAVE indicators, not those stupid electromagnetic lift-up trafficator arms like Morrie Minuses and VW beetles etc did.

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true, but some of us can go around a roundabout quicker then the cycle of a flasher can

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My Minor has flashing indicators, never had trafficators...

Must be the newer one then.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Yes Kev - they kept on making them, even after 1952

Actually we had a series of Peugeot 203's when I was a kid and they had the trafficator arms and I remember that my parents had to take the cars to the electricians to have indicators fitted for rego.

I've got a Series II Ute - 1953-56. Originally had a whopping 803cc. The original owner swapped this out before I was born, and installed a Kent engine. However, it's not been on the road since... Maybe one day, after my replacement for the Kent engine (it had only 4 years of road use before going into the Ute) goes in... Minor has the one thing a standard Mini can't offer - rear wheel drive. 750kg, and very little of it over the rear axle. A BMW Twinky conversion on a 1098 in a Minor would be a whole lot of fun! After you put a Celica 5 speed and Datsun diff in it, of course - otherwise you'd just sit there breaking diffs...
My Minor's still got a split screen - the one piece screens weren't introduced until the Morris 1000, in 1956. But they didn't have cheap things like sliding windows - they had winders. Very technically advanced!

I've done that so many times from school. I used to have indicator 'issues'.

And there are 5 turns in the 22km trip to school. 2 of those left, so I got my brother to do those, and I did the 3 right turns. It worked quite well.

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