But that is my entire point. It's really hard to adjust and should be linked to
the orientation of the vehicle. If you are trying to shift gear (in a
roundabout) and you want to indicate your intention to exit the roundabout,
it's bloody tricky if the shift and the indicator switch are on the same side.
If they are opposite, it's simple to flick the switch with the hand that's on
the wheel. But at present, in the UK, it seems to be positioned at random,
depending on the make and origin of the car. If they were opposed to the gear
shift, it would be far easier to readjust as you are 'rehanding' anyway.
Do you not have large and complex roundabouts in the US? They aren't popular in
Australia but in the Uk and France, they are a plague. It was in France that I
saw my first triple roundabout!
Your argument, Sir, is about as valid as insisting that all cars should be
left hand drive, even in countries that drive on the left, so that you
personally don't get confused when entering the vehicle!
Andrew Fildes
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On 09/07/2013, at 11:26 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Andrew (Lefty) Fildes wrote:
>
>> This is a constant bugbear of mine. In my view, the indicator should be on
>> the opposite side to the gear shift - that way you can shift gear and
>> operate the indicators simultaneously.
>
> NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
>
> And for fine measure: NO!
>
> I had a rental car like this in Ireland one time. A Mitsubishi
> something or another. I was constantly running the windshield wipers
> every time I wanted to make a turn and turning when trying to run the
> windshield wipers. I hated that thing with a passion. The turn signals
> should ALWAYS be on the left side. Then when I got back stateside, it
> took another week to get myself straightened back out again. It got so
> bad that I would just forgo using the turn signals or windshield
> wipers altogether.
>
> It's stupid enough that you have to drive on the wrong side of the
> road, but PLEASE, let's not change anything else.
>
>
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