Why can't we have government sponsored public info' films to discourage shoot driving?

[Lonestar]

30 seconds in, the driver looks back out of the driver's door window before opening the car door .

Yeah shame that wasn't real life.

 

[MontyVeda]

Not sure this would work nowadays.Society is too selfish and just wrapped up in their own little world.

I don't think they worked in those days either. Kids talked to strangers, men slipped on polished floors, people got run over, reckless youth drowned in rivers, lakes, canals and quarries and so on.

 

[screenman]

I never trust an indicator, around these parts it could be left on from 10 miles back.

 

[Lonestar]

I never trust an indicator, around these parts it could be left on from 10 miles back.

wWhat's an indicator?

 

[screenman]

wWhat's an indicator?

An optional extra, it seems on many vehicles.

 

[User10119]

,so i took a chance and turned right. All of a sudden this woman turned left and came at me,beeping her horn at me. Ok,she had the right of way,but if only the idiot has indicated left i wouldn't have made that move. I know she had the right of way even if she was going straight on,but i decided that if so she wouldn't be pulling out for a while. Due to the heavy traffic. Her indecisiveness and lack of signalling put me in danger.

Remember that you can control what you do, but not what someone else does.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

wWhat's an indicator?

fFlashing light

 

[sheddy]

PIFs ought to be shown on all BBC Channels.

and I don't understand why the NI campaign https://www.sharetheroadtozero.com/ can't be rolled out across the UK

 

[Levo-Lon]

Remember the "clunk-click every trip" adverts? Can't quite remember who presented those...?

A lot of young girls can

 

[Levo-Lon]

Nowadays we have " hot" on a cup of fresh made coffee !!

I think a PIF will be too complicated for most in our society these days

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I agree with you Accy.

There, I said it.

 

[Julia9054]

PIFs ought to be shown on all BBC Channels.

I repeat - because noone watches actual television.
A public information film is paid for by public money. Before my taxes are spent on such a thing, i would want evidence of it's efficacy.

 

[Slick]

I repeat - because noone watches actual television.
A public information film is paid for by public money. Before my taxes are spent on such a thing, i would want evidence of it's efficacy.

Well, maybe no one is a bit strong.

18 million to watch this nonsense, apparently.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/20/royal-wedding-confirmed-as-years-biggest-uk-tv-event

 

[winjim]

I presumed she was going straight on,not turning left or right as she wasn't signalling. She seemed agitated as she had a car full of screaming children. She seemed clueless as to what she was doing,so i took a chance and turned right. All of a sudden this woman turned left and came at me,beeping her horn at me. Ok,she had the right of way,but if only the idiot has indicated left i wouldn't have made that move.

Assumption being the mother of all fark ups, why would you take a chance turning right across her path? She had priority, seemed 'agitated' and 'clueless'. So you'd already assessed her driving as dangerous and unpredictable. Sounds like a stressed out mother to me.

I also can't find the bit in the Highway Code which mentions indicating as a legal requirement but I'm not feeling well so might not be looking properly.

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I never trust an indicator, around these parts it could be left on from 10 miles back.

When I was learning to ride my slowped, my dad told me that a flashing indictor only shows that it is working.