How much do you trust an indicator?

[morqthana]

Reality is, whatever the Highway Code says, almost everyone does interpret it as giving way.

If you were to plough along a main road at 60mph flashing your lights at people in side roads you'd end up in a mangled wreck pretty soon. You could groan "I was just warning you of my presen..." from inside the twisted ball of metal, make your point of principle with your last breath.

...or just accept reality!

The reality is that there are people out there engaged in "cash-for-crash". Anybody who pulls out because they think the reality is that the other driver is giving consent for them to do so risks becoming a victim of that.

 

[morqthana]

As a Mercedes driver, can someone tell me what indicators are....??

They are the way you can give away your plans to other drivers.

Don't use them, Pike!

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

The biggest issue with headlight aim, and beam pattern is aftermarket LEDs put into old style headlamps. Over 90% of all headlamp failure in my experience, and that of other testing stations that I talk to (nationwide).

Fail them at the MOT, usually to howls of protest. Only to know that as soon as they have passed with the correct bulbs in they will be changed again..

The MOT is a test on 1 day of the year. What happens on the road is down to police enforcement. But we've cut all that back to save money . These services cost tax.

Reap what we sow.

They're awful, but lots of the newer cars are just as bad. And they are factory-fresh, just as designed.

I hope there'll be lots of MOT failures when the current crop need their first MOT. But I suspect not because, as far as I can tell, MOT testers just don't know what they're supposed to test or deliberately turn a blind eye to keep the customer happy.