Traffic Light Thought — Roundabout signal fail

I guess this isn’t strictly a Traffic Light Thought but anyway…

My new commute has quite a few roundabouts. I don’t mind as they shift traffic much more efficiently than traffic lights but one thing annoys me.

I know ‘the plural of anecdote is not data’ but it seems a significant percentage of Kiwi drivers don’t know how to indicate when going ‘straight’ through a roundabout. On entry some signal left, others right, when there is no need to signal at all until approaching the exit.

It really isn’t that hard, as the road code extract below shows…

If you are going 'straight' through a roundabout: don't signal as you come up to the roundabout signal left as you pass the exit before the one you wish to take. At some small roundabouts it may not be possible to give three seconds warning, but it is courteous to give as much indication as you can. From www.nzta.govt.nz/roadcode/giving-way-at-roundabouts.html