Many years ago Florence Lawrence (what were her parents thinking) had the brilliant idea to stick some lights on a car which indicated your intention to turn left or right.
The idea has since become a requirement for all cars largely to prevent accidents. Failure to use indicators can even prevent you passing a driving test. It's just common sense to use them, it's not like they are sophisticated pieces of electronic equipment that require a Ph.D..
So why does nobody ever use their indicators?
Just once I'd like to stop at a roundabout and have an inkling of which direction a car is intending to go. Worse than people that don't use indicators are those that can't turn the correct one on. I'm tired of idling like an idiot doing complex vector calculations to determine if that purple Micra is going to take the next exit.
Perhaps if their was an app you could install on your iPhone which you used for indicating people would use it to prove they have an iPhone. Maybe I should patent iNDICATE, it could make me a fortune.
Maybe the government should run a new campaign.
THINK! Use your indicator you &%$*.

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