Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
Don't lorries already have indicators? Surely lorry drivers who don't use indicators won't use a left turn alarm. And cyclists who ignore indicators will ignore a left turn alarm. Technological solutions to human problems don't work.
You have a point, but if you are a lorry driver who has this alarm fitted to your truck, you're going to have been made much more aware of the whole turning-left danger scenario and therefore probably more likely to signal. I mean, having the alarm fitted acts as education in itself to the driver.
Being an ex lorry driver, I think the majority of them do indicate.
Unscientifically, I can definitely say I've had far more trouble with cars not indicating than trucks. And as a driver of quite big vans myself, I do think there is a strong sensibility when you're up in a van cab to make sure people know where you're going - not that this always translates into awareness of everything/body around you, and it can't deal with the issue of blind spots. Some car drivers do like to "nip out" of places or nip into gaps - you really can't do that in a big vehicle.