Plus, for me, its insistence that I indicate every manoeuvre even when I'm the only car on the road.
That's how I was taught to drive.
Never indicate unless another driver can be either helped or warned by my indicator..... I never trust an indicator when I did not see it start flashing, and even then take more notice of what the vehicle is doing than what its indicator says.... Call me an indicator sceptic, but then I ride motorbikes and have learned the hard way....
We already had this discussion but...
If you tell drivers that they do not always have to indicate they are likely to stop indicating alltogether; just watch traffic and you'll see how that's panned out.
You cannot be sure that you have clocked every person who might need to know what you are about to do. One common problem for pedestrians is crossing a road near the exit from a roundabout.
I use hand signals on my classic motorbike. It makes me snarl when I'm able to signal by sticking my arm in to the breeze and car drivers cannot even move that plastic lever. Yes, of course you must never take a signal for granted.
