Not taking any chances....

[PemboCycling]

2nd one - Similarly I often give a very short toot on the horn in this situation. I watched back some of my vids and wondered if it comes across hostile / paranoid but I suppose like the title its best not to take the chance.

[thomase1]

@PemboCycling I think a short toot of the horn is fine. If people want to take it as hostility then that's there problem (I loved tooting for everything when in Vietnam :D - the roads seemed really quiet when I got home).

When I shouted the girl was still pulling forward, so potentially giving the yell may have stopped her carrying on.

[AnotherCopierOfM13]

Lol never knew cycling gave the vocal chords such a good work out! :-)

[thomase1]

@AnotherCopierOfM13 hehe :)

[CyclingMikey]

It looks like you move towards the indicating car as you shout - is that right?

[thomase1]

@CyclingMikey It does look like that in the video. I didn't intentionally move nearer the car, so I'm not quite sure how it happened (I don't remember going closer)...Maybe it's a bit like that thing that we go where we look, so if you watch a pot hole to avoid it you actually go towards it.

I dunno, but I didn't realise I did that till seeing the video :)

[CyclingMikey]

Yes, I think target fixation perhaps? I've done it myself, which is why I noticed it here.

[thomase1]

That's the one! :) I guess it's that, I wouldn't of intentionally done it. Just glad that the guy didn't start to pull over as I had as that'd of been pretty hairy.

[drsquirrel0]

Hahaha that kid must have thought you were crazy :p

[thomase1]

@drsquirrel0 yeah, I think so too :P. When I realised they were just indicating incorrectly I felt a bit silly....but had they not been my yell might have been handy :)