Forget to turn your indicators off?

bandsawman · Post by **bandsawman** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:01 pm

As a Firestorm owner, do you ever forget to turn your indicators off?

When I first got my Firestorm I was always forgetting to turn my indicators off - for me, the lamp on the dashwas too low down and just never stood out, and it became apparent that sooner or later I was gonna have an accident because of it.

So I bought an audible alarm off ebay - cost me about Â£6. Very easy to fit, sometimes people look at me a bit wierd when it's bleeping, but I'm sure it's saved my life more than once...

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:33 pm

when i first started riding i learned the hard way , i left the left signal on and i went into the side of a car

im o,c,d about it now

ChrisC · Post by **ChrisC** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:52 pm

I got two audible warning units from maplins, just be aware that it can cause blind people to step on to the pedestrian crossing...if you have it on as you pass...apart from that, well worth having

bandsawman · Post by **bandsawman** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:58 pm

ChrisC wrote:I got two audible warning units from maplins, just be aware that it can cause blind people to step on to the pedestrian crossing...if you have it on as you pass...apart from that, well worth having

Oh yeah, someone did point that out to me - but I reckon blind people would know the difference between my slow bleeping and the fast bleeping of the pelican crossing...
But I'll watch out for them all the same

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:07 am

I use the more expensive option here as you can really taylor this unit to suit your requirements with differing sound patterns, variable delays to acivation, ramped up audio, differing sounds for different functions (indicators, hazards) etc etc

http://www.audicator.com/audicator.htm

Got mine at a discounted rate as I and a mate bought the brake/text unit too at the same time from the Excel Show some three years back or so.

bandsawman · Post by **bandsawman** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:33 am

LotusSevenMan wrote:I use the more expensive option here as you can really taylor this unit to suit your requirements with differing sound patterns, variable delays to acivation, ramped up audio, differing sounds for different functions (indicators, hazards) etc etc

http://www.audicator.com/audicator.htm

Got mine at a discounted rate as I and a mate bought the brake/text unit too at the same time from the Excel Show some three years back or so.

Brilliant!
That's spot-on, that. I don't like the bleeping that my indicators make, but I tolerate it because it saves my life - but this system is excellent!
I'll have to get myself one of those

Post by **sirch345** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:40 am

I bought myself one of these Audicators. A lot more expensive than what you bought bandsawman I know, but after trying one of those cheaper ones I ditched it and went for the Audicator. I may have just been unlucky with my cheaper one, but mine was rubbish.

The Audicator doesn't sound when the brake is applied IE. sat at traffic lights or tee junctions etc and is fully programmable to suit you.
http://www.audicator.com/audicator.htm

Chris.

rob's red storm · Post by **rob's red storm** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:57 pm

My alarm provides the ramped bleep, gets pretty loud and gets on my nerves most of the time! Might give the above a go, be nice for it to now bleep when sitting at the lights with the brake on!
If you need a brighter idiot light you could always put a high intensity LED in there instead of the standard bulb

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