Indicators & U-turns

Having done a little bit of motorway driving on our trip to Lahore, and being a passenger on some of the more unruly roads, I have now learned a new exciting aspect of Pakistani driving; namely, the use of indicators.

Scenario: you are driving along the main road in a town. (It is a dual carriageway, with a wall in between. Periodically there are gaps in the wall to allow traffic access to side streets on the opposite side, or for making a U-turn. Making a U-turn is something one does a lot here.  U-turn is your friend.) Ahead of you is a vehicle in the nearside lane - on the left - but indicating right. What could this mean?

Here are a few of the possible alternatives:

• I intend to move into the right-hand lane.
• I intend to make a U-turn.  We like U-turns.
• I intend to overtake something.
• I'm letting you overtake me on the right.
• I'm letting you overtake me on the right, but once you've started to overtake me I'll have a change of heart and decide I want to go right after all.  I hope your horn's working.
• My lights have some unorthodox wiring and those are actually my brake lights.  The blue ones are my indicators.
• I actually intend to turn left - signals are for wusses.
• Some of the above.
• All of the above.
• None of the above.