I do, even though I from Savannah, Ga where the general philosophy is that driving is like a chess game and turn signals just give clues to your next move.
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driving - Do you "signal" when changing lanes?
- Thread starter Killed_by_Death
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I signal, because that’s the way I was taught back in Drivers Ed. I also use my seat belt, and I don’t tailgate.Tailgaters drive me nuts.
It's like the folks who follow too close aren't familiar with Inertia & Momentum.
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It’s like locking my doors when i get out of my car, it’s an automatic thing every time. Same with signaling, i check to insure i’m not a out play bumper cars, then signal for a few seconds before i make my move.
One of my pet peeves is people not signalling when exiting a roundabout. I bet no more than 5% do so.
I often wonder just what the Hell is wrong with people.
Just now, same piece of highway, 5 lanes with the center as a turning lane.
I'm in the turning lane, but some lady pulls past me a little in the passing lane of traffic to my right, & turns ahead of me, but not before backing up traffic behind her.
Of course she acted bewildered when I flashed my lights & blew the horn.
Just now, same piece of highway, 5 lanes with the center as a turning lane.
I'm in the turning lane, but some lady pulls past me a little in the passing lane of traffic to my right, & turns ahead of me, but not before backing up traffic behind her.
Of course she acted bewildered when I flashed my lights & blew the horn.
I recently had a couple days where I never signaled right because I burned out my lamp. I literally took 3 left turns a few times because I didn't want to cut anyone off with no signal.
I used to drive a school bus for a very short time before the pandemic started up. I still hold a CDL and drive as safely as I can to protect that ticket. I won't signal for cars greater than 500 feet, though. It doesn't really do much good at that distance.
Yep. I always plan to slip in after someone behind me. So I signal, they speed and I get where I need as planned.
Around here that manuver is known as the "Philadelphia Left."
Not following. It sort of makes sense if you are in NZ but she would be driving into opposing traffic to drive around you.
As I read it you are in the centre waiting to turn left across two lanes of opposing traffic. Then the rest doesn't compute unless she went around you to make the same turn as you were about to do, but first.
I guess that makes sense if she forgot where she was going until the last possible second and bugger the consequences she was determined not to drive to the next turning and go round the block.
But then why look bewildered? Maybe you confused bewildered with flustered.
my largest complaint about the 'holiday season' is the hypocrisy
Folks throw around phrases like, 'This is the season for giving.", or the season for kindness, insert whatever nicety you like, but when they're on the road they are utter !@#$%!
Today I was coming out of a parking-lot & the lane I was in was one-way, with all the angled parking-spots aiming in the direction I'm heading. Since it's one-way I am in the middle of it when I come to the end & just as I'm about to turn out of there some crazy lady in a large SUV turns IN & spends the next few minutes trying to cram this large vehicle past me.
Many other un-holiday-like things go on as well, but this was the one where I was sure my vehicle was about to be damaged.
Almost forgot to add that it was raining today & I noticed the folks with no lights on are also the folks who won't signal when changing lanes & there was a LOT of erratic lane-changing going on today!
Normally I avoid driving this close to 25-Dec, but someone forgot to buy the booze for a party.
Folks throw around phrases like, 'This is the season for giving.", or the season for kindness, insert whatever nicety you like, but when they're on the road they are utter !@#$%!
Today I was coming out of a parking-lot & the lane I was in was one-way, with all the angled parking-spots aiming in the direction I'm heading. Since it's one-way I am in the middle of it when I come to the end & just as I'm about to turn out of there some crazy lady in a large SUV turns IN & spends the next few minutes trying to cram this large vehicle past me.
Many other un-holiday-like things go on as well, but this was the one where I was sure my vehicle was about to be damaged.
Almost forgot to add that it was raining today & I noticed the folks with no lights on are also the folks who won't signal when changing lanes & there was a LOT of erratic lane-changing going on today!
Normally I avoid driving this close to 25-Dec, but someone forgot to buy the booze for a party.
Somewhat long story late to the thread, but, I think, useful.
Years ago, in California, I got a speeding ticket, which meant points against my license unless I went to a remedial traffic school. It wasn't the first time. But it was the last. Read on...
Our class instructor for the day was a California Highway Patrol officer who was making a little extra money on the weekend. When we started the class, he said "If you guys are cooperative and we can get through the material a bit ahead of time, I will tell you how to make yourself invisible to the CHP". Well, we were good little bad drivers, we finished a bit ahead of the deadline, and he kept his word.
The trick to being invisible is not being noticed. CHP officers are constantly looking for problem drivers/vehicles. If they bust you for speeding, it's because they spotted you as a potential problem and started following and pacing you. What they look for, and what they see, is *relative* motion. If you pass a car like it's standing still, that attracts the eye. The other car may be doing 45MHP and you could be driving at the limit, but the CHP can't tell the absolute speeds, only that you're driving a lot faster than surrounding traffic. So sometimes you actually want to slow down before passing a slower vehicle. Lane changes, it turns out, are very interesting. The movement *across* lanes of traffic is very visible and noticeable to the CHP on the road behind you, and zigging back and forth to advance through traffic is one of those things that flags you as dangerous. BUT, said my CHP guru, when they see the driver signal the lane change correctly and consistently - which apparently not that many drivers did, at least in those days - the bit flips. Drivers who reflexively signal go in the "ignore" bucket.
It's been many years since that class, but following those two basic rules I haven't gotten a single speeding ticket in the US since (the automated radars in Europe are not subject to psychology).
Years ago, in California, I got a speeding ticket, which meant points against my license unless I went to a remedial traffic school. It wasn't the first time. But it was the last. Read on...
Our class instructor for the day was a California Highway Patrol officer who was making a little extra money on the weekend. When we started the class, he said "If you guys are cooperative and we can get through the material a bit ahead of time, I will tell you how to make yourself invisible to the CHP". Well, we were good little bad drivers, we finished a bit ahead of the deadline, and he kept his word.
The trick to being invisible is not being noticed. CHP officers are constantly looking for problem drivers/vehicles. If they bust you for speeding, it's because they spotted you as a potential problem and started following and pacing you. What they look for, and what they see, is *relative* motion. If you pass a car like it's standing still, that attracts the eye. The other car may be doing 45MHP and you could be driving at the limit, but the CHP can't tell the absolute speeds, only that you're driving a lot faster than surrounding traffic. So sometimes you actually want to slow down before passing a slower vehicle. Lane changes, it turns out, are very interesting. The movement *across* lanes of traffic is very visible and noticeable to the CHP on the road behind you, and zigging back and forth to advance through traffic is one of those things that flags you as dangerous. BUT, said my CHP guru, when they see the driver signal the lane change correctly and consistently - which apparently not that many drivers did, at least in those days - the bit flips. Drivers who reflexively signal go in the "ignore" bucket.
It's been many years since that class, but following those two basic rules I haven't gotten a single speeding ticket in the US since (the automated radars in Europe are not subject to psychology).
I don't expect any kind of normal driving at this time of year. So nothing really surprises me or bothers me.
What a difference 9 hours makes, the streets are empty now & almost all the stores are closed, it's pure bliss driving around here now.
I'm reminded of that time I was on a crosstown bus in Groong Tehp & we must have been moving 100 kph, it was scary, but also exciting & weird all at the same time. The streets were empty for Songkran, the water Festival.
Groong Tehp = city of angels (not Los Angeles)
I'm reminded of that time I was on a crosstown bus in Groong Tehp & we must have been moving 100 kph, it was scary, but also exciting & weird all at the same time. The streets were empty for Songkran, the water Festival.
Groong Tehp = city of angels (not Los Angeles)
Depends. If I'm on a freeway or multi- lane road, I signal intentions.
If I'm coming up behind someone on a two lane with the intention of passing I never signal. I pass quickly and once passed, signal when returning to my lane.
If pulled over and the cop asks "Do you know why I pulled you over?" I say "Yes, sir." From then on conversation is concise "Yes, sir/No, sir" in a cordial manner and all instructions followed quickly. Have received numerous warnings, have received no tickets in 30 years - except for not having a front license plate - which I talked down half when appearing at the clerk's office.
If I'm coming up behind someone on a two lane with the intention of passing I never signal. I pass quickly and once passed, signal when returning to my lane.
If pulled over and the cop asks "Do you know why I pulled you over?" I say "Yes, sir." From then on conversation is concise "Yes, sir/No, sir" in a cordial manner and all instructions followed quickly. Have received numerous warnings, have received no tickets in 30 years - except for not having a front license plate - which I talked down half when appearing at the clerk's office.
