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I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

Always (90+%)

14 votes

Most of the time (65 - 90%)

2 votes

Around Half (40 - 65%)

0 votes

Not often (15 - 40%)

0 votes

Rarely (<15%)

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Frayed Knot Jan 20 2022 06:38 PM

So when behind the wheel, how consistent are you at using the turn signals? This should include when turning obviously, but also for pullovers, lane changes, and any other time it's mandated.

The Hot Corner Jan 20 2022 06:45 PM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

I use the blinkers to signal my intentions most (roughly 80-85%) of the time. I generally use the blinker when turning onto my residential street (a quiet cul-de-sac) from my driveway. My wife constantly gives me grief (if she is riding with me) on the rare times I don't. She is truly compulsive (99.9%) in he blinker usage.

TransMonk Jan 20 2022 08:59 PM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

Always. As someone who walked, ran and biked through traffic EVERY DAY when younger, I was always amazed at those who only signaled when they saw other cars around. There are more than just cars out there.

Edgy MD Jan 20 2022 09:54 PM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

My problem isn't remembering to signal, but remembering to unsignal.

MFS62 Jan 21 2022 07:14 AM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

I do it all the time and one of my turning signal lights went out yesterday, and it drove me nuts. Later

The Hot Corner Jan 21 2022 06:51 PM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

Well, this thread now has me feeling like a complete menace to society. I shall attempt to do better going forward.

Fman99 Jan 22 2022 05:13 AM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

If you run and/or bike on public roads as I do, odds are you always signal. Best way to avoid killing people who aren't in cars.

dinosaur jesus Jan 22 2022 08:14 AM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

Always. One of my standard rants is how signaling correlates with political orientation—personal freedom and autonomy vs. responsibility to the other idiots on the road. I'm pushing 60, and I have many sociological observations like that.

kcmets Jan 22 2022 08:22 AM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

Edgy MD wrote: My problem isn't remembering to signal, but remembering to unsignal. These people on the highway just make me laugh. If you're traveling in the passing lane for five miles with your driver side signal on, not so much laughing. I signal 100% of the time, even if there is no one around.

kcmets Jan 22 2022 08:25 AM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

Don't get me started on complete stops at stops signs and when making a right-on-red at a red light.

seawolf17 Jan 23 2022 07:16 AM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

I actually have to signal LESS. I tend to signal too early, and I have to force myself not to.

Frayed Knot Jan 26 2022 07:31 AM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

If you run and/or bike on public roads as I do, odds are you always signal. Best way to avoid killing people who aren't in cars. Perhaps not surprisingly, observations like this one (and TransMonk's) are what inspired the thread. I don't even drive all that much but I'm still aware of cars not signaling around me. I'm even more aware of it as a pedestrian (and I do a decent amount of pedestrian-ing) and I'm hyper-aware of it when biking. Even a small car weighs, what?, 3,000 lbs while the bike and me put together barely top 200, There's a bunch of laws of physics which dictate that I'm getting the worst of any resulting collision. I actually got justslightly clipped a few months back although that had nothing to do with a signaling issue. And while I have no reason to doubt the results of this poll which shows everyone here to be in the upper two tiers, I suspect most folks would answer the same way if asked even though real use is nowhere near that high. If you told me that the over/under on signal use was 50% I'd probably bet the over but not very confidently.

Frayed Knot Feb 10 2022 02:23 PM Re: I Want Yooouuu, to Show Me the Way ... Everyday

Here's one that is only tangentially related to safety but pisses me off anyway: -- When coming out of my hood onto the main road there are two lanes, a left turn only lane and a right/straight lane. Coming at me is another side road with the same set-up. The main road itself carries a lot of traffic, is two lanes each way, and has the green light in its favor the majority of the time at the expense of the two side roads. All that is how it should be, no problem so far. -- Now very few of the cars coming out of either side road are going straight (side road to side road), almost all (90+% I'd guess) are turning onto the main road. Now those in the left turn lanes have no choice but to turn left so them not signaling doesn't matter much (still annoying, but at least you know what they're doing) The problem comes with those coming at me from the right/straight lane who are making a right but aren't signaling it (probably half) because those in my direction can't make the left turn until we KNOW that those coming at us are Not going straight and we don't know that until after they turn because half or more aren't fucking signaling. The light, which is only long enough to allow maybe a half-dozen cars out of the side streets at a time, now accommodates maybe three or four because left-turning car #1 has to wait out EVERY non-signaler for fear he'll wind up getting T-boned by the one-in-ten who's actually crossing the intersection. So if you're left-turner #s 4, 5, or 6 (or beyond) you're now waiting there at least two light cycles just to hang a fucking Louie all because flicking the turn signal is too much exercise for more than half the drivers I see. I counted cars at a different but similar intersection today: three of nine signaled.