We have a street in our neighborhood that has a 90 degree bend in it. I’ve occasionally caught myself turning the blinker on as I approach the turn. I’ve also seen my wife do it, as well as numerous cars that I’ve been driving behind. For me anyway it is definitely just habit.
But here is what’s funny about this. Every time I turn my signal on or see someone else do it, it is ALWAYS when turning right. In the 15+ years we’ve been living in this neighborhood, I’ve never seen anyone (or caught myself) using their signal when turning to the left. Maybe it’s because it’s a slightly wider turn that prevents that reflex from kicking in, I don’t know. But it’s pretty weird the way it happens like that.
I’ve an aunt and an uncle who live up in the mountains of northern California. One summer when I was out visiting, we were driving on a suitably windy road behind someone who started doing this, for every curve they went around. So my uncle started doing it, too. Then, he stuck his arm out the window and added in those left and right signals. We nearly died laughing.
I’ve done this a lot. Sometimes when I go on a street with a sharp curve and I don’t signal, I pull out of the turn with the feeling that I’ve just done something wrong–that I forgot to signal when I was supposed to. I’d rather signal than get that wrong feeling.
I do this on the same road I have been driving on for 12 years occasionally. It just means that you are such a good driver your only errors are on the side of safety
Interesting. I’ve never done that. It’s not an intersection, so I wouldn’t deem it necessary to tell anyone I’m turning because there’s no traffic to which to need to indicate my intentions. “Intersection” or “slowing down/stopping to turn from the street” indicate a turn signal to me.
I wouldn’t fault anyone for doing it. I would probably expect them to be continuing into a driveway or something after the turn. If they didn’t I’d probably think it was weird, but not that they were doing anything horrible.
I’ve done and nearly done things like that. Like buying something from a shop, then throwing in the bin the thing inside the wrapper, but keeping the wrapper.
Ah, but you have firmly established that you not-infrequently drive around a particular curve on said island, firmly establishing your couch as being ideally placed.
