Seriously, if I’m driving and a passenger critiques my driving, I pull over to the curb or berm and suggest they get out and find a driver they are comfortable with.
Unless you are an Uber driver or something…
You parked too far out from the curb.
If you bump into somebody in a gas station parking lot because the other guy didn’t use their signal, then you are dumber than a box of rocks.
Traveling at .5MPH is slow enough that makes signals unnecessary.
Yes. Signalling is always pro-Town (unless you’re mis-signalling). Failing to signal in this situation, isn’t much of a scum tell however.
In Thailand, turning on the left blinker means EITHER (a) you’re about to turn left, OR (b) it’s safe for following car to pass on right. (NB: We drive on left, so mirror-flip left-right.)
For obvious reasons it’s best to form one’s own independent view about passing on the right. :eek:
Turn signals are specifically for when you change lanes (which includes changing roads at an intersection). They’re not for every time you turn the steering wheel. You don’t need them for bends in the road or circling a parking lot. I generally don’t use them on private property at all except for specific circumstances, like trying to break through a line of cars to get into a particular lane in the lot.
The purpose of a signal is to communicate your intention to other road users or pedestrians. I think you should signal whenever you intend to turn and there is some possible alternate trajectory that you might take.
That can cause confusion. For example, when the main road veers left but there’s a side road going off to the right in a Y. You shouldn’t signal that you’re “going straight” just because the road veers and there’s and alternate trajectory you could take. The “change lanes” standard is a good one, and that’s why it’s the legal standard. You shouldn’t signal just because the road bends.
Oh, right, I’m not disputing that on the road. I was thinking more of the parking lot situation. I’d signal throughout the parking lot each time I’m making a choice about where to turn, and when turning into a parking space, even if the space is not so strictly laid out as a road.
Two driving things that really chap my hide: not signalling or turning on lights at disk or during a storm. C’mon people! It’s not like signalling or turning on your lights affects gas mileage or something.
I think some people think that they don’t need to because they can still see okay. The headlights aren’t there to help you see they’re there so others can see your car!
And another thing, use your hazard/four way lights when you are in a hazardous situation!
Yesterday morning a freak, heavy snow fall left the roads sporadically treacherous (and melted away in a few hours). On a curvy back road a truck had slid off the road, down a hill and into some trees. A wrecker was attempting to winch the vehicle up and was totally blocking the road. I came around a bend and a car was stopped, no lights at all. I stopped, but slid 40 feet or so, to within a foot of his car.
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[li]Not signalling when you should: bad[/li][li]Signalling when you should: good[/li][li]Signalling where you don’t technically need to: Probably good, if it reinforces a habit that leads to 2[/li][/ol]
To the OP, the law requires that you signal 100 feet (or 200 feet, depends on the state) before your turn, so they were all illegal anyway.
They are wrong. Operating your signals as a matter of muscle memory means that you are not employing situational awareness to make a judgment about whether to signal. It does not mean that you are not situationally aware.