Zee09
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Yeah for some reason lately that noise does bother me.
Turn Signals?????????
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I pay no attention to it but I discovered that after I bought the CX5 that I could control the volume of the ticker. I turned it down a bit. First car I’ve owned that had that feature.
Of course in the old days that clicking sound was very loud.
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The signal noise in the older vehicles was mechanical , now it's electronic.
In MA they don't need no stinking blinkers, working brake lights and anything but blue headlights. Its a friggin free for all.
This excrement hole has the worst drivers I have ever seen and its getting worse. You dont even need to speak, write or read English to get a license.
This excrement hole has the worst drivers I have ever seen and its getting worse. You dont even need to speak, write or read English to get a license.
Like OP when I am in dedicated turn lane at red light I keep it off until light turns green at which point I will turn it on, if it is a non-dedicated turn lane it's on regardless. Any other situation I always use my turn signal.
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I'll definitely use it on urban freeways and also in parking lots.
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In my area you don’t use a signal and a cop sees you are getting a ticket. They are really good about busting people here for that. I use mine all the time. Now my dad on the other hand....
No worse than all the people riding around in the dark with no lights on or only the drl's .WAKE UP people
Noo Awlins denizens are confused by all those stalks sticking out from behind the wheel, and respond by ignoring most of them. Not to mention, the instant you put yours on, someone speeds up to cut you off before you can change lanes.
Though I grew up and learned to drive here, I still use mine except, like some of you, when I'm in a dedicated turn lane. Where else can I go?
Though I grew up and learned to drive here, I still use mine except, like some of you, when I'm in a dedicated turn lane. Where else can I go?
Use them all the time when the car is moving. Even on the late night Interstate. Get into the habit, Sometimes you may be distracted and the habit will do it for you. IMHO.
Same here, for some reason if you signal a lane change, someone will speed up beside you. I use signals for turning off the road, left turns but never for lane changes.
My blinker fluid ran out a long time ago. Where I live you have to drive somewhat aggressive. If I was to use my turn signal say to go from the middle lane to the right lane to get off the highway, people will just speed up and get right beside you to block you. South Carolina has some of the worst and rudest drivers in the country there for making me drive like an ass. I also experience drivers like that in DC metro area.
I'm gonna say the use of the bulb, when if you're in a marked lane it's redundant. ("Left Turn Only" lane etc)
Do you know anyone that ALWAYS makes WIDE turns?
I do, and it drives me wild. A wide turn is when you do not turn to the lane closest to you. Very simple. Here in the U.S., that is unlawful and you can be pulled over/stopped for it. Now, the purpose of this thread is not to debate what happens when one gets stopped.. it is to ask, if you...
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I learned in a Defensive Driving course in1969 that if you are at a Stop sign and a car approaches from your left with a Right turn light On, unless you have seen his turn signal engage, don't move till he actually starts his turn. It may have been ON for miles. I've never forgotten that. In modern cars you will get a reminder if you leave the signal on for 700 meters.
I had an experience just yesterday. I was driving and the road went from two lane, to a fork. Two left turns one right. Both lanes one way. I'm in the far left and I want to go to the middle left because I need to turn right after this left. Guy in a jeep patriot clearly has his right signal on and his jeep is clearly heading to the right turn lane. So I assume he's going right so as I get over he quickly shoves his jeep back in the middle lane near hitting me and looks at me like I did something wrong. I think people driven in auto pilot not planning ahead. He's just following the lines.
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Noo Awlins drivers!?!? They're CRAZY! I live in a suburb of St. Louis; on Hwy 270 around here no one uses turn signals; if you try it they will speed up just to block you. A few years ago my job sent me to Noo Awlins on a temporary assignment. Thank the good Lord for GPS and google maps. Anyhow, I didn't realize I was just a few miles away from the airport, all I was doing in the middle lane (of about 5 lanes if IIRC) was moving with the flow of traffic, I was passing no one and I was moving upwards of 85 mph in a 60 zone....A cop came up on me so fast I didn't even try to brake; just figured I'm busted. He went around me like I was sitting still. He had to be moving in 3 digits. Before anyone thinks he was "responding to a call" he had no lights on of any kind. I mentioned this to some local hands when I arrived at the Construction site I was headed to....The guys just laughed and told me that speed "limits" around here are more or less "suggestions." Do not even think about turn signals. If there is an opening, take it quickly!
Zee09
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Yeah but I'm getting old and out of the habit...
Never "trust the blinker."
I don't think I've ever had an accident on account of that, but definitely a near miss or two... complete with the other driver glaring at you for.. well, for moving in accordance with their intended and signified, (hence, the word "signal" or "blinker" because, guess what, it blinks, so thats what it is) direction of travel.
I've pretty much given up on trying to interpret why people do what they do on the road. It's probably a blend of many things.. and its 10x worse in morning rush hour traffic in "high urban areas."
Football mentality.
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