Does anyone use turn signals anymore?

[oneounceload]

While a good percentage of the older retirees use them, they sometimes use the wrong one.........they also tend to cross 3-4 lanes of traffic to get to a turn lane because "they forgot".....

BUT since these folks ALWAYS vote, any law trying to mandate eye,ear.reflex, and driving skills for them will NEVER pass.

 

[the ringo kid]

But do you use your turn signals when no one’s there to see?

If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear, did it make a sound?

Yes, yes I do use my turn signals even when there is nobody around. Its a force of habit if not anything else. 35+ years driver here.

 

[Jack222]

About 50/50 here. Same with Stop signs. If you dont have a Stop Sign at an Intersection, you better slow down and look anyway.

 

[Arik]

Let's face it everyone at some point has done it. It's not a big deal 99% of the time.

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[snubbyfan]

Depends on where you are in this area.
If we're driving locally in the West Virginia mountains, more people out here signal than don't.
When we're in or close to a suburban or urban area, seems like most people don't have a clue about things like courtesy, signaling, right of way or even how to drive.
I always signal well before a turn. A lot of times when people do signal, they do it while they're turning.

 

[Bullzaye]

It's pretty bad here in Phoenix as well. I'd say anywhere from 50%-75% of the time...drivers don't use turn signals or lane-changers. Drives me nuts. And I REALLY hate it when the Police don't use them! (Under "normal" conditions...not talking about emergency use)

My use of turn signals is almost entirely an involuntary action at this point. Passengers have occasionally chided me for turning on my turn signal when a street "runs-out", and the only option is to follow along to the left (or right, as the case may be) onto another street. There's no need to stop, it's essentially just a curve in the road...but because it's a 90-degree turn, and leaving one street to enter another...I just automatically use my turn signals.

I don't usually do this, but just the other day when I pulled *out* of my driveway onto the street...I used my turn signal. Just after I hit the turn-signal stalk, I wondered to myself, "Who do I imagine is going to see this...?"

Tim

 

[BAM-BAM]

Come on be reasonable..................

It's hard to use your turn signal when you've got your phone in one hand and are texting with the other ........... while making a left hand turn across 2 oncoming lanes of traffic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lately the thing that bugs me most: Going to the cabin..... I'm doing is about 75 in the center lane of the Pa Turnpike (posted speed is 70) I'm only on the Pike for 70 miles so no need to risk a ticket to save 5 minutes at most.....

anyway........ one guy is passing me on the left doing 80 and someone blows by me at 90 on the right!!!!!!!..... just to get caught behind the cars ahead doing 65. WTH!!!!!!!

 

[S&W629]

BAB BAM beat me to it....come on folks....you expect all those on cell phones to have enough attention left over to operate a vehicle safely????

 

[Arik]

When I'm on the Pa TP I set cruise control to 5mph over the limit and just cruise. What I find funny.....and I'm sure it's done subconsciously.....is when some guy passes me like I'm going backwards only 15 later I catch up and pass him still never touching my set speed on the cruise control. A long enough ride and you see the same people over and over...like playing leap frog!

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[GKC]

Like others have said, using a turn signal seems to be an invitation from other drivers to speed up in an attempt to block you. My brother-in-law, who is pretty obnoxious in all other respects too, told me once that he uses his turn signal to indicate what he is GOING to do, and he doesn't care what anyone else thinks or tries to do...he will turn or change lanes when he wants. His job requires him to be in traffic most days, and amazingly he hasn't had a wreck yet. Me, I seem to be always dodging other drivers.

It was a lot worse back in my motorcycle riding days (haven't ridden since 2006.) I don't care who has the right of way by law, if a motorcycle and a car tangle the motorcycle is going to lose every time. That has made me a much more cautious automobile driver...that and getting older.

 

[rwsmith]

Oh, you mean the old....

Here in Texas,if you do not use them,,,you will be stopped IF the LEO sees you.
This is his chance to run your license plate and record, to look for "wants".
Most very small towns derive "income" this way.

The old 'Pass Through My Town' tax.

 

[BC38]

But do you use your turn signals when no one’s there to see?

If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear, did it make a sound?

Or more precisely...
If you use a turn signal, and here is no one there to see, does it really flash?

 

[Jack Flash]

Some days i wonder why new vehicles still have them.
I bet it's 10 to 1 for people who turn without using them to those who do.

Here it's closer to 4 to 1, but still maddening when you're waiting to make a left and the one car coming at you making you wait then nonchalantly turns.

I am of the belief that it nobody's business but my own as to where I am going.

People here in Michigan don't need a turn signal because they already know where they are going.

The flip side of this is there are some people who would be better off not using their turn signal. These are the folks that are going to turn in a half mile, so they put on the signal. The thing is, they fake you out by passing any number of streets, gas stations, business parking lots, etc. before they finally turn.

Once I had some old coot put on his right turn signal while I was waiting at a side street stop sign. I assumed he was going to turn in to the gas station well to my left (or at worst, the side street I was on) so I checked traffic in the other direction and started to pull out. Just in time I looked back and could see he was going way too fast to make the turn so I stomped my brakes for all I was worth. He shot past me and pulled into a car dealership further down the street. His right turn signal was on the whole time.

 

[RobertJ.]

I was following a police officer a while back, and saw him make a turn without signaling into the parking lot of a store. I considered stopping and pointing out that he should be setting an example, but then my better judgement kicked in, and I chose not to.

From my observation, turn signals are ignored ALMOST as much as the speed limit, or actually stopping (really stopping, not a rolling stop) for a stop sign.

I don't want to go off on a rant here, but, well, okay, I won't.

 

[zzzippper]

It is pretty bad here in the St. Louis area. You have to read the "body language" of their car. Next thing you know they have two wheels in your lane and on comes the signal. Sometimes they are just ****ing with their phones.

I worked with a guy whose wife would never use them. She said that if you do the other guy knows what you want to do. Duh! They are divorced now.

 

[keith44spl]

The folks in my neck of the woods don't have to use turn signals.....

Everyone knows that they turn there everyday...


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[Ole Joe Clark]

We had just left the Family Thanksgiving gathering last Thursday and was stopped on the 2 lane road waiting to turn left, with my left turn signal on. I noticed the pickup truck in the rear view mirror was not slowing down, as soon as the last oncoming vehicle came by I turned quickly and was able to get out of his way. I firmly believe that we would have been rear ended it I hadn't been able to get out of the way.

Thank God, He was watching over us.

Leon

 

[fiasconva]

There are some people that use them diligently. I have an elderly neighbor that has had hers on for about 6 months. *s*

 

[bigwheelzip]

I was surprised to learn as my granddaughter prepared for her road test, that hand signals are no longer taught or required knowledge for the road test. She had no concept of them.

I guess that means when my husband and I use hand signals (in conjunction with blinkers) while riding on his motorcycle, we might only confuse the nearby drivers.

 

[Kanewpadle]

I believe you can tell a lot about a person by the way they drive.

Do they only care about themselves? Or others as well?

Around here, there are some good people. But most of them only care about themselves. And it shows.