I went to live in a city in Upper Canada for a year, and noticed that there was a terrible plague of drivers never using their indicators. I get back to Halifax, and it’s the same damned thing! What happened? Please, people, use your signal lights. You may just be turning onto your street, but *I* don’t know where you live — and I need to know what your car is going to do so that we can all be safe. —It’s The Switch Beside the Wheel
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2012.
Signal lights are like speed limits in this city…mere suggestions.
I mean, honestly, who has the time nowadays to use the endless milli-seconds it would take to flick the indicator arm, not to mention the immense herculean effort it would take to move one’s ring or pinky finger from the steering wheel the distance of more than 2 INCHES to be able to reach it. And if I happen to be texting at the same time, well, forget it mister. You ask the impossible. I mean hey, I’m not superman over here. I think you’re being entirely unrealistic, OB.
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Upper Canada? So far up that there isn’t a town name? We live in the biggest country in the world and you try to let us know where you’ve been living by saying you live in the upper part of it?
And people should use their indicators, but barring that, you should back off a bit and keep your distance.
PG – For the win. That is all.
Upper Canada a.k.a. Ontario
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“Upper Canada”
Whilst collecting pelts, did you perchance to portage?
Wp
Voyageur! Voyageur!
We are the brave Voy-a-geur!
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mmmmm, bannock and pemmican.
Obese people should also have turning signals on their hips, and that beeping sound when they back up or walk backwards.
why the hell did you bring this plague with you o.p.? everyone was fine here before you came and brought this blight with you. next we’ll be hearing about drivers not giving way to bikes, or een worse, almost running over people in crosswalks. oh my, who’ll save the children and us now?
I swear people are so paranoid about their privacy that they don’t want to let other drivers know where they’re going.
This has always been a problem here – people never signal. I’m sure it is a problem everywhere.
You know what’s funny Troodon? When I first got my license, I loooved to drive and would just drive around, going to no particular place and sometimes if I didn’t feel like thinking of my own route, I would just follow someone. It reallllly freaked out some people, so I stopped :P. They’d try to trick me by not signalling and pulling into a driveway and then backing out when I passed. Maybe they think I’m still out there!
lol Mel
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Id let you follow me anywhere:P
Well that’s not a very good deal for me… what if you lead me to some scary place, like Highfield or something!?!? Actually, on one of my following adventures, I ended up in that big parking lot in Highfield where Convergy’s is 😛
lol! That’s right across the street from my apt! Which is exactly where I’d lead you.. muahahaha.
I looooooove driving past Convergys every morning, so happy to not ever have to go back there again.