Give us a signal already! A small flick of the finger is all we ask; just one small flick to turn your signal on. Why is it that you wait to turn on your left signal AFTER the light turns green? And all those of us behind you: we’re stuck, made to wait and possibly miss the light. With that small flick we could have been in the lane to the right. For you who don’t flick your finger, catch a clue already. Drop the negligence and increase your awareness of fellow drivers! —Frustrated with Unnecessary Waiting
This article appears in Jul 7-13, 2011.
Did you happen to get a plate number?
If so, I am at your service.
I’m with you OP, that particular bad driving habit makes me crazy and it’s becoming more and more common.
As well, a lot of people gradually slow down, slower and slower until almost to a stop and then slowly pull into an entrance again without signalling. Man, I find that irritating!
Completely agree with OP.
Those little things called turn signals/flickers/blinkers are designed to tell not only those vehicles behind you that you are thinking of turning left or right, but they tell everyone in the intersection which direction you are thinking of turning. This include *gasp* Pedestrians!!!. I think some of the bad habits of the bad pedestrians risking their lives crossing when they shouldn’t could be elimnated (mostly) by the bad drivers out there remebering to signal which way they are turning so we don’t think they are going straight and figure the crossing is clear and safe.
just get a big hulking brute of an suv, and gently nudge them along. worked for me a few times in the past. when i had my big ole monster of a chev truck, you either moved, or got run over. we are talking about tires that were almost 6 feet high here. and the body sat on a 1 ton frame, with a 454 cube in it. and those pipes were to die for, fuck i miss that monster.
I LOVE using my turn signal! Makes me feel like a good driver. I don’t understand when people don’t want to use it. Everyone slips up once in a while, but some people just refuse to fucking use it. Something about putting it on that makes me feel like I know what I’m doing.
LS, I’m assuming you got rid of your truck after overcoming your bout with small genitalia syndrome. There’s really no excuse for rear-ending/bumping a car. Honestly if you did that you would be sued for damages and charged with reckless driving. Dickwad. Oh, and enjoy wasting money on gas.
Otherwise, valid bitch. Turn on your fucking signal light.
no worries OP, there’s at least one enforcer out there.
I verbally berate anyone I see doing this…
it only works well if I’m in the same car but they get the berating all the same if not.
pisses me off to no end.
You KNOW you’re turning when you slow to stop. put the fucking thing on as a sign of good faith.
canned, that were many a moon ago, and no, i never got charged, because they knew they were in the wrong. and even if i would have been, it was a small price to pay. there are real fucked u drivers out there, right now. that think they own the road, and can make or break all the rules they want. this would be a good deterrant to those type.
and as an aside, if i still had the rig, i would still be driving it, yes. that rig got me better gas milage, than dsome of the computerized shit now on the road. take an old dodge 318, and anw one, with all the anti pollution crap, and fuel injection and other needless shit on it. put them in two identical trucks, and i bet dollars to fucking aunt martha’s donuts, that the un fucked up motor, will give you better milage. just because someone says it improves your gas, doesn’t mean that it is true. they lie to sell their shit.
OP, valid point. Those fat fucks don’t have a clue what they’re doing behind the wheel. On a good note, sometimes those lanes don’t have people turning, so when it turns green, you can get ahead of a lot of those cars in the right hand lane. Works great on Joseph Howe.
LS, if you deliberately hit a car from behind, or for some reason don’t stop even if you have time, just because someone isn’t flashing their lights, I’m sure you would be found at fault. I smell bullshit.
Ramming people with your car isn’t the appropriate deterrent. Fucking fining people $500 is. At least you get some tax revenue out of it.
Canned, LS is a hot mess. A hot mess we’ve all come to accept … somewhat … I suppose.
The OP has a point though. Nothing frustrates me more than someone just slowing down withouth making their intentions clear. It’s people who are unaware (or just don’t care) about the situation around them.