Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly?

• andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah your instructor taught you wrong. Think about about it. Unless you turn your blinker on to let people know your want over how is anyone going to give you enough space to merge in? If I give a three second follow distance and you merge into that space you are quite close when you pull in front of me. That’s a way to create road rage or an accident. Because I’m probably not going to see your blinker if you hit the blinker and move. You need to hit the blinker to let others know you want to move then check for space.

  source

  • Ajen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That only makes sense if you’re driving on a busy road. If seems like half of the commenters here only drive during rush hour, and the other half only drive on rural roads.

    If there isn’t much traffic it makes a lot of sense to wait until you have an opening and then turn on your signal, instead of turning it on before checking for a gap.

    source

    • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Of course signals are for inter-driver communication. It’s a signal “to” someone, right?

      We don’t need to discuss how to use your signal when no one’s around.

      source

      • Ajen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yes, obviously they’re for communicating with other drivers, what gave you the impression I meant otherwise? I was responding to this in your last post:

        Unless you turn your blinker on to let people know your want over how is anyone going to give you enough space to merge in? […] You need to hit the blinker to let others know you want to move then check for space.

        There are a lot of times where it makes sense to wait for a gap in traffic, rather than asking people to let you merge. And in those situations you would check for space before turning on your signal. You should still use your signal, even if you know you already have space to merge.

        source
      • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Thank you

        source
• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Physically moving into the other lane also tells them that you are moving. The sole purpose of having a blinker is to use it in advance.

  source