Comment on How much spacing while stopped at a red light?
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours agoNice advice to fail a driving test.
Comment on How much spacing while stopped at a red light?
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours agoNice advice to fail a driving test.
orclev@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
No it isn’t, you’re not required by law to use a turn signal in a turn only lane. If I was giving a driving test I’d fail you for using a turn signal in the turn only lane as it demonstrates you don’t know the law.
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
I was a Driver Examiner in the Province of Ontario.
You wouldn’t fail for this, but it is an infraction.
You must ALWAYS SIGNAL YOUR INTENTION.
Also, cite this ‘law’ you pulled from your ass.
orclev@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Ah, OK might be a Canadian thing then. There is no law in the US that requires usage of a turn signal in a turn only lane. I didn’t pull a law from my ass, you’re pulling one from yours, or rather I’m talking about US law and it seems you’re talking about Canadian.
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
It seems you’re a shitty driver in every country.
LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 14 hours ago
Wrong.
Minnesota (this is a state in the US) traffic code 169.19 Subd. 5 Signal to turn:
A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning. A person whose vehicle is exiting a roundabout is exempt from this subdivision.
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
thejml@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
A law not saying you need to, is not the same as a law saying you need not to.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
There isn’t a federal law on turn signal use that I can find and it’s left up to the individual states. Every law I looked at said you have to have a continuous signal before the turn and when turning into a different lane. I did not see any exceptions listed anywhere, including turn lanes.
When turning from a turn lane, to a different lane, that is a change of lane and therefore falls under the law. If you have any other evidence to the contrary or happen to live in a state that I didn’t check where that is an exception, I and the others here would love if you’d source that. If you can’t, then you’re just making shit up and should just take the “L”.
orclev@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
The only law in my state that requires usage of turn signals states this:
The key there is “direct course”. The direct course in a dedicated turn lane is the turn, so no signal is required. If it’s a turn or straight lane it is required as in that case the direct course is straight.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 45 minutes ago
You conveniently left out the rest of the law…
LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 14 hours ago
Wrong.
Minnesota (this is a state in the US) traffic code 169.19 Subd. 5 Signal to turn:
A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning. A person whose vehicle is exiting a roundabout is exempt from this subdivision.
slothrop@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Cite this ‘law’.
orclev@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
What law, that’s the point, no law requires usage of a turn signal in a turn only lane. There is no law that requires that and a driving test is testing that you’re following the laws. It’s the same as if you turned on your turn signal in a straight lane and then didn’t change lanes.
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
So, is there a law or not, or are you simply full of shit?