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Law is 3 seconds here, which is a bit longer than 3, but not a lot. 10 can get ambiguous because there might be a street before the one you’re actually turning at, and then you’ll confuse others.

The 3 blinks is mostly just for roundabout exits though, at least for me. 3 seconds of blinking could mean 2 different exit. Again, confus.

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some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
My favorite blinker scenario locally is an offramp/series of interchanges getting off a local interstate which calls for several right blinker indications in a row:

Start on 2-lane 55mph turnpike with exit coming up on the right in ~.5 miles

right blinker goes on as the turnpike gradually widens to 5 lanes, adding new lanes on the right every ~.1 miles - I leave the blinker on as I hug the solid white and slip into each new lane as it comes

After .2 miles of being in the rightmost of the 5 lanes, I slip onto the exit ramp - blinker is still on

After another .1 miles, the ramp splits and I take the right side of the fork - blinker still on

Yet another fork after that where I stay to the right again

Another roadway merges in on the right

Come up on a T intersection of the off-ramp with the surface street and, you guessed it, the blinker is STILL ON, and it’s another right turn for me

That last 90° turn is enough of a steering wheel rotation to trigger the automatic shutoff of the blinker

Grinning like an idiot the rest of the way home, fucking glorious
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- boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I can sorta imagine it, but also not. I think we need a video to laugh at
  
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  - some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Maybe I’ll take a dashcam video. Seems like the sort of thing that belongs in dull men’s club.
    
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