It’s not just BMW drivers though! Here in Germany, the majority of motorists are using it wrong: they indicate as they merge or a second before, making it entirely useless.
Impossible
Submitted 2 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to memes@sopuli.xyz
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grandel@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Plenty common in the US too. Break lights are a more reliable indicator that someone is planning to turn soon
hOrni@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t You use the same light for turning and braking?
markz@suppo.fi 2 months ago
I swear people intentionally wait for the last moment to make sure nobody has time to react.
grandel@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Absolutely! I’ve been trying to understand why.
The closest idea I’ve gotten so far is: They are worried their “request” to merge will be denied so they just do it as fast as possible without giving others a chance to influence it.
These are often also the same people that attempt to block other cars from merging during traffic jams.
LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
And then you get the other extreme, those who turn on their indicators 3 streets before their actual turn. They will turn …at some point.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I have a 2025 BMW EV. It strongly refuses to switch lanes unless you engage the turn signal. BMW engineers literally had to software code a fix for the average BMW driver.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Maybe that explains the crazy phenomenon I saw the other day. A BMW driver near me actually used their turn signal and I was super impressed. They they cut off another driver and almost caused a huge accident.
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It takes time to learn new behaviours, I guess
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
well it won’t fix the huge blind spots on modern cars
Killer57@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Personally I find that most BMW drivers have become Tesla drivers.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Tesla drivers just don’t actually know how to drive. They’re like Prius drivers but worse. It’s because a lot of them are infantilized tech workers who have no real life skills and then buy their first car as a Tesla as jewelry, as status. So they’re dumb, incredibly pretentious and think they’re better than you, don’t give a shit about other people, and don’t give a shit about driving or even learning the laws or culture. It’s literally antisocial.
With bmw drivers, at least they also like driving because that’s the whole bmw brand image.
manuremy@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
First time I ever saw a Tesla on the road, I had just gotten my driver’s license and was exiting a small town where I had bought my first ever car. It was 60 km/h road, about 5-10 km before the town ends. I was driving by the limit, taking in the possible “meter error.” I stopped at lights, and my buddy noticed a Tesla behind us. When the lights turned green, the Tesla passed me in the intersection area and drove away at over 100 km/h. It was gone very fast. Sadly there was not a police car patrolling or cameras… Later experiences with Teslas have not been any different.
Congrats Tesla driver, you were faster than a 2000 WV Golf! What a driver you are/were!
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No matter how hard i push in or pull out this stick, nothing ever happens.
gole@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
That doesn’t look like a BMW stick tho.
Ascend910@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
wta do you mean? there is no such stick on a bmw XD
gole@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Hah, that would complete the joke, can’t wait for fully self driving cars
hex123456@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yeah looks like a ford
iamericandre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Every single driver in Florida
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
This guy Tampas.
iamericandre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not quite. Western NC is overrun with Floridians who are complete ass at driving
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I drove a bmw once. Their blinker sticks suck ass. Actually bad design. You had to like tap it to turn it on and then tap it again to turn it off or something dumb.
fishy@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It takes a little time to get used to but it’s ultimately the superior design. Light tap for three blinks, hard press to turn signal on, another tap in the same direction to disengage. You never accidentally click too far that other way.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That doesn’t sound better at all.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It used to just be BMW drivers but now it’s literally everyone.
D_C@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Depends on the country.
In the UK there’s a very good chance the -non audi, BMW, tesla, range rover- driver will indicate.In Finland then, yeah. I’ve only been here a week but it definitely seems there is slightly more of a chance they will not indicate.
Anchorxiety@reddthat.com 2 months ago
I have a BMW. I feel like “BMW driver” is often more of a state of mind than the car you actually drive. I’m more of a Toyota driver who happens to own a BMW lol
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 months ago
It’s not that they don’t know about the blinker, it’s that they know every blinker has a limited number of blinks, and dealership charge an arm and a leg to change the blinker fluid.
grandel@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Knowing BMW, charging to use the indicator sounds like a very real thing to happen.
jobbies@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
As a pedestrian, drivers not signalling on roundabouts does my fucking nut in.
Aganim@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As one of the few BMW drivers that keeps his blinkerfluid topped up I upvoted this. So annoying if people don’t use a blinker, especially when they leave roundabouts and keep the traffic that want to enter waiting for nothing. It takes zero effort to use a blinker, people who refuse to use them are just lazy selfish pieces of shit.
username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
BMW drivers: So left or right? I can’t turn both!
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The framing makes it look like he is holding it like a pregnancy test lol.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It looks familiar…
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Don’t forget your RAM drivers. Cuz you know, big truck is sports car
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
*Tesla drivers
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I had a friend who bought a BMW a while back. The blinker literally didn’t stay on. You know how in most cars, you move the blinker and it kinda stays in place and blinks until you turn the wheel? Yeah the blinker in his BMW didn’t do that.
gole@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
There are two modes. Light flick and it will only blink 3 times, hard flick and it will keep blinking.
makeshift0546@lemmy.today 2 months ago
That’s broken.
Drusas@fedia.io 2 months ago
Many/most behave as you say if you slightly press the handle up or down but will stay on if you give a firmer press. Maybe your friend was just an idiot?
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Nah, he let me try it. It just clicked off way easier than in any other model car I’ve been in.
Lehmuusa@nord.pub 2 months ago
In Finland you need to wave your hand for the bus to stop and pick you up.
I waved, and I waved, and I waved, but the bus driver just didn’t turn the blinker on.
But, the bus stopped anyway.
So, me: “Hello! Is your own private car a BMW, perhaps?"
The bus driver, visibly proud that someone could recognize that from her outlook alone: “Yes, indeed!"
“Next time maybe use the blinker."
(The bus driver looked much less proud)