Every morning, as I approach a certain intersection on my way to work, I face a dead end and try to turn left. Unfortunately, there’s always a steady stream of cars coming from the left, most of which end up turning right, leaving me room to turn. But how am I to know this if they don’t use their nice, convenient turn signals? Without them activated, I wind up sitting in non-existent traffic, angering the motorists behind me.
This is not a problem localized to that confusing corner. Everywhere you look, people are making turns without signaling. How hard can it be? Your car is built with more signal lights than ever, the act of signaling is as simple as reaching your hand from its rested position on the window’s ledge to the lever something like 7 inches away. You’re not supposed to be holding your cell phone in your hand, your coffee is nestled in a cup holder near the other hand…how difficult is it? A non-blinker is as annoying as the over-blinking grandma who turned on her signal three miles back for a lane change and hasn’t turned it off yet.
Motorists of the world, please use your turn signal. It’s there for a reason. Until you agree to make use of the shiny, attractive lights on the sides of your car, I’m afraid I’m forced to put you on notice.
Amen! I use my blinker religiously. On the odd chance I don’t use my turn signal, I always check first to make sure there is no one else in the intersection anyway. Coops should start giving tickets for non-signalers. Technically, they ARE breaking the law!
Just a heads-up, you can now make your own “on-notice” sign.
http://www.shipbrook.com/onnotice/
Blinker, schminker.
Laura, I know. I linked to it in the first “On Notice” post.
Tom, shut it.
…So you did. How did I miss that?