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Do you use your directional indicator?
Juro Kothari
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08-08-2006 17:37
Being one of my pet peeves, I'm curious to see the responses.
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Aodhan McDunnough
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08-08-2006 17:41
I use it only when it's not clear to the guys behind me where I'm going. I do it for safety reasons. They're not strict about its use here.
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Chronic Skronski
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08-08-2006 17:47
I've seen people driving over a long bridge with their right-turn indicator on. I sometimes wish they would follow through.
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Juro Kothari
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08-08-2006 17:47
From: Chronic Skronski
I've seen people driving over a long bridge with their right-turn indicator on. I sometimes wish they would follow through.

Hahahha. I'll second that thought.
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Alex Fitzsimmons
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08-08-2006 20:36
I'm a bicycle commuter. Where's my pie? ;)
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Madame Maracas
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08-08-2006 20:41
I'm really sticky about that. It's just a matter of Indicating yer Intentions to others.

Manners.
Safety.
Common Sense.
Living through the experience.
Letting auto body repair folks work on creating nifty custom jobs instead of fixing awful wrecks.

Silly ideas I believe in.

But that's just me. ;)
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Einsman Schlegel
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08-08-2006 22:27
Yes. But no when someone's riding my arse.
Joy Honey
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08-08-2006 22:30
I do all the time.. I really hate it that they seem to be optional features on cars these days and that not that many people seem to be able to afford them :(
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Fmeh Tagore
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08-08-2006 22:37
I'm obsessive enough that I use them even in parking lots.
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Vares Solvang
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08-08-2006 23:33
From: Einsman Schlegel
Yes. But no when someone's riding my arse.



Ok, did you really need to bring your sex life into this? :D
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Parker McTeague
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08-09-2006 05:39
the way i figure it, i never know when someone (pedestrian, car i don't see, bike, etc.) needs to know which direction i'm going. so i always use it.
Rose Karuna
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Join date: 5 Jun 2004
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08-09-2006 05:53
There are times when I know that it's bumper to bumper traffic and there are a particularly aggressive group of SUV's in the lane I want to enter, and no matter how long I put my signal on and beg, they will never let me in.

The only way I will get into the lane is to sneek in when they are inattentive on their cell phone (which one of them will be as long as they don't think I want into a spot in front of them). So I don't use my signal before I change lanes in that case. I wait for my moment, pull into the lane when they are not paying attention and THEN turn on my turn signal to let them know I knew what I was doing. :rolleyes:

My car is not big enough to do it otherwise.

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Billybob Goodliffe
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08-09-2006 06:10
come'on small town, NOBODY uses them around here. However when I go to say Atlanta or a larger city, my truck is big enough where I can kinda "force" my way into and out of lanes. Plus I am usually pulling a horse trailer when I'm there.
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Einsman Schlegel
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08-09-2006 18:28
From: Vares Solvang
Ok, did you really need to bring your sex life into this? :D


Yesh.
Juro Kothari
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08-09-2006 19:06
From: Billybob Goodliffe
come'on small town, NOBODY uses them around here.

Ahhh.. yes. I remember when I lived in Montana noone used them either. Though, we did install them on the cows - they're so damn unpredictable. You never know which way they are goin'.
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Cannae Brentano
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08-09-2006 20:35
It depends where I drive. For suburban driving, I'll aways use the blinker. But in more agressive urban areas, putting them on too early means other drivers will know what you intend to do and rush to cut you off. So you adapt, make sure you have room to change lanes or turn and put the signal on just as you start to move over.
Richie Waves
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Join date: 29 Jun 2005
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08-09-2006 21:18
isnt it like, the Law too?
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