Turn Signals, Does Anyone Use Them Anymore?

[Jaybird1980]

The scariest roundabout I know is probably this one in the UK, it has 5 mini roundabouts with a central larger one, 3 or 4 lanes and of course you take it clockwise ... not counterclockwise.

I would do anything to avoid having to go through that.

 

[Sylvain]

That's what I was thinking. It doesn't look any bigger than a regular intersection. Good luck with a truck and trailer.

Buses use those but I'm not sure they turn.

 

[Quiet Observer]

Buses use those but I'm not sure they turn.

The bus is articulated in the middle to allow it to go around tight curves.

 

[jbombelli]

I just leave mine on all the time. You got a 50/50 chance I eventually turn that way, so that's good enough.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I just leave mine on all the time. You got a 50/50 chance I eventually turn that way, so that's good enough.

I just leave my emergency flashers on... Am I going left? Am I going right? I like to keep people on their toes.

 

[Lpherr]

How fast are you driving through roundabouts, exactly?

 

[Frosty]

I just leave my emergency flashers on... Am I going left? Am I going right? I like to keep people on their toes.

So you’re one of those people…

 

[DoggyDaddy]

So you’re one of those people…

 

[two70]

I don't do that on a 4 way, there are a couple of 2 way stop signs around me I do that to. Where you are supposed to stop the sight lines aren't very good, pulling forward that extra 5-6ft makes a big difference.

Yeah, there are a lot of stop signs where the white "stop" line is way to0 far back to safely see and one has to stop farther forward. I'm not talking about those, I'm talking strictly about 4 ways with wide a**ed open view that people do the multi stop on. I've never seen this maneuver anywhere else but Johnson Co. and I see someone do it a couple times per week here.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Yeah, there are a lot of stop signs where the white "stop" line is way to0 far back to safely see and one has to stop farther forward. I'm not talking about those, I'm talking strictly about 4 ways with wide a**ed open view that people do the multi stop on. I've never seen this maneuver anywhere else but Johnson Co. and I see someone do it a couple times per week here.

I think I've probably done something similar a couple of times. Usually when there is decent traffic. I'll start rolling forward when the other person should be going and my turn is next, when they are slow to go I have to stop. When I say start rolling forward I don't mean giving it any gas just taking my foot off the brake.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

 

[ancjr]

Here in Johnson Co. the idiots have a tendency to stop multiple times for a stop sign. They stop at the white line, then pull forward and stop again partially into the intersection. Some even do a third stop even farther into the intersection. It really screws up the timing on 4 ways and I've never seen this procedure anywhere else. Of course, I've also followed a number of people that stop unnecessarily for roundabouts then proceed to roll through stop signs.

They do the exact same here.

 

[ancjr]

I saw a person stopped at the roundabout a couple of weeks ago with their left signal on. They would dart forward and a car would come at them and they'd stop. Once they did that about 3 or 4 times and I had room to get around them, I skee-daddled out of there.

 

[spencer rifle]

I try to stay aware of what vehicles are around me and where. If I don't see any, I often don't signal. If there are no other drivers to communicate my intentions to, I don't communicate. Us introverts avoid unnecessary communication.

This drives extrovert SWMBO crazy. My reason is it's more important to be constantly aware of traffic around you than just blindly signal always. Not good enough.

 

[marvin02]

With everything else they put on newer vehicles, turn signals should be automatic by now

They haven't refined the probes to plug into your brain yet, they are arguing on the specs for the plug to install at birth. By the time they do someone will have a wireless solution.