SS: people who dont use turn signals

Tommy Boomfiger · 06-18-2002, 02:24 AM

i dont know if this has been posted before, but i dont care.

for the fourth time this week, ive been stuck behind some bafoon in a lexus or bimmer who wants to drive just a tad slower than i do, but wants to keep cutting me off while i try to switch lanes using my turn signal

. its really annoying when you see a little window of oppertunity to pass the loser when they just kinda drift right in front of you like they own the freaking road just as your front bumper is by thier rear bumper. [/venting]

whitak24 · 06-18-2002, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tommy Boomfiger
i dont know if this has been posted before, but i dont care.

for the fourth time this week, ive been stuck behind some bafoon in a lexus or bimmer who wants to drive just a tad slower than i do, but wants to keep cutting me off while i try to switch lanes using my turn signal . its really annoying when you see a little window of oppertunity to pass the loser when they just kinda drift right in front of you like they own the freaking road just as your front bumper is by thier rear bumper. [/venting]

yeah, i feel your pain. that is SO obnoxious.

people just need to learn to share the road.

Tommy Boomfiger · 06-18-2002, 08:56 AM

im a pretty easy going guy, and if some moron does this once, i dont even let it bother me. but if it happens for miles i really get ticked. the first of the 4 this week was on lake shore drive in chicago. anyone who has driven there knows that there isnt a whole lot of room and usually has a lot of cars on it. i can usually get through, but i had this lexus rx300 with some ignorant &!^(# on a phone just drifting into my lane not really looking where she was going. when i got to my destination about 5 miles later i was fuming. for people who know, it was on lake shore drive starting at balbo going north till about la salle. that about 3 miles

~~DoPeY5007~~ · 06-18-2002, 09:00 AM

I hardly use my turn signals, but I am a agressave driver and try not to get into peoples way....

Tommy Boomfiger · 06-18-2002, 09:07 AM

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Originally posted by DoPeY5007
I hardly use my turn signals, but I am a agressave driver and try to to get into peoples way....

you suck then

its all good though, you didnt get in my way

~~DoPeY5007~~ · 06-18-2002, 09:20 AM

ooops that was spose to say NOT

but no one uses them in LA any way

Tommy Boomfiger · 06-18-2002, 09:31 AM

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Originally posted by DoPeY5007
ooops that was spose to say NOT

but no one uses them in LA any way

in that case i rescind my previous remarks.
yeah, when i visited LA i didnt see many people using turn signals either

Jihforce · 06-18-2002, 10:26 AM

I don't really use then as often as i should. Specially if I am a few car lenghts from the next car. But its weird that I always use them when I am making a right or left turn onto another street. Weird.

CluelessSi · 06-18-2002, 11:06 AM

It is the law in NY to use turn signals when switching lanes.. though a lot of people don't.... I saw it on those overhead signs on the highway... the same ones that says buckle up it's the law..

Tommy Boomfiger · 06-18-2002, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by CluelessSi
It is the law in NY to use turn signals when switching lanes.. though a lot of people don't.... I saw it on those overhead signs on the highway... the same ones that says buckle up it's the law..

its the law in a lot of places. i know people here in illiois whove gotten tickets for not using thier signals for chaning lanes. you practically have to do it right in front of a cop to get a ticket though

Grimm · 06-18-2002, 11:51 AM

Sometimes you can't use turn signals... no sense in warning the bastards.

sbp · 06-18-2002, 03:19 PM

Around here people always speed up when you try to change lanes. Jerks.

SnowSurfer · 06-28-2002, 08:09 AM

some woman was flying down the street the other day and last minute she decided to turn she almost clipped the front of my car...stupid people. learn to drive!!

Jihforce · 06-28-2002, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by sbp
Around here people always speed up when you try to change lanes. Jerks.

Yeah that's one of my reasons for not always using turn signals.
Just today, I was trying to merge into the left lane because there was an accident on my lane. I turn the signal and guess what? Everyone speeds up because they don't want me to get in front of them. So I speed up and cut someone off. Whatever. If people are going to a-holes then they are just going to have to put up with my crap.

attgig · 07-01-2002, 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by Jihforce
Whatever. If people are going to a-holes then they are just going to have to put up with my crap.

johnnymk · 07-01-2002, 01:34 PM

Man, it really takes a lot of effort to flick the turn signal switch.. I am convinced that people who don't use turn signals get a certain amount of satisfaction watching the guy behind him lose it!
Just like in the inner city where I go to work( or use to ) when the guy in front of me slows down or the young kid crossing the street walks as slow as possible after the light has changed.

OC · 07-01-2002, 02:50 PM

I thought of a bumper sticker:

"It's ok, Californians don't use their turn signals either."

That alone would bring shame to many Washingtonians.

-OC

sbp · 07-01-2002, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by overclocked
I thought of a bumper sticker:

"It's ok, Californians don't use their turn signals either."

That alone would bring shame to many Washingtonians.

-OC

Best of all that bumper sticker could be used in the DC area also. Although Californians might have to be changed to something else like West Virginians.

Ladogaboy · 07-01-2002, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by overclocked
That alone would bring shame to many Washingtonians.

-OC

Yeah, I can understand why. Most of the California drivers I know "duck and cover" when they see a vehicle from Washington or Oregon. Of course, we don't see them for very long: they are usually doing 90+. I guess they are too busy with their cell phones to notice the speed limit signs.

Oh, and no, I've never had any bad experiences with Washington and Oregon drivers... can't you tell?

06-18-2002, 02:24 AM	#1
Tommy Boomfiger Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Chi town Posts: 2,348	SS: people who dont use turn signals i dont know if this has been posted before, but i dont care. for the fourth time this week, ive been stuck behind some bafoon in a lexus or bimmer who wants to drive just a tad slower than i do, but wants to keep cutting me off while i try to switch lanes using my turn signal . its really annoying when you see a little window of oppertunity to pass the loser when they just kinda drift right in front of you like they own the freaking road just as your front bumper is by thier rear bumper. [/venting]

06-18-2002, 09:00 AM	#4
~~DoPeY5007~~ court-martialled Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brig Posts: 0	I hardly use my turn signals, but I am a agressave driver and try not to get into peoples way.... Last edited by DoPeY5007 : 06-18-2002 at 09:19 AM.

06-18-2002, 10:26 AM	#8
Jihforce Vice Admiral Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 4,352	I don't really use then as often as i should. Specially if I am a few car lenghts from the next car. But its weird that I always use them when I am making a right or left turn onto another street. Weird. __________________ Auto Leasing Info @ RIDEwithG.com \| My Food & Travel Blog

06-18-2002, 11:06 AM	#9
CluelessSi Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,038	It is the law in NY to use turn signals when switching lanes.. though a lot of people don't.... I saw it on those overhead signs on the highway... the same ones that says buckle up it's the law.. __________________ ~Reality is an illusion~ 1 Thess 5:16-18

06-28-2002, 08:09 AM	#13
SnowSurfer Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,616	re some woman was flying down the street the other day and last minute she decided to turn she almost clipped the front of my car...stupid people. learn to drive!! __________________ I have an athlon xp 2500+ ... aren't you glad you know that?

06-18-2002, 08:56 AM	#3
Tommy Boomfiger Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Chi town Posts: 2,348	im a pretty easy going guy, and if some moron does this once, i dont even let it bother me. but if it happens for miles i really get ticked. the first of the 4 this week was on lake shore drive in chicago. anyone who has driven there knows that there isnt a whole lot of room and usually has a lot of cars on it. i can usually get through, but i had this lexus rx300 with some ignorant &!^(# on a phone just drifting into my lane not really looking where she was going. when i got to my destination about 5 miles later i was fuming. for people who know, it was on lake shore drive starting at balbo going north till about la salle. that about 3 miles

06-18-2002, 09:20 AM	#6
~~DoPeY5007~~ court-martialled Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brig Posts: 0	ooops that was spose to say NOT but no one uses them in LA any way

06-18-2002, 11:51 AM	#11
Grimm 100% Pure Evil Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 7,861	Sometimes you can't use turn signals... no sense in warning the bastards.

06-18-2002, 03:19 PM	#12
sbp Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 11,037	Around here people always speed up when you try to change lanes. Jerks.

07-01-2002, 01:34 PM	#16
johnnymk Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: May 2000 Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA Posts: 13,621	Man, it really takes a lot of effort to flick the turn signal switch.. I am convinced that people who don't use turn signals get a certain amount of satisfaction watching the guy behind him lose it! Just like in the inner city where I go to work( or use to ) when the guy in front of me slows down or the young kid crossing the street walks as slow as possible after the light has changed.

07-01-2002, 02:50 PM	#17
OC the admiral formerly known as overclocked Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Outside the mainstream Posts: 5,922	I thought of a bumper sticker: "It's ok, Californians don't use their turn signals either." That alone would bring shame to many Washingtonians. -OC __________________ But what is adulthood except a delayed end-run around our parents' better judgment? -- Peter Egan cough

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