03-18-2006, 11:04 PM
The problem with people not using their turn signals is that there is no way to signal that you're not planning to turn...
In my neighborhood there is a main road that cuts through and at one intersection nearly everyone is making a left or right turn onto the main road. On both sides of the main road the cross street has two lanes, one for a right turn and one for left or straight. It's annoying when I want to make a left and the driver across the intersection doesn't signal their left turn, and I'm left to sit until they actually start making the left turn before I can start my turn, because I can't tell what they are planning to do. However, it's worse when I want to go straight through that intersection and the driver across the way cuts their left turn in front of me because they assume I was making a left and didn't signal (or maybe they're not thinking at all...) Anyway I'm always careful at that intersection because there have been some close calls there.
In my neighborhood there is a main road that cuts through and at one intersection nearly everyone is making a left or right turn onto the main road. On both sides of the main road the cross street has two lanes, one for a right turn and one for left or straight. It's annoying when I want to make a left and the driver across the intersection doesn't signal their left turn, and I'm left to sit until they actually start making the left turn before I can start my turn, because I can't tell what they are planning to do. However, it's worse when I want to go straight through that intersection and the driver across the way cuts their left turn in front of me because they assume I was making a left and didn't signal (or maybe they're not thinking at all...) Anyway I'm always careful at that intersection because there have been some close calls there.