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[jaina]

When I'm driving down a residential street behind another car and they slow down and there's a driveway on the left and none on the right, I normally assume they're about to turn into that driveway and refrain from attempting to pass them on the left. But that's just me.

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[tiggymalvern]

I so rarely see anyone use them

You and a hundred million other Americans, yeah, I know, hence the rant!

There are people in Britain who don't indicate, but in the US it's a freaking epidemic, and I just don't understand why. Is it really so much extra effort to press that stick down? What form of laziness is it that means so few people can be bothered to make that one second single finger effort to let other road users and pedestrians know what they plan to do?

I'd almost say it's more important to indicate for driveway turns. When you're approaching a major intersection, people expect you to be slowing and doing things. Driving along a straight, empty road, they're watching for you less. When someone starts to slow like that, are they turning left into the driveway, or pulling over right because they're lost and want to check a map? I'm not goddamn psychic, please let me know in advance!

I get so infuriated by all the Americans randomly changing lanes on the freeway into gaps that barely exist anyway without indicating, and half the time, yeah, it's because they've got a phone surgicaly attached. And hey, they're in a Dodge Ram, so other people will got out of their way if they don't want to die, right? Grrrr.

[jaina]

I can only guess that it's because they think of driveways as roads. In actual lanes and real road turns, I do see people signal all the time, though there are a few who don't. For me, I guess it's just because I rarely have anyone around me when I'm pulling into the driveway. I know if I'd hit the chick yesterday, it would've been legally my responsibility, but she was still a dink for a couple of reasons. *g*