You have indicators (turn signals) Use the damn things!

[crazylegs]

Last I heard, in the UK (where phoenix is), pedestrians have right of way everywhere barring motorways and possibly dual carriageways.

Not too sure about right of way, but they are allowed to wander freely on the road (except motorway, which is expressly forbidden by law).

However on a junction, where a side road meets a main road, if your crossing the mouth of the junction the pedestrian has right of way there.

[ditchdj]

My husband jokes that here in Kentucky, people get a discount on their insurance for not using turn signals. I for one have lost count of how many times I've ALMOST hit someone who decided they HAD to have the spot my car was occupying without even looking to see if I had moved.

Same here right across the Ohio River in Indiana. Isn't fun when someone decides to change lanes using the "Run You Off the Road Method".

And even when you lay on the horn they just ignore you like you're not even there and continue getting over, forcing you to slam on your brakes.

[dalesys]

Wouldn't it be great if cars came fitted with indicators as standard?

Well, when I took driver's ed (67) indicators where already standard, but there were still quite a few old cars (and I drove some) where the indication was the driver stuck an arm out the window (and not the modern salute).

From the SC-Drivers viewpoint, the indicators are faulty, since they are insufficiently telepathic to KNOW which way to blink.

I remember following a carload of friends with their blinker on from Blackfoot to Salt Lake (180 miles). We gave the driver hell.

[AriRashkae]

Well, when I took driver's ed (67) indicators where already standard, but there were still quite a few old cars (and I drove some) where the indication was the driver stuck an arm out the window (and not the modern salute).

My dad taught me those, because sometimes it's more practical to take the tractor down the road to teh hayfield instead of across the swamp pasture.

Of course, since it's an old FarmAll with no cab and only the 1 seat, sometimes we cheat and point to the right for a R turn instead of holding the left arm up.

[smileyeagle1021]

I remember following a carload of friends with their blinker on from Blackfoot to Salt Lake (180 miles). We gave the driver hell.

I can beat that one... my mother caravaned across nevada once... the person in front of her would signal to merge on the interstate then never turn his blinker off... he did this the whole distance from Reno to Salt Lake City (550 miles)
I challenge anyone to beat that for distance

[Rapscallion]

Not too sure about right of way, but they are allowed to wander freely on the road (except motorway, which is expressly forbidden by law).

However on a junction, where a side road meets a main road, if your crossing the mouth of the junction the pedestrian has right of way there.

I have to admit that I'm relying on memories of the highway code that are ... two decades old.

Ouch.

The version I had didn't explicitly say which side of the road you should drive on. I checked!

Rapscallion

[wolfie]

Same here right across the Ohio River in Indiana. Isn't fun when someone decides to change lanes using the "Run You Off the Road Method".

And even when you lay on the horn they just ignore you like you're not even there and continue getting over, forcing you to slam on your brakes.

Had that happen to me a couple times. People in full-size SUVs seem to have the attitude "I've got 3 tons of steel to protect my family, so you'll regret it if you don't get out of my way". Of course I'd regret it - I'd have to explain to the company safety director why I got into a "preventable". They may have 3 tons of steel to protect their family, but running bobtail (no trailer) I've got 10 tons to turn them into a red smear - plus I had a trailer with over 40,000 pounds of paper in it.