I knew you weren't going to turn

[Catwoman2965]

So the other day I'm on my way to work, and waiting to turn left at a light. There were two cars in the right lane on the opposite side, and a ginormous SUV in the left lane, signaling left. But something told me he wasn't going to, so I hesitated for a second, rather than making my left turn. Good thing I did since he blew through the intersection, still with his signal on! Idiot. Had I gone, I probably would have ended up in the nearby parking lot, smashed to bits.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Hey! No using your telepathy to save yourself, selfish bint! You use that for customers' whiny demands, ONLY.

(I'm glad you're okay.)

[Catwoman2965]

Me too! I just kind of knew, maybe by the fact he wasn't really slowing down. Plus, that intersection has jsut enough of a dip, that if someone is coming from the oppositte direction, you sometimes can't see if anyone is behind them. So I tend to wait a second or two.

[Draper Mel]

Instincts can be very handy. Glad you're ok.

[LillFilly]

I hate that. That's why I wait till I finally see their tires turning.

[RealUnimportant]

Yeah, you can't rely on signals (or their lack) for anything nowadays... Sucks.

[dragon_wings]

Routinely I have the opposite problem. At the stop light where I turn left to get to the back road that takes me home I've lost count of the people going the other direction that don't signal that their turning right. If I don't have the protected green arrow I wait for a decent gap. Numerous times I'd have had time to turn before the other person. If they'd only signaled!

[Merriweather]

Routinely I have the opposite problem. At the stop light where I turn left to get to the back road that takes me home I've lost count of the people going the other direction that don't signal that their turning right. If I don't have the protected green arrow I wait for a decent gap. Numerous times I'd have had time to turn before the other person. If they'd only signaled!

My favourite turn signal story is some dumbass that was ahead of me once on my way to work.

Road is two lane (one in each direction) but at a particular intersection, when headed in our direction, it widened to have both a short left-turn lane, and the shoulder widened to give a right turn lane as well.


The guy was in the center lane (to go straight thru the intersection).
He had his left turn signal on.
He turned right.

[Pagan]

I hate that. That's why I wait till I finally see their tires turning.

I do that, too.

Sometimes, I get a douchnozzle behind me that starts honking at me to go. Look, bub, from where you are, 1) you can't necessarily see what I can and B) I'm the one in control of this vehicle. If you want to be an idiot with yours, go right ahead. I, however, don't feel like getting killed....

[Merriweather]

I do that, too.

Sometimes, I get a douchnozzle behind me that starts honking at me to go. Look, bub, from where you are, 1) you can't necessarily see what I can and B) I'm the one in control of this vehicle. If you want to be an idiot with yours, go right ahead. I, however, don't feel like getting killed....

Yep, I will decide whtn it's safe for me to go, and no amount of outside influence is going to change that.