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Also, pedestrians are a part of traffic and they also benefit from knowing where your car will go next. All the freakin time you reach an intersection and they sit there and just won’t let you know where they are going next. Then either you’re waiting for no reason or they almost kill you or they start waving with their hands. Like come on dude, use the turn signal.
Window tints are also a hazard for this reason - I can't see the driver waving or make eye contact.
Yeah, I've noticed more people are tinting their entire front windshield with something dark. It's kinda nuts.
I never could understand how those people aren't getting pulled over daily. Like freaking limo tint on every window.
It’s quite simple. The police quiet quit/are on strike. If you dig around, the number of citations has plummeted
Used to happen a lot. The drivers began to shout racism and it seemed to stop that traffic stop.
It's also illegal
My friend is an ophthalmologist and says they get tons of non-medical requests for a doctor's note for excessive tints. I don't think people realize how dangerous, irresponsible, and selfish vanity tinting is.
That is nuts!
It cracks me up when those drivers do the hand waving and I’m like bro I can barely see you through those pitch black windows
On that note if I’m walking and am 20 or more feet from the intersection with a car that is going to turn, just make the turn. Don’t wait for me to cross. You can easily make the turn before I even get there.
It’s illegal. They’ll get a ticket for doing this. Ask me how I know.
This! And I’m not going to react to your hand waving out of principle.
And the worst is when you try timing to cross multiple lanes and one random car slows down trying to be helpful but actually they just messed up your one chance to get across. Keeep moving… just be predictable!!
I want to know why drivers stop mid turn when blocking the lane they are turning into to check for cars or to turn the signal on.
They can't see around the parked cars, large SUV's and pick-up's blocking the view. Trash bins also obstruct the view.
So glad to finally see a top comment deserve the spot in this sub
I’m betting it’s the same people who refuse to mask when THEY are sick with COVID or anything else.
for the longest time I thought BMWs just didn't come with turn signal switches.
Omg fucking for really they drive me nuts
If I’m bored I’ll roll up to them at the next stop light and let them know their blinker isn’t working.
Yup. And Teslas lack that switch too.
Teslas have the same issue.
Lazy ass losers don't bother, since they think the world revolves around them..
There are people in here trying to justify not using it lmaooo.
it's my favorite thing. Any post in this sub about LA drivers taking anyresponsibility for their driving that they're already obligated to do on behalf of having a drivers license results in so much frothing at the mouth and blaming literally anyone but their damn selves lol
I've been a driver since 2006, of vehicles from sedans, to Sprinters, to 36 passengers minibusses. The way I do it has worked well for me. I always use signals, just not to far in advance of the lane change.
Blinker fluid is expensive.
Fuck yeah it is. It's because I bought it all up, so it's all my fault no one can use their blinkers. GETCHO FRESH BLINKER JUICE HERE!!!!
I am convinced, after talking to a lady who I accidentally stole a parking spot from, that she had no clue how to use her blinkers.
She just sat there in the aisle as a spot was about to open. I thought maybe she was going to take the other one that was going to open soon. When I parked in a spot, she drove off in a circle before trying to line up for a different spot. I apologized to her and let her know that she didn't have her blinker on. I then watched as she circled the parking lot some for looking for another spot and basically had the same experience with someone else. She never once used her blinker.
there's a very good chance she doesn't know how to turn her headlights on at night,
Nor turn on wipers in rain and goes full speed on slick roads
Or she's just blinding everyone with high beams.
Hopefully it came preset to auto so it turns on at night
Omg the amount of customers I had to teach this to when I worked at car dealerships.....
They really need to make people retake driving tests every 10 years
because they feel driving is antagonistic, don't give away intention, always get ahead, etc etc, and when thinking that way, pedestrians and cyclists dont even factor into consideration. Its a dog eat dog world driving a car here... apparently.
i fucking hate it/them.
And you see where they get the idea from the millions of times you politely put on your signal with plenty of room by your side only for some jackass to use it as a cue to speed up and block you out for no reason. Thus the shithead cycle continuous forever and ever
I hear this a lot but I honestly don't feel like it occurs as common as yall are making it out to be.
I happens to me a lot - but I still use my turn signals any time I turn or change lanes. Because it’s more efficient in the aggregate to let people know what you’re doing.
This x100. There is zero courtesy, you are right, it’s a literal signal for them to mess with you.
Maybe 1/10x does someone actually let me in. I grew up in Detroit and thought drivers were pricks there… oh no, LA is a whole new level.
Grew up driving in LA, now in ATL.
I use turn signals because it's the safe, right thing to do.
Have I used a turn signal to have a driver speed up and block me? Sure.
Does it happen everytime? No.
Has it ever caused me to miss my turn or exit? Maybe once, because I don't wait til the last minute.
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE.
To some drivers, a turn signal is a sign of weakness & they'll speed up to block your merge.
I've heard this said all the time, but I always signal to change lanes and I don't find it to be true. Also if I see another car with a turn signal on, I'll be more likely to let them in because I know what they are trying to do.
It depends. If we're before a freeway interchange and I need to merge because I need to be in the correct lane before the split or I need to get into the slow lane to eventually exit, other drivers will happily let me merge.
But if I just got onto the freeway and I'm trying to merge from the slow lane to the fast lane, people will speed up to prevent me from merging over if they see me signaling left. It's way worse if I'm in a large vehicle.
I kid you not, I was on the 2 in the middle lane going south, car ahead of me wants to merge left. Van behind both of us with a semi clear lane fucking MASHES THE GAS PEDAL to not let the car in front of me merge.
Still merged anyways, car in front was committed and the van hit the brakes, not enough to squeal but..wtf man
I wouldn't say it the norm but it happens a lot more than you would want.
This has only ever happened to me in New Jersey. It was so bad that either I would merge without signaling so they had no time to cut me off, or I would signal earlier so they would pass me faster and I could slide in behind them.
I laughed at this cause I found that this was standard practice in Texas. I was in Austin last week, had to rent a car since they dont have (commie) public transportation.
EVERY-TIME I signaled to merge, I could hear a truck engine rev-up to keep me from merging. Didint matter if it was an empty highway, bumper to bumper, or a short off-ramp. I thought it was just me, but when I started merging without signal, people would actually slow down, lol.
They were telling you they're the Alpha and that's their dominance call.
"I'll show you! You're not gonna make ME take my foot off the gas!"
From all the dashcam accident videos I've watched, it seems to me that Texans like to fuck with each other.
It's like this in the Midwest as well. Fucking weird.
It pairs nicely with gun ownership.
Yup! This
Many aren’t doing it for that, I’d wager most are actually just too lazy to move their FINGER to the turn signal.
I find my ratio to be about 40/30/30. 40%, speed up, 30% slow down to let me in, 30% don't do anything and keep the same speed.
I had some dolt do this to me last week. Respect the zipper merge!
I'll speed up if someone turns on their blinker while spaced in such a way that I'd need to hit my brakes to let them in. If they can get in without me needing to brake, I'll let them him.
Sometimes I loathe LA
It's more likely that the other driver doesn't see the signal or sees it, decides they are in a bad place and might get hit, speeds up to get ahead to the let the driver in. I do that unconsciously quite a bit.
That’s why i use my signal not as a request to change lanes, but to let them know it’s happening (i signal right as I’m changing lanes, so they have no chance to speed up)
this is just as much of a dick move as not signaling
It’s a warning not a request, as the CHP officer explained to me once. You don’t get to “decide” in this sense, you obey the law and let the fucking person merge. There seems to be some sort of belief that it’s discretionary, it is not.
Just to clarify, merging and changing lanes are two different things. People are required to let merging traffic merge. People who want to change lanes though are required to make sure the lane they're trying to enter is clear and safe to enter before changing lanes.
merging and changing lanes are two different things
Exactly. It's a turn signal. I'm turning, and this is your warning.
Good luck everyone!
This is the way.
Some drivers need to go to therapy and stop being so paranoid about other people’s driving
How long have you been driving in Los Angeles?
I grew up driving in downtown chicago, LA is same diff.
decades later, I still drive respectfully. using directional, don't tailgate, etc. if I put my directional on and someone speeds up, then I guess I'm waiting a moment to get behind them. just because there are assholes on the road, doesn't mean I need to be one also.
Too long
Next question
I assume that means eight months as well.
Almost 8 months now and I've come to the realization that everyone in this damn city doesn't know how to drive. About 90% of you would fail a legit Driver's Ed class in another state.
Was never like this in Kansas City or Seattle.
Lol, Seattle drivers are far worse. Absolutely oblivious to their surroundings including all the other cars, and "nice" to a fault (oh you have a stop sign and I don't? I'll just slam on my brakes and stop anyway so you can go. Go on, go ahead, aren't I nice? Go ahead, I can wait here all day... Yes there's no one behind me and the intersection would have been clear if I hadn't stopped, go on now...)
Both of those cities don’t have third world levels of traffic but that’s cute cupcake
This happened to me 3x yesterday. Cruising around in my small sports car on a Sunday, turn my signal on to exit or merge into an empty slot with plenty of room and suddenly car behind me speeds up while I’m already in the lane. Twice the cars kept going to the point where they had to move over midway through them moving up.
Do you mean merge or change lanes?
Change lanes
on the other hand I've also seen drivers who'll put on their blinkers but then don't...speed up a little to merge into the space the car in the lane next to them has created and instead just drift along at the same speed as the car in the next lane they're trying to merge into with their turn signal still blinking. Like the other driver is giving you plenty enough room to merge so what's the holdup?
I think if we're all as unpredictable as possible, everything's gonna get better.
From Northeast Ohio, can confirm.
This is so true.
When I've confirmed I can get over, I turn on my blinker and within 1 blink I move over. Otherwise some butt nugget gonna speed up and close the gap.
Come on!
Which is def not a reason to not use the blinker, right?
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This is true and it sucks but to be fair on the other side a lot of people take WAY too long to change lanes and slow two lanes down in order to eeeeeaaaaaase in at approximately the speed of plate tectonics.
My hands are busy. Usually have a subway sandwich in one hand and browsing Reddit on the other hand. I drive with my knee, it’s hard to get to the turn signal with the other knee.
Found the Altima driver