posts very much in character

pointer lights

winky bulbs

winky blinkies

clickers goddammit

A clicker is a thing you use to change the tv channel or open your garage door

turn signals tick, they don't click

the difference between tick and click is that tick is a tiny woodland arthropod of the order acarina, while click is a brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand

anyway that's what all the drivers ed instructors called it

I can't remember what any of them said other than "DON'T DO THAT" and "YOU NEED TO STOP"

why wouldn't you signal out of a driveway? How many driveways launch you directly into the direction of travel? Your car has to turn in a direction as you enter the roadway.

usually i'd be pulling out onto an empty road though. sometimes i would signal when like, entering a cul-de-sac. there were cases in which it wasn't warranted.

#suburbs

There's never harm done by indicating (unless you do it wrong) but there can be harm done by not indicating if there's someone there you didn't see. It just makes sense to indicate every time.

how to decide which side indicator to use, coin flip?

nevermind nevermind nevermind let's end this derail now

... You use the indicator that's in the direction you are turning? what an odd question

what the hell is an indicator?

like, there's no point to indicating you are making a turn unless you are making a turn, regardless of whether you are moving forwards or backwards

I am confused as to what information you think people are attempting to impart here

xp lol, I meant blinkah</Boston>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UpHBn0FIVw

there it is xp

i need visual aids

so i guess (u.s. perspective)

- you're in a driveway perpendicular to the road you're backing/turning into

- you're signaling to the car that will be behind you once you turn

got it. or kill me, i am stupid :(

oh man i get it now. so embarassed

this may be related to my difficulty in GTA w/r/t turning backwards in the intended direction

why wouldn't you signal out of a driveway? How many driveways launch you directly into the direction of travel? Your car has to turn in a direction as you enter the roadway.

― Sean, let me be clear (silby), Tuesday, July 19, 2016 4:01 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

technically if you parked with the rear of the vehicle to the garage, my childhood driveway was like this, as there was a road straight across from it. but then again I never parked like that.

- you're signaling to the car that will be behind you once you turn

exactally. though when i use my blinky thingy, i figure the most important audience is the person i've somehow completely failed to notice, whoever they might be and whatever direction they might be traveling in.

omg stop. i regret making this a thing.

yes. please everyone come to a complete stop.

I sometimes stop dead in crosswalks to force cars to come to a complete stop it's vindictive and satisfying.

Click click
Click click
Click click
Click click

chilling

Best thread derail ever

I'm obsessed with blinkers, and I don't even drive

Seeing ppl not using them sends my temperature up about 20 degrees and brings out a desire to kill

I blame the non-blinker-using asshole who ran over my foot on a turn when I was a little kid

this thread took a "turn" for the worse

many xps to brimstead, you'd be signaling to a car in a driveway across from you that may be turning into the same lane

with no "indication"! xp

i don't think anyone has pointed out re: the driveway thing that it's good info for cross traffic.

good info for birds and lizards

and the small storm cloud that's coupled to your movements

and the burglar that's casing your house

one thing prob a majority of drivers dont understand is blinkers are for using before you change lanes if you put them on as youre changing lanes its not really that helpful cause ppl can just see yr car moving

^^^^^ this is one of the truest driving-related things that has ever been spoken

they're like the people that put their hands on your chair and have already picked it up prior to asking "are you using this seat?"

Isn't there already a thread for standup comics to take an acerbic sideways look at the frustrations of everyday life

lol

That's every thread.

I find the move-then-signal thing super irritating but I have heard that in some regions where drivers are notoriously assholes driver's education actually _encourages_ this behavior

the thing I run into all the time (which is almost as irritating) is people who brake for 20 feet and then turn on their signal. oh wow, you're turning, I thought maybe you just decided slowing down for no reason was a great idea

mysteriously the twin cities is one of the few places where people have actually slowed down to let me in when I put on my signal to change lanes

it could be related to the fact there seems to be an on-ramp for every five people in that area

*starts victory garden*

*has dealings with Libyan Nationalists*

one thing prob a majority of drivers dont understand is blinkers are for using before you change lanes if you put them on as youre changing lanes its not really that helpful cause ppl can just see yr car moving

― lag∞n, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 11:55 AM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^ this is one of the truest driving-related things that has ever been spoken

― http://porno (DJP), Wednesday, July 20, 2016 11:59 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes yes yes yes yes