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I did not know about soft turn signals until I saw this post.

I question why this feature exists. Drivers should be aiming to signal 10 seconds ahead. When making a lane change or turn, you should be keeping your signal on until the maneuver is completed. I can’t think of a circumstance where 3 blinks is enough. 1 blink looks more like a mistaken signal.

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boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Law is 3 seconds here, which is a bit longer than 3, but not a lot. 10 can get ambiguous because there might be a street before the one you’re actually turning at, and then you’ll confuse others.

The 3 blinks is mostly just for roundabout exits though, at least for me. 3 seconds of blinking could mean 2 different exit. Again, confus.

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- some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  My favorite blinker scenario locally is an offramp/series of interchanges getting off a local interstate which calls for several right blinker indications in a row:
  
  Start on 2-lane 55mph turnpike with exit coming up on the right in ~.5 miles
  
  right blinker goes on as the turnpike gradually widens to 5 lanes, adding new lanes on the right every ~.1 miles - I leave the blinker on as I hug the solid white and slip into each new lane as it comes
  
  After .2 miles of being in the rightmost of the 5 lanes, I slip onto the exit ramp - blinker is still on
  
  After another .1 miles, the ramp splits and I take the right side of the fork - blinker still on
  
  Yet another fork after that where I stay to the right again
  
  Another roadway merges in on the right
  
  Come up on a T intersection of the off-ramp with the surface street and, you guessed it, the blinker is STILL ON, and it’s another right turn for me
  
  That last 90° turn is enough of a steering wheel rotation to trigger the automatic shutoff of the blinker
  
  Grinning like an idiot the rest of the way home, fucking glorious
  
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  - boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I can sorta imagine it, but also not. I think we need a video to laugh at
    
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    some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Maybe I’ll take a dashcam video. Seems like the sort of thing that belongs in dull men’s club.
    
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thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
three is good enough for lane changes on the freeway, sure 10 seconds would be optimal but it’s not always realistic

idk about 1 because I think it’s absurd too

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exu@feditown.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I use the three blinks when exiting a roundabout.

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too_high_for_this@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Ten seconds of signaling is insane. If you have the room, put on the blinker, change lanes safely, then turn it off.

That’s a quarter mile at freeway speed and more than an average block in the city. You might as well just keep it on the entire time you’re driving since nobody will know what you’re signaling.

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