Do you use your blinker in a car?

Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

I use it literally everywhere out of habit, I got made fun of for using it when pulling out of my moms driveway once lol

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POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Where I’m going is none of your business.

In all seriousness I’m pretty sure I always do. Even when no one is around. Just good habits.

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jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Basically everywhere. Not always when pulling in my driveway if no one else is around, but I’ve certainly seen driveways where you might even use it pulling out. I don’t use it pulling out of my driveway. It’s rare that I not use it otherwise, though. Very occasionally I’ll think I’ve put it on but discover while turning that I didn’t have it on. Might be my ADHD causing that.

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BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Hey, it’s your life. If you want to use your blinker so that it is easier to get an opening, and so people are more likely to avoid hitting you, well, that’s your choice.

Also, the results in here will be survivor biased. The people in wrecks because they didn’t use their blinker are too busy dealing with insurance and repair times and rental cars to be on Lemmy. They are also busy having to remind people that they are the most important person on the road.

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- adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Just to note, it could also be other people’s lives.
  
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anas@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Oh I’m very happy to also use it in a turn only lane at a red light for 3 minutes

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Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
No, I ran out of blinker fluid and the price is too high from the tariffs now.

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letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If it makes a difference to someone, yes. Otherwise I don’t bother.

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selkiesidhe@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yes. Because people are horrible drivers and I want them to know what I’m up to. At least one of us can be informed about the other…

The only time I don’t is when there is no one behind me and I’m turning onto my home street. Or if I’m sitting in a turn only lane. If I’m in a turn only lane, then I’m turning so…

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ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Didn’t say anyone mention insurance. If you’re in an accident, and they didn’t indicate when manoeuvring, they’re at fault. Unintentionally tested this out. The opposite is also true, if you indicate, and someone runs into you, likelihood is they will be found at fault.

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brokenlcd@feddit.it ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yes, i don’t even think about it anymore, i just throw my hand on the stick as i turn the steering wheel, even for simple adjustments when i park. It’s not as mutch ahead of time at it should be, but still better than most of my country tha might as well not have that stick.

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- Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  as i turn the steering wheel
  
  You should be signalling before you actually turn.
  
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- sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Exactly right, if you make it part of your muscle memory, you don’t have to think about it, you just do it. Also, even if “no one’s there” 99% of the time you “didn’t need” to put on the signal, there will always be the 1% it helped somebody and you never even noticed.
  
  OP should make fun of the people making fun of them.
  
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mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Either you use it or you dont. It is good to use it though, make it a good habit. Plus, I want to announce to those around me especially when I am backing up into a garage: I am here, do not stand in my way. If you dont use it, obviously you can cause accidents.

That being said, there is a 3rd group who I absolutely fucking despised:

Those who use it just to show the cops or whoever the fuck around that “look, I use blinkers”

When changing lane or enter a turn, uually this type of driver will go Click-Turn-Click. No head movements whatsoever. Also turning the signal off immediately like the sound of it can cause them brain cancer or something.

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queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
100%

It’s just good practice. If you don’t make it a habit you will forget.

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ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I have never used it backing up. That’s just weird.

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Willem@kutsuya.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
“Every important sideways manoeuvre” is what I learned from my driving instructor. I sometimes even feel a bit bad when I forget to use my indicator.

Can I make a small complaint here that the 3 blinks your car does is way too short to start and finish most actions?

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- Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  If you’re making a turn push the lever farther and it will keep blinking until the steering wheel starts to return to center. If you’re just edging sideways into the next lane, a little flick will give you the few seconds of blinks and stop, because the wheel doesn’t turn enough for the other system and you might not realize it’s still blinking mile after míle.
  
  I do wish the blinks were a faster tempo, more chances to alert others quickly.
  
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Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Would you use your blinker in a car? Would you wink at your lover, from afar? Would you twerk and dimple, or is that too far? I don’t know how to rhyme this anymore, ABLAR.

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Sunsofold@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I do, but I am slightly discouraged from doing so by the drivers in my area. People are always so terrified of not being the first waiting at the next red light, they see a turn signal as a warning to ‘speed up and go past this car before they can get ahead of you.’

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mjhelto@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I always signal in roads but rarely in parking lots or driveways unless I’m trying to let others know I’m waiting for a parking spot.

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oakward@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Confession: I use indicator lights so much that I sometimes use them in very tight turns

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digredior@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I’m not perfect, but my signals pretty religiously… and I’ve been driving for almost 30 years.

I’ll ride with my dad sometimes though… and in his old age he won’t always use his turn signals. Never has, actually. I always get onto him, and he gives me this shit-eating grin and says “it’s on a need-to-know basis.”

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Pulling out of the driveway does sound pretty excessive to me.

If you turn on the right turn signal but you’re going in reverse is it pointed in the direction the ass of your car is going, or the direction you’re going to be facing? There’s no non confusing way to use them in reverse, and your reverse lights are enough of a sign that you’re probably gonna get in the way.

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- Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It should signal the direction the car is going to move. If the car’s moving ass-first, then it should tell which way the ass is going. Helpfully, this is the same direction you have to turn the steering wheel, so your muscle memory will do just fine. It will tell the small child you can’t see which leg will get broken.
  
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- pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I might have to agree with this, if you’re pulling out, I wouldn’t even know which direction to put them on
  
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
no because i am an uncouth so and so

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Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Let them make fun. People who don’t use theirs are the reason why the system is failing.

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TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Anyone use when backing out of the driveway or parking spot?

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- warbond@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  No, but only because I rarely pull out of a driveway or parking spot into any sort of traffic. Parallel parked on a road, though, sure.
  
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Area dependent. Blinkers get in the way if you live somewhere like India or San Antonio

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- Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Even if you and everyone else drive like a maniac, you should use your blinkers. In fact, especially.
  
  Keep in mind, using the blinker isn’t asking permission. It’s a warning.
  
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  - Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Enjoy never reaching your destination as other drivers risk life and limb to box you out of “their” space.
    
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- adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  In India, they’re still useful; just make sure you use the horn too.
  
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r0ertel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Obsessively. I’ve been driving German autos since college, including BMW’s and most BMW owners are jerks. The only exception is when I hung out with the local BMW club one summer. They drive crazy fast, but are some of the most courteous drivers on the road.

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NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Audi driver huh? For most they’re non-optional when about to manoeuvre, except in the turn-only lane situation you mentioned where you don’t need it (it’d actually potentially signal a lane change).

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- WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  BMWs in the U.K.
  
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  - Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’d group Audi drivers and BMW drivers into the same class of obvious driving.
    
    Just yesterday I saw an Audi swoop from the slow lane straight into the fast last between two tightly-spaced cars in the middle lane. Without indicating.
    
    From a technical point of view, I’ll admit it was an impressively small gap to sneak through, but it probably gave the second car in the middle lane a heart attack.
    
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RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If I’m in a traffic area or pulling into a traffic area, always. I indicate out of my driveway because I’m going on to a road and there’s 2 directions I could go.

my car weighs like 1.6t and people need to know where it’s heading.

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