Poll: Turn Signal Poll

[h4344]

Do you use them? I do, but driving around these past few months i'm starting to think people have no idea that they exist. I EXPECTED MORE FROM MY FELLOW PORTLAND DWELLERS!!!

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[oknow]

Pdx dwellers. Heck watch the cops worst abusers of everyone.

 

[etrain16]

I always use my signals, have for many years.

I think I may be the only one though, judging by what I see on the road

 

[nammac]

I always use my signals, have for many years.

I think I may be the only one though, judging by what I see on the road

Here here!!! I was taught, many, many years ago, to always be courteous and use my signals. It gives the other drivers a clue as to what you plan to do.

But I do have to agree that in the metro area, it amazes me how many people don't use them... Then again, these same drivers don't seem to know "the rules of the road" either...

It's incredible that Oregon required me to take a written test to transfer my drivers license, but yet Oregon drivers don't follow the rules in the state drivers manual...

Go figure!!!

 

[Larrytpdx]

Always. I even use them when I'm in an "Exit Only" lane! It doesn't seem they put them on Washington cars though.

 

[Dungannon]

I use them habitually. What annoys me much more than folks not using their turn signals is those that drive through red lights from the turn lane. The light turns green for me to proceed but I have to wait for two more vehicles to drive in front of me as they take a turn.

 

[Hawaiian]

Yep, it is a habit that happens on auto pilot.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Yes, I use them and I give more than just one quick wimpy flash before changing lanes 1/4 second later.

 

[No_Regerts]

Im glad Ford changed their blinker from the no-feedback blinker lever back to normal blinkers in the explorers. It never felt like you pit the blinker on because it didnt stay up.

 

[CHLChris]

I bet you that some percentage of people who say, "Oh yes, I always use my turn signal," are lying (knowingly or ignorantly).

I admit that occasionally my wife says, "Aren't you going to use your signal?" But that's when I'm changing lanes when there's, like, NOBODY behind me. I swear!

 

[CountryGent]

Yep, it is a habit that happens on auto pilot.

^ This, pretty much. It is such an ingrained habit, I just do it. Though on more than one occasion I've hit the indicator and remembered I was in the middle of nowhere with no cars or any human beings for many miles around.

 

[Doc In UPlace]

Up here, the turn signal is the direction the front tires are going.
The speed limit is the bumper of the car ahead.
Yellow means floor it!
Red means tailgate the other red-light runners!

 

[oknow]

I have even used them on some hard right hand curves. Habit using them.

 

[Jamie6.5]

I EXPECTED MORE FROM MY FELLOW PORTLAND DWELLERS!!!

Pardon me sir,... But I think I've figured out your problem.

 

[Dyre Straits]

I read in the news a while back that a State Trooper pulled a guy over after he came off an exit ramp from one interstate system onto another one and crossed over 4 lanes into the inside lane without using his turn signal.

The driver was quite irritated about getting pulled over for such a "minor infraction" and was blowing off some steam about it.

So, the trooper, instead of writing a citation for ONE infraction, wrote it up for ALL FOUR LANES he crossed without using the signal.

And, yes, I use my turn signal religiously!

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Up here, the turn signal is the direction the front tires are going.
The speed limit is the bumper of the car ahead.
Yellow means floor it!
Red means tailgate the other red-light runners!

Ah, a Washington driver. Hello from Oregon!
Don't forget to add: speed up when the guy ahead of you signals to change lanes to squeeze him out. It's a WA thing.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Pdx dwellers. Heck watch the cops worst abusers of everyone.

At least they courteously turn on their lights to get around inconvenient traffic clusters before turning them off again.
I wonder if that perk is in their contract?

 

[Doc In UPlace]

Ah, a Washington driver. Hello from Oregon!
Don't forget to add: speed up when the guy ahead of you signals to change lanes to squeeze him out. It's a WA thing.

Right-o. So here's the technique:

Speed up and turn on your signal to get over, let the azzole rush up to block your move, then scoot in behind him into the space he just vacated. Works like a charm!

 

[transittech]

I almost always use my turn signal. Got a CDL, dont need the ticket.

4 way stops in Portland is what gets my goat. Half of the cars either dont wait their turn, or dont know what to do. Every bubbleguming time. Amazing.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

I almost always use my turn signal. Got a CDL, dont need the ticket.

4 way stops in Portland is what gets my goat. Half of the cars either dont wait their turn, or dont know what to do. Every bubbleguming time. Amazing.

Ah yes. Never assume the other guy will acknowledge your right of way. He/she either doesn't know or doesn't care. It's a PDX thing.