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minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThose are the correct signals in the US, but most drivers don’t know them. Pointing with the arm nearest to the turn is very clear.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agocanadians don’t know either. I had a guy in a big gmc truck follow me for like 5 blocks to bitch and moan about me ‘flipping him off’ after I made a right turn.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhy not just use the turn signal in a car?
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere was a time before turn signals. And it still provides a manual backup if a bulb goes out.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, that’s the easy answer in a car, and you get that maybe half the time.
Those are the correct signals in the US, but most drivers don’t know them.
Pointing with the arm nearest to the turn is very clear.
canadians don’t know either. I had a guy in a big gmc truck follow me for like 5 blocks to bitch and moan about me ‘flipping him off’ after I made a right turn.
Why not just use the turn signal in a car?
There was a time before turn signals. And it still provides a manual backup if a bulb goes out.
Yeah, that’s the easy answer in a car, and you get that maybe half the time.