So I mentioned how, last week, I was in an accident. I didn’t talk much about it, because of pending yadda yadda, but BASICALLY, it amounts to the other driver driving erratically and not using a signal.
I’ve noticed this A LOT lately. Look, I understand that if you’re alone on a deserted road in the middle of the night, maybe a turn signal isn’t warranted. But you know? If you’re in a heavily populated area with tons of cars around, is it so much trouble to move your left hand six inches?
I think it stems to a greater problem with our generation as a whole: this sense of entitlement. I’m going to go there, and I shouldn’t HAVE to tell you about it. Because it’s my god-given right. But see, it’s NOT. That’s why turn signals aren’t options on cars. They’re REQUIRED BY LAW.
So if you decide to make ANY resolutions on being a better person in the near future, maybe this isn’t such a bad place to start: use your turn signal.
(If for no other reason than it covers your ass in an accident.)
I signal going into my own driveway, even when no one else is around. Not signalling drives me CRAZY. It’s just so lazy.
Ugh, Utah is generally awful at using turn signals. AWFUL. I’m so sorry you were in an accident. It’s a pain in the ass, even when you’re not injured.
OMG, YES! This is one of mine and my husband’s pet peeves. He teases me a little because I DO use mine when there’s no one around, but dude, I have to stay in the habit.
Heh. I make fun of myself for signaling from one lane in the parking lot at work to another lane in the parking lot at work! But yes, it’s important to stay in the habit. It makes me very angry when people don’t signal.
I think it’s actually a statement that we’re all on crack…(literally…)