Turn indicators are not a sign of weekness..

[wart57]

I was driving home yesterday, I was in the left lane and a woman was in the right lane slightly in front of me, the right lane ends up ahead, but there is also a road on the right, the lady starts to slow down, but does not use her turn signal to let me know which way she wants to go, so I continue at the speed I was going, thinking she may be turning right, eventually she slams on her brakes and whips behind me flipping me off. So I waved at her, signaled left with my indicator, then signaled right, and then signaled left again, and waved again. She sunk down in her seat a little and then turned right at the next intersection, still not using her turn signal.

Use your [expletive] signal next time you stupid fat ugly [expletive]. Don't flip me off because you are clueless about driving and don’t think you need to let others know which way your adipose clogged brain is taking you.

[Fat Strat]

I agree with this rant.

I would also add that if you're using your turn signal you can be pretty aggressive about merging or turning. A few days ago a car in the left lane wanted to merge into the right lane so he could turn into a business. It was rush hour and he was just a little ahead of me, so when I saw him, I slowed down to let him in. I gave him about 2 car lengths. He continued on, going slower and slower but not merging. I slowed down more to give him more room. Still, he didn't merge. Finally, I gave up and sped forward past him. There's a limit to my courtesy. He literally came to a stop in the left land, blocking all the traffic behind him as he waited to merge so he could get into a car wash parking lot.

Don't be that guy. If you're going to have to cross lanes on a busy street at rush hour, plan it a little better and get over earlier. And if someone gives you even half a car length and you've got your turn signal on, be aggressive and take it. They won't hit you and that's probably the best you're going to get.

[slide_into_first]

I agree with this rant, except I don't usually signal a lane change on freeways because they will speed up to block you out.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I agree with this rant and would like to expand it to include the majority of people trying to merge. When you're getting on a highway, where the speed limit is 60-70 MPH, you need to be going at least 50-60 MPH when you're trying to merge, preferably faster to match the flow of traffic. Further, when you are having trouble merging, speed up, don't slow down looking for a huge gape. If you slow down, you're forcing existing traffic to slow down even futher to allow you in and [expletive] the people behind you in the process and you're not going to find that massive gap you want. If you speed up, you're matching traffic and just need to adjust speed a little to get rid of the person blocking you and the people behind you are free to merge as well.

I swear people in Arkansas are the worst about this. Like....OH [expletive], there's a car on the highway, I better come to a complete STOP before merging. In turn, traffic on the interstate/highway gets screwed up and people trying to merge get stopped. Everyone loses because people are idiots.

[stlouie_lipp]

Approve. How [expletive] hard is it to signal?

Fat, the same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. Some people are just timid drivers I guess.

[heyzeus]

I swear, turn signals must be optional equipment on most cars. I can't wait til the NRA gets tactical car-mounted surface to air missiles legalized.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

[Molly]

100% agree with this rant and will add, if I slow down and let you merge at least give me the thank you wave.

[Freed Roger]

I swear, turn signals must be optional equipment on most cars. I can't wait til the NRA gets tactical car-mounted surface to air missiles legalized.

I want to customize my turn signal to coordinate a spray of bullets into the lane I am about to occupy.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

100% agree with this rant and will add, if I slow down and let you merge at least give me the thank you wave.

++ I love the thank you wave! Both giving and receiving. It makes me feel good about humanity when someone does it.