Signalling is really grinding my gears lately. I know I've said in the past that I'm a selective signaller, so I'm gonna explain and rant a bit about why I'm perfect, and the rest of you people are dicks...
When I am approaching an intersection, and I am going to turn, I fricken signal. Why do I do this? So that the perpendicular guy sitting there waiting to also turn knows that he can turn. Wise people wait to actually see the vehicle (me) slowing down, to know for sure that the vehicle is turning, but that's beside the point. I hate hate hate you people that are too bloody lazy to signal in this situation. F.U.
I admit that I don't always signal in advance. In certain situations, I start signalling as I'm changing lanes. This is almost always during heavy traffic. The reason I don't give you advanced warning that I'm changing lanes, is so that you don't have time to pin it and block me. In this situation, I am not signalling to request permission to enter "your lane", I am informing you of my decision to move the hell over. This one's a touchy one, because depending on the situation, either one of us is a giant dick. I'm sure I'll get rebutted about this part, but I'll tell you in advance that you're wrong. I'm not an a-hole on the road, I'm just someone that drives efficiently, and I do not get bullied by dickheads that have some weird sense of entitlement to traffic lanes.
Also, I need to mention the inconsiderate buttholes that are too lazy to change lanes when they see vehicles waiting to turn on to a road, when it is of no consequence to them to move over and clear the lane. If that was to difficult to comprehend, I wish I could cut up your license. I'll explain it really slowly...
If you are driving down a road that has more than one lane, and up ahead, you see cars trying to turn on to the road in front of you, and if there is nobody beside you.... MOVE THE F*** OVER... And.... Signal! Tell those guys that you're a nice guy, and you're moving over, and then those cars get to get going. We all have somewhere to be. Why can't we all just co-operate, and let everyone in and out, and tell them what we're doing, and not be dicks and box people out? And if someone lets you in, don't be a f***head and go slow in front of them... I can't believe that I am the only person in this entire city that knows this. At least, it feels like it.
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