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. folks; there is a serious.lack
' of signaling going on out
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“do they constantly snub other dri-

“Vers? Whatever happened to com- “

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vers refuse to lift a fi inger and use -*

though it appears that a vehicle is...
“turning off. Sometimes drivers

forget to cancel their signal after a

«lane change or, worse yet, they

»’ change lanes dear.me at my interec
“section butthe last time I
checked, they, were in a lane that £,
‘Wasn't about to use and suddenly

they are.

Worst of all. some drivers will |
signal a turn. change their mind
and carry on straight ahead. | hate
it when that happens,

s funny, but according the

Matos Vehicle Act a turn signal is’

not actually required if no one is
“around to See it (falting-tree-in-
the-forest- -mentality. | guess). This
is a very old Jaw that was written
when there were very few cars on
the road and I think it needs-
amending. Too many people - ..
merely.assume that nobody: is

: around to see their signal ‘and are

quite wrong. |...
Signaling before a lane. change,”

_on the other hand, is required by

law whether there are others

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around to see it or not. It's a
-younger Jaw written when multi-
‘lane traffic became: more common.

The Jaw-makers at this‘point
took away our right to assume the

‘non-presence of traffic. It is not:

’ possible.to see all things at once,.
° nor. important things all the time, ;
after all. :
Law’ or otherwise, signaling
your intentions is just plain, com
“mon courtesy — that's your
“intentions”, folks, not what your.
doing right here, now; signal what
you intend to be doing i in the
immediate future, Give’ other dri-
__vers a bit of notice before you .
urn off or. change lanes.
- Lift’a finger.
«Put your signal’o
Be'safe. Please.’

their turn signal? . .

“1, one among many, am well-
“"versed.in the'defensive driving |“,
_ practice of looking ahead and ©
anticipating driver errors (as well :

_ 85 genuine hazards). From blocks

way: 1 can spot'a discourteous

river (1° can shoot fish in'a barrel.
too) and will'do my best’ to avoid c
; him or her like’a plague. ;

1 also‘avoid driving parallel to

“another vehicle i in a multi-lane sit-

‘uation just-in case,there is a non-,
__ Signaling, abrupt-lane-changing ”
‘driver nearby. I’ve saved myself a °
lot of grief through these simple.

. practices, and I recommend them -
to everyone, since it seems that. :-
non-sigualers are here to stay
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