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Just wow... wrote:Proper etiquette is to use your turn signal when making a turn. This is what everyone is taught in driver's education. Not using it is sorta like not saying "excuse me" as a courtesy when you may momentarily interrupt others around you. It's rude in my book.
You're missing the point. If you don't mess up you won't interrupt others around you. I agree, it's rude if you just barge in without signaling, but the point is you get in the lane when the space is open, therefore not interrupting anyone.
Let me put it this way: do you signal when you're the only person on the road? Probably not, unless it's a force of habit because there is nobody you need to signal to, right? So if you're driving with the proper amount of forethought there is no need to signal 90% of the time you are taught to in driving school.
The only reason I don't signal if I'm the only person on the road is because my wife gets pissed at it. She says the "click, click, click" sound is an unnecessary noise that she doesn't like, otherwise, I'd signal even then (out of habit). But I do believe that when others are around, most of them appreciate when I signal, as I do when they signal.