IDIOT!

[Yander]

I just don't understand why people have no common sense of the term RIGHT OF WAY.

The meaning should be drilled into everyone. I had a guy cut me off, he got out mad, saying he was the next person at the 4-way stop, not me. I asked him if there was such a thing as a LEFT OF WAY right for any driver? He was making a left while I was making a right down the road.

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In Ohio, you would have been at fault in an accident if he was at a 4-way stop first and you went first. Doesn't matter what direction you are turning. If it were a two way you would have been in the right turning right. Or if you were going straight, you would have the right of way at a two-way.

 

[Jstpssng]

Mine makes a ding ding ding when I leave them on then I turn them off

Does it remind you to turn them back on?

 

[BackRoad]

Then you have to remember to shut off. If you utilize the sensor they will shut off automatically.



I’m really hating all the automation, different levers doing different things. Having to remember which vehicle I’m in and whether the lights shutoff automatically or not. 4 different vehicles different brands different eras. It gets old. I think several weeks ago at 2 in morning I was going into work. Went to clear melted frost off window turned my turn signal on instead. Couple minutes later had blue lights flashing behind me. License plate lights burned out. But got to wonder did he see me make mistake with turn signal with it being bar closing time. Where I turned them on at said I was turning into a field

License plate lights burned out...wow!

That's a felony. Way worse than shoplifting something over $1000...

You should just go ahead and turn yourself in at the local precinct!!!

 

[Jstpssng]

In Ohio, you would have been at fault in an accident if he was at a 4-way stop first and you went first

2:00 AM Christmas day. I was on my way to my parent's house and decided to take a ride through the ritzy part of town and check out the decorations... among other things they would line the roads with candles in paper bags so I would run just the parking lights.
I drove through an intersection the way I'd done for 40 years, only to have somebody blow their horn at me. WTF? Looking in my mirror I realized it is now a 4 way stop.

But hey, I still was there first.

 

[Jstpssng]

License plate lights burned out...wow!

That's a felony. Way worse than shoplifting something over $1000...

You should just go ahead and turn yourself in at the local precinct!!!

That's actually something they look for as an excuse to stop you. Chances are they did indeed see the blinker error. I was stopped in NY for the same thing about 23 years ago. I always thought it was because he knew how fast I was going, before I saw headlights coming up behind me. He had me get out to look at the burned out light, which is the initial drunk test.

 

[bmaverick]

In Ohio, you would have been at fault in an accident if he was at a 4-way stop first and you went first. Doesn't matter what direction you are turning. If it were a two way you would have been in the right turning right. Or if you were going straight, you would have the right of way at a two-way.

we both arrived at the same time. I never said I arrived later.

 

[Dryland Farmer]

Even if I have the right of way, I try to make sure the other driver is not going before I go. Remember the saying " You could be right. Dead right"

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

Does it remind you to turn them back on?

It doesn’t have to. Because I turned the headlights on in the fog, then it ding ding ding when I got home to remind me to turn them off, when I turn the lights off the switch sits at auto so they come back on the next time if it is dark

 

[LHF2019]

2:00 AM Christmas day. I was on my way to my parent's house and decided to take a ride through the ritzy part of town and check out the decorations... among other things they would line the roads with candles in paper bags so I would run just the parking lights.
I drove through an intersection the way I'd done for 40 years, only to have somebody blow their horn at me. WTF? Looking in my mirror I realized it is now a 4 way stop.

But hey, I still was there first.

There is an intersection here that was converted from a 2 way stop to 3 way. If lost in thought I still find myself wanting to go through it without stopping. Probably been 20+ years since the change.

 

[Jstpssng]

It doesn’t have to. Because I turned the headlights on in the fog, then it ding ding ding when I got home to remind me to turn them off, when I turn the lights off the switch sits at auto so they come back on the next time if it is dark

But what if it's daylight and rainy the next time you get in? You do what works for you, I'll do what works for me.

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

But what if it's daylight and rainy the next time you get in? You do what works for you, I'll do what works for me.

Might as well just put black tape on the sensor to have them on all the time then. Instead of a glove on the dash.

 

[RSKY]

I have got much much more cautious as I have got older. At a 4-way stop I hesitate for a second or so to make sure I don't have a collision. And when I have a grand in the car I am super cautious. I tell everybody that I'm the old man in the right lane doing 5-mph slower than the limit but really, I'm the one only doing 5-mph over.

RSKY

 

[Topzide]

For most vehicles with the automatic sensor, it can be recalibrated to come on sooner. Ask you service person. I have the software to get into trucks software. Have adjusted it to come on sooner. Also designated the front turn signals to DRL's. Replaced the bulbs with LED's and turned off the light out reminder, by changing to LED setting. JM2C.

 

[ponytug]

For most vehicles with the automatic sensor, it can be recalibrated to come on sooner. Ask you service person. I have the software to get into trucks software. Have adjusted it to come on sooner. Also designated the front turn signals to DRL's. Replaced the bulbs with LED's and turned off the light out reminder, by changing to LED setting. JM2C.

Boy that idea never came up in my discussions with service technicians in the past.

I don't miss manual lights at all. One of the first cars that I learned to drive on had automatic headlight turn off when the ignition was off. It seemed like such a brilliant idea, all for a $0.47 relay, and the lack of it seemed to be a great measure of the contempt that vehicle designers have/had for owners. I never bought a vehicle afterwards without it. Too easy to lose a battery, and that isn't a $0.47 mistake.

One car just had issues with its automatic light system, and it drove me nuts. Shade from a tree or an overpass would put it in night mode and the dash would disappear. I used electrical tape on the sensor to keep it on, and just turned the dash lighting brighter or dimmer as needed. It still turned the lights off when the car turned off and the doors opened.

I've never been keen on owning dark colored vehicles either due to the lack of visibility to others.

All the best,

Peter

 

[masseyrider]

I have got much much more cautious as I have got older. At a 4-way stop I hesitate for a second or so to make sure I don't have a collision. And when I have a grand in the car I am super cautious. I tell everybody that I'm the old man in the right lane doing 5-mph slower than the limit but really, I'm the one only doing 5-mph over.

RSKY

Cautious doesn't mean old it just means being a realist.
Sitting at a redlight It finally changed.
I noticed a service van coming from the right at speed.
I just pulled ahead several feet and stopped.
If I had kept going he would have T boned my vehicle for sure.
I blared my horn as he flew by, I'm guessing 45mph in a 30, and he just looked over at me totally oblivious to running a mature red light.
You not only have to watch out for what you are doing but also anticipate what others around you might do.
The biggest change in the last 20 years is the F'n phones.
My GPS can tell me where I am in the world, how fast I'm going or even if I've crossed the center line.
They can't build that into the phone so it shuts off when the vehicle is moving?

 

[Oaktree]

For most vehicles with the automatic sensor, it can be recalibrated to come on sooner. Ask you service person. I have the software to get into trucks software. Have adjusted it to come on sooner. Also designated the front turn signals to DRL's. Replaced the bulbs with LED's and turned off the light out reminder, by changing to LED setting. JM2C.

How do you do that? Do you need one of those pricey scan tools?
I'd love to adjust the sensitivity on my truck. Cloudy day or park in the shade and headlights come on. This time of year with the sun so low in the sky it might be 15 min. before it realizes it isn't dark outside.

I know there's something around for Fords, even a crib sheet to make navigating it easier, is there something similar for GMs?

 

[Jstpssng]

Might as well just put black tape on the sensor to have them on all the time then. Instead of a glove on the dash.

As I said; you do what works for you. I don't need yet another person who thinks they know what is best for me.

 

[Jstpssng]

They can't build that into the phone so it shuts off when the vehicle is moving?

What about the person sitting in the passenger seat?