Turn signal woes (or how not to get hit by traffic)

[paulfun9]

I cant understand why anyone would think a turn signal is a sign to pass from any type of vehicle!? Maybe anyone who uses this as a signal to pass and anyone who thinks it should be a signal to pass should undergo some real driving instruction by a professional as well understand that no matter what you think the resulting accident would be considered your fault.

 

[paulfun9]

I apparently did a poor job explaining what happens to me so I'll try it again. I turn on the tractor's left turn signal....slow the tractor down, and then turn left into my driveway. While doing all that, a car from behind catches up to me and passes me doing 55 MPH (or more), ignoring the No Passing Zone sign, the solid yellow line on the highway, and the uphill grade of the highway. I've not held up traffic at all....quite the opposite, they simply blow by breaking multiple laws while doing so while I attempt to execute a left turn into my driveway. There is essentially no shoulder as the road bed is quite elevated and the inner bank of the ditch is very steep....so as someone suggested....pulling off to the right until traffic can go by.....that isn't going to happen.

I think I have a very similar problem coming in from the main road directly. If I was to have to come that way often I would most likely try the signals with arrows located very separate from the flashers As it is I have a dirt road that I can use that takes me off the highway at a clearly marked intersection and so far I haven't had any problems with being passed there.

 

[PILOON]

Maybe the logic is something like 'get there first' or 'be there B4 I leave'.

Having to slow down his/her speed would delay his/her arrival or and just must absolutely be in front.
Those type drivers are the same that pass each and every car on the road no matter what speed the traffic is flowing.

Mainly fits Honda Civics and BMW's.

 

[bigtiller]

I don't trust any taillight on any kind of vehicle. I always wait to see what the person in front does. That's because I was in a collision in my 20's. The car in front had her right turn signal on so I passed. Soon after I learned she had a brake light out and she was pumping the breaks.

Heck, I don't even believe the one headlight coming at me after dark is a motorcycle until it goes by.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread.

It's a problem, for sure. There is no standard for slow moving vehicles. So why should anyone look at your flashing lights and try and decipher them? You could have four ways on with a bulb burned out.

You need a message sign that says, WARNING, I am turning LEFT in one hundred yards! Then repeated in SPANISH and possibly Italian.

I hate not being able to see behind my large dump trailer, and if I had to be on the roads often, I would seriously think about a wireless rear view camera.

 

[Howling]

The company across the street lets me use their dock to receive freight. Today was waiting to cross street with pallet of boxes. Car stopped to let me cross. Car behind him tried to zoom around him on the right. did a panic stop when saw the tractor. Given how much the car front end dropped when braking he was going much faster then the posted 30 MPH.

I have almost hit a couple cars that passed me (double yellow line) because I paused to let pedestrian get by my driveway before I turned left in to it.

 

[dnw64]

Either way.... I assume they are going to be reckless.

If you want to Drive and Live, this position (defensive driving) is about the best one you can take.

 

[dnw64]

So, they violated the...solid yellow line

Maybe your State is different. In Vermont, and may others, it is not illegal to pass on solid yellow lines.

I've often times thought it would be safer if I ran without the flashers and used the turns signals only during a turn.

I would take it a half step further.

Once someone has slowed to your speed, turn your flashers off (repeat as necessary if they turn off or pass you). THEN, when you're ready to make your turn, put your directional signal on.

 

[dnw64]

My son was going down the highway driving one of the big self propelled sprayers which takes up about 3/4 of the road. It has enough ground clearance that you can just about walk underneath it without hit your head. A guy came up behide him on a motorcycle and obviously noticed a chance to do something dumb and drove completely underneath the spray. He shot the front side like a rocket and never looked back.

Sometimes the line between Brave and Foolhardy is hard to define. This was NOT one of those times.

 

[dnw64]

I cant understand why anyone would think a turn signal is a sign to pass from any type of vehicle!?