How about “I do it while turning, so I don’t have to move my hands”? I mean, it is pretty nice of them to warn us about what they’ve already done. /s
I was teaching my niece how to drive recently. The one thing I emphasized is that you want to be predictable so other drivers know what to expect.
That means not going too fast or too slow, turning into the correct lane, using signals before changing lanes, etc.
I think she understood, so hopefully that helps. Changing the world one at a time. 8 billion more to go. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Somehow everyone in Florida be like
I just recently watched a QI clip where they said they used to have a long list of questions to determine if someone was a narcissist, but they realized that they got the same accuracy from a single question, “Are you a narcissist?”
I assume this is like one of those “one lies, the other tells the truth” things and a narcissist would answer “no”. If I saw the QI episode, I’ve long since forgotten what was said about it.
FWIW, my response would be “oh god I hope not”, all the while fretting that I’ve been writing a lot of comments from the first person with lots of "I"s these days, which is a bit self-centred. I don’t have the brain power to rewrite. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(Another, slightly more cruel one is to find a perfectionist who thinks that perfectionism is an imperfection and ask them if they’re a perfectionist. A therapist accidentally short-circuited my brain with that one.)
I think the question is not 100% accurate. It’s just about as accurate as the previous list of questions was.
And IIRC, the explanation was that a narcissist would sort of be proud of their narcissism.
It was quite interesting ™ because she asked them the question before giving the explanation, and the ones who answered said, “Yes.” And then they tried to explain how most comedians had narcissistic motivations to get in front of a crowd of people, etc.
It almost seemed like a demonstration of the point Sandi was about to make.
Meanwhile I feel like a trained monkey as I signal in my buildings parking garage with no neighbors around. I still do it, it should be a reflex, but there’s only a few tenents and it’s especially silly since we live at the far end of the complex.
But I did get called out on it, lol.
The whole point of signals is because you don’t know when you haven’t noticed that someone is around. People who only use signals when someone can see them are doing it wrong as much as those who never use it. Cars have blind angles and you can’t be aware of everything going on around you all the time. That’s why you signal, so everyone has clear indication of your intents. You also reminded me of an uncle who used who always forgot to signal before a maneuver and when he realized mid-turn he would then use the signal. Like, it is of no use anymore.
Not actually as conclusive as the black/white in the original image, but I find the best spot in traffic to judge people is a roundabout.
A normal lane change can be dangerous to the driver if they don’t use the turn signal. When exiting a roundabout however the only reason to use your signal is to notify other drivers, with no benefit for yourself. So if someone does not signal there (and that is quite common) it’s a pretty good indicator about what kind of person they are. (self-centered or half-asleep)
When I was learning to drive I’d have to go through 2-3 roundabouts just to get out of the residential area I was in so it was hammered in pretty early to always use signals, but there was one roundabout that was always a pain to navigate. Two-lane roundabout, those can always be a pain to navigate but lane markings were good so if you entered the roundabout in the correct lane you’d be naturally guided to your exit.
The problem was that coming in from the nearby motorway you’d have the innermost lane signposted as the 4th exit, practically a U-turn, and the outer lane was “all other traffic”. Even better, that signage was only painted on the road itself so if there was a queue or just a car too close in front of you you’d easily miss it. Inevitably anyone taking a right turn (3rd exit, think left turn in most other places) would only realise at the last second they were being guided to the wrong exit and they’d swerve in front of you, if you were lucky they might signal for half a second first. I commuted to work by car at the time and dreaded that roundabout every trip.
The best part is if you took the next exit which you were being guided to, it led straight into another roundabout so you could make a U-turn with absolutely no risk. If you were in the wrong lane you probably weren’t familiar with the area so you wouldn’t know that was there… But then after that was a retail park so you could clearly see all the parking space and know you could turn around there anyway! Some people would rather crash than take a minute or two to turn safely.
the authorities do not give a F*k about psychopaths
And turning them on as you’re already halfway in the next lane doesn’t count and in fact just makes the person you just cut off want to vaporize your head even more
