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sl8rfan2 t1_j1zuka3 wrote

oh and the flashers do not give you absolute permission to do any fucking thing you want.

edit: I was once cut off in DC traffic. When we inevitably pulled up next to each other at a light, I calmly asked the wonderful driver to use her blinker. Her reply; "I don wanchu ta know wur ahm goin.".

I shit you not.

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Evening_Chemist_2367 t1_j20i89z wrote

I went from being a conscientious driver to "my blinker isn't asking your permission, it's doing you the courtesy of letting you know I intend to come over" to just stopping putting blinkers on outright when trying to change lanes because asshole drivers will speed up, close the space that you were trying to get into if they see you trying. It's all a product of the behavior of everyone else's asshole driving styles. I'll think about using my blinkers again when the rest of you stop trying to cut people off when they need to change lanes.

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sl8rfan2 t1_j20rxuj wrote

Yeah, you're part of the problem, bud. Don't delude yourself into thinking you're taking some kind of stance. You're just a selfish driver.

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Evening_Chemist_2367 t1_j27k8d4 wrote

It's no "stance." It's being assertive. I've been living and working in the DMV for almost 20 years, and have put a shit ton of miles on many cars on these streets - and in my experience, a blinker might get acknowledged by like 10% of the drivers in the DMV, tops. The remainder will either ignore you and not let you in, or intentionally speed up and cut you off. That's just a fact. And that's why drivers like me end up having to be very pro-active and not even giving them the chance to speed up and cut me off. My behavior is conditioned by the 90% of selfish drivers in the DMV. If you want to yell at someone for being selfish you can start with them, because I'm not interested in hearing it.

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CrownStarr t1_j21hd6x wrote

I use my turn signal religiously and honestly people deliberately cutting me off for it is pretty rare. Better to be safer and a little inconvenienced than to be another unpredictable car on the road.

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Evening_Chemist_2367 t1_j27jfog wrote

You definitely aren't driving the same DC roads that I do. I see people cutting others off ALL THE TIME. Especially the Uber drivers, many of whom also never use their blinkers.

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