Do not get me started on the lack of use of the turn signal here in
California. In England, we use turn signals on dark country single lane roads
when you are the only car for miles. It is natural and instinctive and taught
in the driving test, (which involves more than backing between two cones)
NO-ONE uses them here. There was a news program on it and motorists were
stopped and asked why they did not use them. The answer was that "if you use
them, you are telling the other motorists what you are going to do, and so
they can cut you off"!!!!!! If you do not use it and just barge out into the
traffic, the theory is that everyone just gets out of the way. That however
assumes that the people you are barging in front of have brains!! What I
have learned to do, which is a necessary mix of both Britain and here and is
needed for survival is indicate, and then barge out anyway.
Does anyone want to hear my opinions about "Rolling roadblocks" as well!?
Mark Pilkington
"A. P. \"Sandy\" Grice" wrote:
> Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" <Alan_Richer@Lotus.com> wrote:
>
> >Don't blame US for California.....we're on the other end of the landmass
> >for a very good reason!
>
> Just returned from the People's Republic of Kalifornia. Had to drive from
> SFO to Modesto and back for a funeral. Apparently, the rental car was one
> of only three or four vehicles in the entire state fitted with a bit of
> optional equipment:
>
> a turn signal
>
> I immediately identified myself to all as an out-of-state driver by
> actually *using* it...
>
> Cheers
>
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