Bill and Anoreth both passed these things the first time. I don’t know what’s wrong with these two!
Tom isn’t a rotten driver, but he just doesn’t want to do what I tell him to. He’s just too full of himself. “Signal!” I say, when it’s time. “I’m going to,” he says. “You should have done it before I mentioned it.” I reply. That’s what the driving examiner said, too!
See how that works? Tom’s brain is filled with other things far more important than merely learning to signal properly TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT.
I told LabLady that every time she passed another car and cut in front of them, she was literally betting her life on the fact that the car that is now behind her has good brakes. It’s the same thing with signaling. If Tom doean’t signal his intentions, he is literally betting his life that the car he is cutting off has good brakes as well as good reaction times. It’s a jungle out there.
Most people mess up signaling because they’re thinking “When am I required by law to signal?” They aren’t thinking, “When might it be helpful to the clueless driver behind me to know that I’m considering a turn?” If more people thought like that, the signaling would be more useful and natural.
I will say I get really annoyed when I forget to signal and Mrs. ArGee points it out (she NEVER misses) and there was nobody on the road. It’s a SIGNAL. If there’s nobody to receive it, there’s no point in sending it.