I’m compulsive too with the signals. Of course it IS needed for changing lanes. But I have caught myself on dirt roads in the woods!
My first ever warning ticket was a few weeks after I got my license. Got pulled over for not signaling as I was getting onto the freeway from a ramp. (Where else was I supposed to go!!??)
The cop probably just used it as an excuse to check out the young punk, but he was friendly enough, and said “It is the law, and hey - whatever you can do to alert some idiot asleep at the wheel coming up on you - the better.”
I also use the turn signal at some spots on the “Must Exit Lanes” as lots of folks will use it to get past rush-hour traffic. I put it on at the last moment so folks know I’m not going to be veering into their lane, and that I really am exiting.
OK, you make me feel better. I do all of those EXACT things, including the dirt roads and I am signalling to the cows and pigs.
Ditto on the turn signals. You aren’t alone.
On the interstate, I like BMW’s. Preferable red ones, about 200 yards in front and in the left lane.