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by jakub_g
1632 days ago
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You reminded me about a situation with my father: basically he uses signals for overtaking/turning, not before it to signal the intent. There are many people who do it this way. He would look around forever in the mirrors etc. trying to start the manoeuvre but won't let anyone know his intent until it's already happening. Incidentally, last week we were installing a fridge, and while cutting the packaging with a sharp knife, he told me, without looking, "be careful!" (without saying "yo, I'm cutting stuff with the sharp knife"), around 0.1s before cutting my hand ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This made me realize how prevalent and dangerous are poor communication skills. |
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This is the real reason. People aren’t incapable or put out by having to use the turn signals, they are choosing not to signal precisely because it reveals intent, and they are afraid of revealing intent. (Same is often true in many other social situations and at work!) I know I’ve done this myself in the past, and I know other people who will admit it. Fear of being cut off, fear of having someone not let you in, general fear of someone using your intent against you rather than accommodate you.
I think we need to figure out how to teach not just that signaling intent is safer, but that it works and people will accommodate a signal far more often than not. We also need to learn as drivers to respect other’s intent, that when a signal is on and it’s close but they have room, it doesn’t mean accelerate to close the gap, but that we should let them. Being nice is how we get others to be nice back.