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You’re supposed to signal before you turn the wheel. Way too often I see people signaling as they turn, not because they are trying to communicate with other r
by nehal3m 3y ago
You’re supposed to signal before you turn the wheel.
Way too often I see people signaling as they turn, not because they are trying to communicate with other road users but because it’s the law. Indicate your intent first and then take the indicated action.
- martin8412 3y agoRoundabouts..
- gambiting 3y agoCorrect. But then maybe OP lives somewhere where roundabouts aren't very common so they never ran into that usecase.
- ben_w 3y agoIn the UK, which has loads of roundabouts, this issue is still common enough to notice, and derided.
- hawski 3y agoIn my country there are a lot of roundabouts, but also crossroads do happen on a quite tight curve especially in smaller cities.
- nehal3m 3y agoI do, but I’m also an idiot. Worse, I’m an idiot that does not even own a Tesla. Maybe my temper in traffic got the better of me in that comment.
- nottorp 3y ago> Roundabouts.. And crossroads that aren't at 90 degrees. Like, you know, old cities that weren't built on a grid. The one time i test drove a Tesla I abandoned a left turn because all the roads involved were curvy enough I couldn't get the turn signal to stay on ;) Mind, it was just a test drive. I guess that if I practiced for years I could master the wisdom of Tesla controls.
- faiD9Eet 3y agoSome countries, e.g. Poland, require you to turn on your left indicator as soon as you enter a roundabout and as long as you stay in the roundabout. If you intend to exit, you have to switch from left indicator light to right indicator light. Switching happens while steering left. Poland has multi lane roundabouts where you are expected to stay on the innermost lane possible and only move to an outer lane when your exit is close.
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- the_gipsy 3y agoYou might already be turning, but completely unrelated to an upcoming maneuver that you must signal.
- usrusr 3y agoYeah, that might actually be an advantage of that new Tesla layout (never seen a Tesla from the inside): small fiddly sensor surfaces on the wheel are best operated while going straight, whereas the stalk keeps tempting the driver to leave operation to the hand movement that happens anyways when starting the turn. Guilty as charged, deeply sorry about that (I don't think it's a regular habit of mine, but we've all seen cars driven like that) But, as a sibling comment already mentioned: roundabouts! One of the most important indicator engagements is made crazy awkward for people who keep "walking" their hands to neutral position while the wheel is turned instead of wrestling it like some animal. Which does make me wonder: has any carmaker started engaging turn signals from navigation? I'd imagine that this could be an amazingly subtle user interface for following a route: just don't press the veto button when the car decides to engage indicators and steer as if the indicator decision had been your own. No more following robot voice orders. An established pattern I don't know about? Tried, but turned out to be terrible? Legal uncertainty (or legal negative certainty)?
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