GREENSBORO, N.C. — All right it's time for me to complain. It is Complain Friday. Sorry people. Here's what I'm talking about. My pet peeves of the roadways. What are your big ones?
I can't stand it when you're trying to pass somebody and all of a sudden they speed up because they realize they're going too slow and then it's like turn four in the brickyard. No, it's not a NASCAR race or an Indy race. Slow down let me pass. I'm in the passing lane. But the one that gets me more than any of them.... people that don't use turn signals whether they're changing lanes or turning. You use a turn signal. That's what you do.
I read this survey from the Society of Automotive Engineers. It was from back in 2012. They said nearly 48% of accidents in the country are because people don't use a turn signal. They're either changing lanes and say 'well here I go' or they're going to turn but don't use their turn signal so they're slowing down and somebody rams it to the back of them.
The turn signal is there for a reason. Use it! Now another complaint of mine is the people that leave the turn signal on... forever. Constantly. I'm driving down the road, I call it 'perma turn'. I've actually gotten the passing lane and went up to somebody and said. 'your turn signal is on!' I know it's obnoxious but I have to do it for their own safety because they just look like a silly person driving down the road. So the bottom line? Use the turn signal when you're supposed to. It's there for a reason. But that's just My 2 Cents.