Oh, your changing lanes? thanks for letting me know.

I am going to put as much effort into today's topic as it takes to use today's topic... Turn Signals

This country (especially around here) has gotten real lax about signaling intentions to other drivers. Now, I unfortunately have found myself in this category but am endeavoring to do better. I don't know how many of you saw the movie Shoot 'em up (if you like lots of violence and no real plot this is the movie for you) but Clive Owen's character Mr. Smith makes my point for me...

Mr. Smith: I move my finger one inch to use my turn signal. Why are these a*holes so lazy they can't move their finger one fing measly inch to drive more safely? You wanna know why?

Chick in car: Not particularly.

Mr. Smith: Because these rich bastards have to be callous and inconsiderate in the first place to make all that money, so when they get on the road, they can't help themselves. They've gotta be callous and inconsiderate drivers too. It's in their nature.

Then the guy throws some trash out of the window and Mr Smith gets so mad he runs him off the road into a telephone pole. Unfortunately this lack of signaling has filtered down from the elite to the masses. Now here is a simple rule that everyone can live by... If you're doing something with your car where the front wheels aren't straight, Use your turn signal.

Like I said I have been found guilty of this too and I blame three things besides the richees out there.

1. Cell phones: easy enough to see why, if your holding a phone your hand isn't free to flip the lever. Hang up and drive (Save that rant for another time, probably tomorrow)

2. Jerks who see a car with a signal on and go "oh no, your not getting in front of me". Look, unless the guy is a complete idiot and is trying to get across four lanes of traffic for an exit that he should have known was coming up (then it's OK to block him) and if it isn't risking lives, let him over. In the grand plan it's really not going to make you any later to where your going, and, you will have done a kindness for the day.

3. The Cops: A guy who changes lanes without signaling or gets on or off the freeway without a blinker is breaking the law. Now, I know you love to drive badly (more on that later) but do your job and pull this guy over. You don't have to give him a ticket if you think it's a silly offense, but, if a cop pulled me over specifically to tell me to use my signal when turning or changing lanes I would damn sure remember it, and I guarantee that I would spread the word that cops are out there looking for those who don't signal.