Subject	Defensive driving 101:
Posted by	Dave N on June 11, 2010 at 2:07 PM
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In Reply To	How many of you use your blinker when changing lanes? posted by BigTDogg (MA) on June 11, 2010 at 08:38 AM
Message	Never, EVER, assume the other driver knows what they're doing. Always anticipate the unexpected. Having said that, I use left and right signal 99.999% of the time. For the 0.001%...that's when I'm on the road and it's vacant or there's no one within 15+ car lengths. Dave This car is probably owned by a snowboarder. Sig Quotes: "I JUST saw your polls post" email from BigTDogg on March 24, 2009 in reference to this polls post from Jan 7, 2009. "Your sausage scares me!" - TT-XTZ 6/13/05 "Or he's having a rough week like the rest of us and decided to take out his agressions of not being breast fed on me." BigTDogg 15:45, 09/25/03 "Pick her up from day care and take her to Dairy Queen for a snow cone." YugoBernie 1/7/04 of course those are canadian bannings and beatings, which after the conversion rate is really only a "hey! stop that!" Chris(NJ) 1/14/04 see the green "n" next to my name? what's COZ? (n/m) - 300zx88 8/11/04
Follow Ups	How many of you use your blinker when changing lanes? - BigTDogg (MA) 08:38:37 06/11/10 Happens all the time, unfortunately. - Z_Cherub 08:43:47 06/11/10 If I'm in traffic always. But sometimes if I'm not around - Musashi Sword 08:44:48 06/11/10 Re: How many of you use your blinker when changing lanes? - canyoncarver 08:45:46 06/11/10 "I'm not using it to ask if I can come over, so get out of - Z_Cherub 08:49:17 06/11/10 false (n/m) - Guapo 09:05:17 06/11/10 I'm not LOLing, if I'm in the left lane, and you cut infront - BigTDogg (MA) 09:14:31 06/11/10 you would have a stroke within a year in Europe (n/m) - LJZTT 10:45:31 06/11/10 How old are you? (n/m) - just4kinks 10:19:13 06/11/10 you would be a model european driver (n/m) - LJZTT 10:46:25 06/11/10 that is a dangerous way to drive (n/m) - dpjax 12:00:36 06/11/10 The accident will be your fault then. - rojoloco (San Diego) 21:30:06 06/11/10 False on your last statement. - Aqualung 22:00:52 06/11/10 Really no way to prove that one though. - rojoloco (San Diego) 22:14:06 06/11/10 Who's talking accidents? - canyoncarver 14:58:58 06/12/10 You are correct that most defensive drivers are brain dead. - rojoloco (San Diego) 23:27:52 06/12/10 Always (n/m) - black300zx 08:53:41 06/11/10 yes (n/m) - Guapo 09:07:01 06/11/10 Yes. - JT-Australia 09:27:12 06/11/10 I always use mine and every a****** that doesn't makes mine - John@Z1 09:27:37 06/11/10 i use my blinker if traffic is around me. - SuparexTT 09:28:38 06/11/10 only if I'm exiting or coming over in front of someone. (n/m) - PoweredbyZ 09:36:16 06/11/10 Always, even in parking lots and residential streets. (n/m) - apudapus 09:37:14 06/11/10 2nded. is it that hard... REALLY? (n/m) - Antihero 10:27:56 06/11/10 Same here, it's second nature to me. I even catch myself - toykoz32 11:20:17 06/11/10 My friend got a ticket in Irvine for not using his blinkers - apudapus 15:20:34 06/11/10 There is no money in catching "fail to signal" (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 09:49:05 06/11/10 There shouldn't be. - Z_Cherub 09:52:12 06/11/10 There is and it should be a greater fine - BigTDogg (MA) 10:06:10 06/11/10 There's always the hand signals if your blinker is busted. (n/m) - rufflez 11:07:35 06/11/10 failure to signal in an accident situation is a fine... - SuparexTT 11:23:41 06/11/10 ? - Z_Cherub 11:36:44 06/11/10 You mean "usually results in"?? (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 11:50:30 06/11/10 It's probably a few times a week that I have to yell out the - bnhunt 09:55:04 06/11/10 I wasn't in my Z. No, I tend to drive like a puss in - BigTDogg (MA) 10:04:11 06/11/10 only way to show off nismo fender markers. - ZiNnYc 10:06:34 06/11/10 Always. I hate not knowing what people around me are wanting - pearlwhite94ttz 10:37:28 06/11/10 Always signal your intentions - Shiers69 10:40:05 06/11/10 better question, at what age am I supposed to start leaving - LJZTT 10:43:55 06/11/10 To your earlier point, I was NOT in my Z, I was in my beater (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 11:18:57 06/11/10 Always - Insomniac (VA) 10:46:48 06/11/10 I blink, and look 100% of the time. People are crazy, if you - Turnerscasa (Dallas) 10:54:34 06/11/10 Let me guess...Ted Williams Tunnel or Mass Pike! (n/m) - Z DNA 10:58:26 06/11/10 Close, entering Mass Pike from Purhcase St. Google map >>> - BigTDogg (MA) 11:17:34 06/11/10 I miss Boston... - Z DNA 14:50:07 06/11/10 It's a fun city, but the roads and drivers suck - BigTDogg (MA) 17:26:23 06/11/10 I use mine all the time - better safe than sorry (n/m) - RICH1 10:59:37 06/11/10 Signal lights: Always. Accelerate to keep asshat from ... - Black95 10:59:43 06/11/10 *too (n/m) - Black95 11:01:08 06/11/10 Re: How many of you use your blinker when changing lanes? - Yaadman Z 11:00:46 06/11/10 Re: How many of you use your blinker when changing lanes? - rufflez 11:05:15 06/11/10 -- Rules I tend follow. - ni[X]it 11:08:13 06/11/10 C is my favorite, LOL. And I agree with all, esp #7 (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 11:20:32 06/11/10 What can we do to people that violate E? - apudapus 15:27:54 06/11/10 Do you do anything when someone leaves their blinkers on? - socos 18:33:40 06/11/10 Always, and early, none of this flip the signal when you - not4resaleZ 11:10:45 06/11/10 And one more thought... - cherryz 11:13:54 06/11/10 i always signal in the z. - KasbeKZ(VA) 11:20:00 06/11/10 I'm not gonna say that's fine, but IMO it's not as big a - BigTDogg (MA) 11:27:53 06/11/10 Too bad the general poulation is 60% dumber than you all the - Z_Cherub 11:35:48 06/11/10 I always make sure I put my turn signal on - DZYR(NoVa) 14:23:51 06/11/10 i don't worry about it because my attentiveness is - KasbeKZ(VA) 20:30:43 06/11/10 always... nothing pisses me off more - the80proof 11:42:44 06/11/10 Re: How many of you use your blinker when changing lanes? - doanh 12:00:07 06/11/10 I hear there's some cripple "engineer" in a white Z - Z_Cherub 12:11:39 06/11/10 True - RobZ32 12:34:04 06/11/10 All the time. (n/m) - RAGTPZ 12:01:12 06/11/10 most of the time - lukzzkeeper 12:23:19 06/11/10 In Kalifornia - NytWolf 12:31:39 06/11/10 In parts of Socal that I frequent (most of Orange County) - apudapus 15:42:22 06/11/10 Re: How many of you use your blinker when changing lanes? - darkmann 12:34:12 06/11/10 Always, unless the one I'm cutting in-front pissed me off - SWhiteTT(WA) 12:59:54 06/11/10 ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS, godDAMN! - MegamanMk2 13:04:55 06/11/10 You should have let him in, whether he used his - zellamay 14:01:13 06/11/10 Negative, he should have waited until there was no one - BigTDogg (MA) 14:26:45 06/11/10 BS - just because someone else is being a selfish prick on - Z_Cherub 15:15:47 06/11/10 lol @ all you sensitive souls who take traffic to heart. (n/m) - Antihero 16:18:54 06/11/10 Sorry, - Z_Cherub 16:43:30 06/11/10 yah, pisses me off when people don't signal - Ahmed (Chicago) 14:03:05 06/11/10 I use my blinker when changing lanes and turning, always. - Merlin89 14:07:01 06/11/10 Defensive driving 101: - Dave N 14:07:48 06/11/10 Suggets fixing that .001%, for that one time when - zellamay 14:10:22 06/11/10 In my experiences it was a ford gt :) (n/m) - Initial Z 17:26:28 06/11/10 If "beating someone to the spot" is your idea of safe - modnar 15:01:32 06/11/10 Like I said, beating to the spot was a bad choice of words - BigTDogg (MA) 17:28:44 06/11/10 As the Mentalist would say...."LIAR"...you sped up - modnar 22:31:47 06/11/10 LOL n00b, enjoy sailing with Chris Cross on your Failboat (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 01:17:00 06/12/10 LOL...BOOB...I have been here for many many years (n/m) - modnar 08:35:28 06/12/10 Less than me :-) (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 19:36:54 06/13/10 I always do, I hate when people do not use them! (n/m) - john90zxtt(OH) 16:17:51 06/11/10 2nd (n/m) - na300zx (OH) 09:10:16 06/12/10 Unless I am out of blinker fluid, I use it all the time. (n/m) - ZXRider 17:38:18 06/11/10 Always. Golden rule... (n/m) - Got Z? 18:37:04 06/11/10 It is better to drive defensivley. - BoneZ 20:32:54 06/11/10 Every single time. No ifs, ands, or buts. - rojoloco (San Diego) 21:31:35 06/11/10 What's a blinker? - CoHPhasor 21:55:47 06/11/10 pretty simple, required when turning, so it's as natural - vorpalZ 23:42:41 06/11/10 yes, almost always (n/m) - RSR 02:17:49 06/12/10 To those who use it, how many blinks do you allow? - darkmann 13:12:34 06/12/10 I blink until I'm fully in the lane, then I kill it. (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 08:47:42 06/14/10
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