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Author Message Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4637 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 2:04 am:        Several times a week while driving, I turn on my right turn signal for five to ten seconds, but do not turn my vehicle. What's going on? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11915 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 2:05 am:        Would this work with your left turn signal? Your hazard lights? Do you intend to make a turn? Are you trying to signal somebody? Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1500 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 2:34 am:        So I assume by not turning, you mean you don't change lanes either? Pikachizzle (Pikachizzle) New member Username: Pikachizzle Post Number: 514 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 3:06 am:        Are you turning it on by accident? Force of habit? Are you doing this intentionally? Are you testing to see that it is working? Are you actively making something occur (perhaps doing that would save gas or something) or is it something of a precautionary motive (maybe blinking turning on your signal prevents the light from burning out)? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4638 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 4:13 am:        Would this work with your left turn signal? Your hazard lights? Do you intend to make a turn? No to all. Are you trying to signal somebody? Yes. So I assume by not turning, you mean you don't change lanes either? No. Are you turning it on by accident? No. Force of habit? No. Are you doing this intentionally? Yes. Are you testing to see that it is working? No. Are you actively making something occur (perhaps doing that would save gas or something) or is it something of a precautionary motive (maybe blinking turning on your signal prevents the light from burning out)? I guess it would be considered precautionary. Pikachizzle (Pikachizzle) New member Username: Pikachizzle Post Number: 517 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 4:17 am:        Does the person you are signaling to know what your right turn signal means? Are you calling to that person, or telling that person to do something? Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1501 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 6:17 am:        So are you crossing over several lanes simultaneously? or just changing between adjacent lanes, but want to give people advance warning? Rbruma (Rbruma) New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1379 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 6:51 am:        Do you signal the guy driving behind you that he can safely overtake you? Redwine (Redwine) New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 440 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 9:12 am:        Do you turn on your right turn signal always in the same place? In a few places of similar features? Martinfg (Martinfg) New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 936 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 - 9:35 am:        Think you missed these. Would this work with your left turn signal? Your hazard lights? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4640 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 10:18 am:        Does the person you are signaling to know what your right turn signal means? Yes. Are you calling to that person, or telling that person to do something? No. So are you crossing over several lanes simultaneously? or just changing between adjacent lanes, but want to give people advance warning? This. Do you turn on your right turn signal always in the same place? This. In a few places of similar features? Though there are other places where it could happen. Would this work with your left turn signal? In another place. Your hazard lights? No. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11951 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 5:02 pm:        Are you always signalling the same person? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4643 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 12:13 am:        Are you always signalling the same person? No. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11955 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 2:54 am:        You missed this one: Do you signal the guy driving behind you that he can safely overtake you? Are you signaling another driver? A pedestrian? Someone behind you? In front of you? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4647 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 4:26 am:        You missed this one: Do you signal the guy driving behind you that he can safely overtake you? With my turn signal? No. Are you signaling another driver? Assume yes. A pedestrian? Someone behind you? Could be either. In front of you? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11964 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 2:25 pm:        Are you only signaling one person? More than one? Do you always signal in the same place? In the same situation? When approaching a turn? Approaching a stop sign? Or a traffic light? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4648 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 9:47 pm:        Are you only signaling one person? More than one? Irr. Do you always signal in the same place? In the same situation? Yes. When approaching a turn? Yope. Approaching a stop sign? No. Or a traffic light? No. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11971 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 10:26 pm:        When approaching a right turn? A left turn? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4649 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 - 12:40 am:        When approaching a right turn? Yope. A left turn? Yope. Redwine (Redwine) New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 458 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 - 9:16 am:        Is there a junction, where main road goes slightly left while another road goes straight, so you have to turn your right signal to indicate that you'll be going off the main road? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4651 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 3:17 am:        Is there a junction, where main road goes slightly left while another road goes straight, so you have to turn your right signal to indicate that you'll be going off the main road? No, but you're OTRT. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12014 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 1:29 pm:        Are you approaching a fork in the road? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4655 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 5:54 am:        Are you approaching a fork in the road? No. Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2375 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 12:32 pm:        Are you approaching a parking lot? or driveway? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4658 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 1:19 pm:        Are you approaching a parking lot? or driveway? No to both. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12113 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 4:48 pm:        Is it relevant what you are approaching? A place where you have to slow down? Like a speed bump? Or school zone? Or crosswalk? Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 26 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 6:03 pm:        what side of the road do you drive on in your country? are you changing lanes to allow others to join a motorway? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4662 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 6:12 pm:        Is it relevant what you are approaching? No. A place where you have to slow down? Yes, but irr. Like a speed bump? Or school zone? Or crosswalk? what side of the road do you drive on in your country? Right. are you changing lanes to allow others to join a motorway? No. Hint: I expected this puzzle to be answered very quickly. A question from the first day holds a vital clue. Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 33 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 7:29 pm:        are you signalling to the other drivers? to one in particular? or someone not driving? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4663 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 10:11 pm:        are you signalling to the other drivers? Yes. to one in particular? Well, whoever's right behind me... or someone not driving? Redwine (Redwine) New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 542 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 10:34 pm:        Ok, so you're changing the lane to an adjacent one, correct? Do you do this in the place where the new lane begins? (I mean the situation where a two-lane street starts being three-lane street, and the new lane is on the right). Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4664 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 11:24 pm:        Ok, so you're changing the lane to an adjacent one, correct? Yes. Do you do this in the place where the new lane begins? (I mean the situation where a two-lane street starts being three-lane street, and the new lane is on the right). No. Eli (Eli) New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1941 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 12:53 am:        Do you actually change lanes? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4665 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 4:10 am:        Do you actually change lanes? Yes. Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 45 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 9:14 am:        do you change lanes to avoid something? to get closer to something? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4666 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 3:42 pm:        do you change lanes to avoid something? to get closer to something? This, but irrelevant. Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 55 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 3:58 pm:        do you change lanes to see something? eg the view is particularly pretty? or you can see your house from there? or you can get close enough to a particular shop to see whether it's still open? or do you want to be see by someone? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4667 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 11:43 pm:        Why I'm changing lanes is irrelevant. Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2376 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 - 8:32 pm:        So...several times a week, you put on your right turn signal and then change lanes. But why you change lanes doesn't matter. What's left? Putting on a turn signal to change lanes isn't unusual, normally. Are we trying to figure out something specific and unusual about your lane changing? Redwine (Redwine) New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 546 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 8:42 am:        Could you stay on the original lane, without changing? Is it physically possible? Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 73 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 11:29 am:        are you approaching a flyover? so you need to be in the right hand lane either to use or avoid the flyover? or a toll road? Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 714 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 5:46 pm:        Traffic circle/roundabout? So are you putting on your turn signal because you're changing lanes? Because that's not unusual. Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4669 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 3:53 am:        The question is how I can change lanes without actually turning my vehicle. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12200 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 3:58 am:        Does the right hand lane end? Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2378 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:10 pm:        Are you at a bend in the road that turns toward the left? So to switch to the right lane, you just go straight? Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 82 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:46 pm:        is there a point at which the lanes curve to the left and you continue straight, crossing over the marked lanes? Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 721 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 5:51 pm:        You missed, redwine chez and me questions Redwine (Redwine) New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 554 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011 - 9:27 pm:        Does your original lane end at the point where you change? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4670 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 6:28 am:        No need to discuss any of these, Noel and Shez are right. SPOILER The road leading to my workplace curves to the left. I enter it from the left lane and leave it from the right, but because it curves I can just stay straight during the curve and cross over the line between the lanes without turning my wheel. Since I am, however, crossing lanes, I put on my turn signal. Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 106 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 11:49 am:        yay! thanks Jenburdoo Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 743 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 2:47 pm:        I'm still confused as to how you manage that. Wouldn't the right lane curve too, causing you to crash off the road and fall to impending doom? And I also was always taught never to change lanes on a curve. Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4676 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 6:40 am:        Oh, I wasn't taught that. The right lane does curve, and I quickly start curving too. Only during the lane-change do I drive straight.