O-turn

Because he should have used his signal?

nightcrawler7188

hmmm that's weird...hope my luck doesn't run out

e3opian

I got away with it for a year. The day I took my NC inspection sticker off the window finally, is the day I got a NFP ticket. Coincedence??

gfacter

Tough crowd here.

boofer

i already said i was just ranting and that it was unfortunate. i didn't say that it isn't deserved, because a law is a law and there's no real grey area there. on the other hand though, do all of you always use your blinker 100% of the time when traffic is light and you're on a highway with no cars in your general vicinity? i'm gonna say no. i use my blinkers 100% of the time when i'm near cars, making a right hand turn and when i'm stopped to make left hand turns and stuff like that. i see people break several of these laws in the span of 3 city blocks when i'm driving, and so to me, it just seems very unfortunate that i got nabbed for doing something seemingly minor like this.

that's fine if people are going to sh*t on me. i probably shouldn't have started the thread in the first place, but i will admit i was looking for at least a little sympathy, not "you f***ing got what you deserve, sh*tbag!!!



no worries. i'm hoping that taking a driving class between now and the court date will count for something. it's like $50 and probably worth it even if i still have to pay the $91, because the points taken back off would save me more than that in the long run.

boofer

it was around 6:15 and the sun had been down for a few minutes.

magikcow

actually. I do use my turn signals 100% of the time. It feels odd without turning them on before I turn.

Just like how it feels weird moving in a car without having my seatbelt on.

I guess it's just the way that you learn how to drive.

boofer

yeah, i suppose i've become somewhat lazy in the ~10 years that i've been driving. i figure, if i'm on a highway and there's no one around, what's the point in using a signal to move from the left to the right lane? it seems like overkill to me, and that's exactly the attitude that got me a ticket. oh well, what's done is done.

in the meantime, i've slowly but surely come to the realization that the car cannot be driven the way we'd like it to be on the roads...at all. especially around DC. traffic lights everywhere, 20mph over = reckless driving, etc. if this infraction jacks up my insurance (i currently pay $106/month, which isn't that bad), i'll consider selling it and buying something like an '04 accord coupe. it's obviously more vanilla and there are many more of them, but there's the backseat, same reliability, lower insurance costs, and obviously less of a car payment (i pay about $400/mo).

of course, i read all these other posts of people who sold their S2000s and then came back a year or two later. i'm guessing that would be me as well.

tacocat

So they put it on your record and give it to the insurance company upon request. I think that they do not send it unless there are points. If they, do this only proves that Maryland>Virginia.

tacocat

Well Brian drives like an asshat, too.