LogFAQs > #956635839

If you're not entering a new lane, don't signal. There's nothing you actually need to indicate to anyone, and in fact, signalling is likely to make people think you're making a lane change you aren't actually making. If you are entering a new lane, signal.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Therefore, signaling when it's not needed and is actually confusing, is unsafe.

Eh, I'd still say to err on the side of signalling. A confusing signal is mostly just going to result in people slowing down to see what you're doing, which is more annoying than genuinely dangerous. By contrast, failing to signal when it is needed is going to limit people's ability to react, which is going to be dangerous. Ideally, signal at all the right times and none of the wrong times, but if in doubt, signal (and then think about the situation afterwards to figure out what the best course of action actually was, which is something everyone should do any time they think they might have made a mistake).

OhhhJa posted...

Yeah, this seems like terrible advice imo. People on the highway changing speeds when in a lane people are merging into causes more issues than anything. I go to merge and some jackass starts slowing down so it's more difficult to anticipate their movement

I generally play it by ear to make sure they've got a clear space to get in, depending on where they are relative to me. Sometimes that means slowing down, sometimes speeding up, and sometimes going into the other lane (mostly if there's enough traffic behind/in front of me that I can't adjust my position within the lane). Done properly, that all happens well before it's time for them to actually merge, so when that time comes, it's obvious where they'll fit.

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