Don't Use Your Turn Signals

Communication is an important aspect of modern life, whether you are compromising with your girlfriend, ordering a salad with dressing on the side, or mentally willing  your dog to call 911 as you are being forced into a van.

Quick girl, get help! Also, call work and tell them I can't come in today. And see if you can find someone to sub for me at volleyball tonight!

One place that many people expect you to communicate is when you are operating a vehicle. Well, like I often tell waiters as I don’t tip them, I defy expectations! The clearest path to non-communication on the road is to not use your turn signals. What is a car, but a 3000 pound bomb made of steel and glass that we race around in? Some people argue that signalling helps avoid car crashes and even saves lives, but what they don’t want you to know is that turn signals have their faults, too.

Useless buttons and levers can be tempting...it's best to just remove mechanisms like this altogether.

The average driver uses their signal about 24 times on an average trip. While this may not sound too bad, keep in mind that flipping that switch takes 2 full seconds...each time! The result is that people can waste upwards of one minute of their drive on signalling. That is time that could have been spent adjusting the temperature, replying to a text, or doing a third thing that probably could have waited for later. You can’t afford to burn that kind of time. Signalling is pointless. You know what way you are turning, right? That kind of information is no one else’s business. The people behind you can be responsible for their own safety, just like you. You won’t ever get into an accident, unless some idiot cuts in front of you with no warning.