The right turn signal on my car isn't working.
(If my father is reading this, I mean my "right turning indicator." As he likes to say, "ANYTHING can be a signal, so be more specific!")
I know that on this model of car this happens a lot, so I'm too lazy to get it fixed. Instead, I'm going "old school" and using hand signals. Luckily, Nigel had a driver's handbook in the house because I couldn't remember which way to hold my arm (obviously, I don't ride bikes much).
So now I'm driving down the street sticking my arm out the window (luckily it's summer) before I make a turn and everyone thinks I'm waving at them. They either wave back or give me a weird look like, "I don't know you, how dare you wave at me!"
It's gotten so bad that the other day the man in the car ahead of me was signalling for me to go around him. I just sat there. Nigel finally had to poke me and tell me to go around. I thought he was signalling for a right turn, too!
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Funny, because I just actually waved at you driving the other day- like the friendly kind of wave- and got nothing in return. I'm hoping you just didn't see me :)
That's because I'm a snob.
Sorry, I was probably too busy listening to the sounds of parts of my car falling off.
I like that you looked those hand signals up because you and cyclists are probably the only ones who know what they mean.
I was driving behind a cyclist the other day, and he used a hand signal, so I just waited because I had no idea what the signal indicated.
OK, maybe lots of people know what they mean, but I can never remember.
You always bring happiness to my day! Not that I like bad things happening to you, but I like your attitude about it :)
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