I have a 2025 BMW EV. It strongly refuses to switch lanes unless you engage the turn signal. BMW engineers literally had to software code a fix for the average BMW driver.
Maybe that explains the crazy phenomenon I saw the other day. A BMW driver near me actually used their turn signal and I was super impressed. They they cut off another driver and almost caused a huge accident.
It takes time to learn new behaviours, I guess
well it won’t fix the huge blind spots on modern cars
It’s not just BMW drivers though! Here in Germany, the majority of motorists are using it wrong: they indicate as they merge/turn or a second before (at best), making it entirely useless IMO.
Plenty common in the US too. Brake lights are a more reliable indicator that someone is planning to turn soon
Don’t You use the same light for turning and braking?
A lot of US cars use the same physical light for turn signals and brake signals, but I’m saying noticing the car in front of you is slowing down because the brake lights are on can be a more reliable way to know someone is about to turn because no one uses turn signals properly
Not universally. And even for cars that do, it is still easily noticeable when someone has their signal on. There are at least 3 brake lights, so if one of them is flashing instead of solid, that one is the turn signal.
I find more cars these days tend to have dedicated front and rear turn signals that are separate from the brake lights, though.
It still flashes. It’s dumb that we don’t charge it, but it’s still pretty noticable in all but the quickest stops.
And then you get the other extreme, those who turn on their indicators 3 streets before their actual turn. They will turn …at some point.
Personally I find that most BMW drivers have become Tesla drivers.
First time I ever saw a Tesla on the road, I had just gotten my driver’s license and was exiting a small town where I had bought my first ever car. It was 60 km/h road, about 5-10 km before the town ends. I was driving by the limit, taking in the possible “meter error.” I stopped at lights, and my buddy noticed a Tesla behind us. When the lights turned green, the Tesla passed me in the intersection area and drove away at over 100 km/h. It was gone very fast. Sadly there was not a police car patrolling or cameras… Later experiences with Teslas have not been any different.
Congrats Tesla driver, you were faster than a 2000 WV Golf! What a driver you are/were!
No matter how hard i push in or pull out this stick, nothing ever happens.
That doesn’t look like a BMW stick tho.
Yeah looks like a ford
wta do you mean? there is no such stick on a bmw XD
Hah, that would complete the joke, can’t wait for fully self driving cars
Every single driver in Florida
This guy Tampas.
Not quite. Western NC is overrun with Floridians who are complete ass at driving
I have a BMW. I feel like “BMW driver” is often more of a state of mind than the car you actually drive. I’m more of a Toyota driver who happens to own a BMW lol
It used to just be BMW drivers but now it’s literally everyone.
Depends on the country.
In the UK there’s a very good chance the -non audi, BMW, tesla, range rover- driver will indicate.In Finland then, yeah. I’ve only been here a week but it definitely seems there is slightly more of a chance they will not indicate.
As one of the few BMW drivers that keeps his blinkerfluid topped up I upvoted this. So annoying if people don’t use a blinker, especially when they leave roundabouts and keep the traffic that wants to enter waiting for nothing. It takes zero effort to use a blinker, people who refuse to use them are just lazy selfish pieces of shit.
It’s not that they don’t know about the blinker, it’s that they know every blinker has a limited number of blinks, and dealership charge an arm and a leg to change the blinker fluid.
Knowing BMW, charging to use the indicator sounds like a very real thing to happen.
As a pedestrian, drivers not signalling on roundabouts does my fucking nut in.
The framing makes it look like he is holding it like a pregnancy test lol.
BMW drivers: So left or right? I can’t turn both!
*Tesla drivers
Don’t forget your RAM drivers. Cuz you know, big truck is sports car
