As a pedestrian, drivers not signalling on roundabouts does my fucking nut in.
That doesn’t look like a BMW stick tho.
Personally I find that most BMW drivers have become Tesla drivers.
Tesla drivers just don’t actually know how to drive. They’re like Prius drivers but worse. It’s because a lot of them are infantilized tech workers who have no real life skills and then buy their first car as a Tesla as jewelry, as status. So they’re dumb, incredibly pretentious and think they’re better than you, don’t give a shit about other people, and don’t give a shit about driving or even learning the laws or culture. It’s literally antisocial.
With bmw drivers, at least they also like driving because that’s the whole bmw brand image.
No matter how hard i push in or pull out this stick, nothing ever happens.
I drove a bmw once. Their blinker sticks suck ass. Actually bad design. You had to like tap it to turn it on and then tap it again to turn it off or something dumb.
The framing makes it look like he is holding it like a pregnancy test 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.
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
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.
In Finland you need to wave your hand for the bus to stop and pick you up.
I waved, and I waved, and I waved, but the bus driver just didn’t turn the blinker on.But, the bus stopped anyway.
So, me: “Hello! Is your own private car a BMW, perhaps?”
The bus driver, visibly proud that someone could recognize that from her outlook alone: “Yes, indeed!”
“Next time maybe use the blinker.”
(The bus driver looked much less proud)I had a friend who bought a BMW a while back. The blinker literally didn’t stay on. You know how in most cars, you move the blinker and it kinda stays in place and blinks until you turn the wheel? Yeah the blinker in his BMW didn’t do that.
There are two modes. Light flick and it will only blink 3 times, hard flick and it will keep blinking.
That’s broken.
Many/most behave as you say if you slightly press the handle up or down but will stay on if you give a firmer press. Maybe your friend was just an idiot?
Nah, he let me try it. It just clicked off way easier than in any other model car I’ve been in.
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?
It still flashes. It’s dumb that we don’t charge it, but it’s still pretty noticable in all but the quickest stops.
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.
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.
I swear people intentionally wait for the last moment to make sure nobody has time to react.
Absolutely! I’ve been trying to understand why.
The closest idea I’ve gotten so far is: They are worried their “request” to merge will be denied so they just do it as fast as possible without giving others a chance to influence it.
These are often also the same people that attempt to block other cars from merging during traffic jams.
I’m not in Germany, but I was taught (in mandated driving school) that when switching lanes, first check it’s safe (which means you cannot cause another car needing to brake for you), then signal, then change lane. You shouldn’t “request to” change lanes forcing another to need to react. Not sure if it can explain the behaviour.
But this is only for changing lanes, not for zipper merging, or just turning a corner etc.
That doesn’t seem like a great idea to me. You’re signaling to let other drivers know you’re intending to do something so they can be ready to react if needed. You could miss a car in your blindspot even after checking and only signaling right before you start changing lanes wouldn’t give that car much warning.
Obviously signaling doesn’t magically give you the right of way to merge, but IMO it’s better to let others know you’re doing something as soon as possible
Every single driver in Florida
This guy Tampas.
Not quite. Western NC is overrun with Floridians who are complete ass at driving
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.
