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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RichCsigs" data-source="post: 2953780" data-attributes="member: 19690">Turn signals:  Use them properly.  That means, if you shifting lanes, turn you signal on before switching lanes, not just before and not as you are.Inversely, another annoying thing is people who speed up to block someone who has turned on their signal to announce they want to switch lanes.  That's just being mean.Abuse of Handicap Spots:  Handicap spots are there for those who need the extra space to exit a vehicle, wither for a wheelchair ramp or just frailty in general (needing the space to get a walker or wheelchair by the door, etc).  Yet the number of able-bodied "older" people with a handicap-parking pass is just outrageous.  These things are given out like candy.  Isn't there suppose to be some kind of regulation on this?  I know you don't have that many years left but an extra 10 seconds of walking won't change your life that drastically (yes, I know that sentence is mean, but that's how I feel).Also, if you have a handicap-parking pass because you drive a frail/handicap person around, this does NOT give you the right to use the pass when that person is not with you.  That's just lazy and rude to someone who may actually need the spot.Emergency vehicle etiquette (assume lights & sirens are on for all these pet peeves): If an emergency vehicle is coming from behind you, pull over immediately!  Do NOT wait for the vehicle to be directly behind you.If you are driving and an emergency vehicle is coming down the other side of the road, slow down and move as far over to the side of the road as you can.  This gives extra room for the emergency vehicle to pass other vehicles.If you are stopped for a red light at an intersection and an emergency vehicle comes up behind you and you have obstructions on either side of you (other cars, road barriers, etc.) you are legally allowed to move into the intersection!! Don't rush in.  Move in slowly checking to make sure vehicles coming the other way have stopped.  Then after the vehicle has passed you, get out of the intersection.Driving lane etiquette: In the United States, the left lane is for passing, not the right lane.If you are driving on a two-lane road and are in the left lane and a vehicle comes up behind you obviously looking to pass you, move over.If you are in the middle lane of a three lane road and are constantly being passed on the left AND the right, you are in the wrong lane.  Move over to the right one (and turn on your signal before you do it).When I'm driving down a single lane road and I have 3 or more cars behind me, I assume I am going slower than the natural flow of traffic and pull over so they can pass me.  I would like to see the same returned.If you are in the passing lane and come up behind someone who is in the middle of passing a series of cars but is driving slower than you would like to, patiently wait for them to finish passing the cars before you start flipping your lights at them.  If they pass the cars and then don't move over, that's the time to start letting them know you would like to go faster.</blockquote>

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