Personally I find that most BMW drivers have become Tesla drivers.
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No matter how hard i push in or pull out this stick, nothing ever happens.
It used to just be BMW drivers but now it’s literally everyone.
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 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.
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.
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)
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.
Every single driver in Florida
This guy Tampas.
Not quite. Western NC is overrun with Floridians who are complete ass at driving
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BMW drivers: So left or right? I can't turn both!