A poll: What does 2 blinks of the left signal mean to you?

[noteven]

You catch up to me on a two lane road. You can’t quite see far enough ahead to know if safe to pass, but I blink left signal 2 blinks on move to the extreme right of my lane. What am I doing?

1. Saying “safe to pass I will help you around” ?

2. Making fake gonna turn left signals like “brake checking” only different?

3. Trying to trick you into a fiery head on collision which I am videoing to sell to the news and u tube?

[Lwiddis]

x2, RoyF

[blownstang01]

I'm only 50, but old school. I would know what it means, but after seeing some things on the road now (as we all do) I'm not sure to trust until I can see myself.

[rdhetrick]

If you were in front of me and I saw you do that, I'd think you were:
1. Lost and not sure where you wanted to turn.
2. About to make a wide left turn.
3. Drunk

In any of those cases, I wouldn't pass.

In my opinion, trying to be helpful by signalling like that only adds confusion.

[HadEnough]

Have never seen this signal in all my life.

[tdiller]

With all the electronically controlled stuff in today's vehicles are you sure when you hear two relay clicks that you have only signaled twice? My car if I push down momentarily on the signal it will give three flashes for a lane change. Same with my truck.

[PenMan]

PartyOf Five wrote:
Yeah doesn't mean anything to me; I slide into the shoulder and signal right to encourage the followers to pass.

I do this except for the right signal. I just pull to the right but maintain my speed if I think it is safe for them to pass so they can see past me. If I can't see far enough ahead then I stay out in my lane.

[p220sigman]

If anything, it means that you are going to turn somewhere in the near future, but don't really know for sure where. I wouldn't pass you unless I could see and verify it was safe to do so.

[PartyOf_Five]

Yeah doesn't mean anything to me; I slide into the shoulder and signal right to encourage the followers to pass.

[Corkey05]

RoyF wrote:
Age 80, I learned to drive in 1954. Back then, truck drivers would use this to mean (1).

Today, I cannot recall seeing any trucker use that signal. And from anyone else, I would never trust it, and would wait until I could see for myself that it was safe to pass.

X2

[Mr_Mark1]

Are in an RV or car?

I would think you are pulling a #2.

I don't worry too much about what is behind me unless I'm going below the speed limit.

The only time I see the 'left' turn signal is generally on big semi's as a 'thank you' as I have flashed them that it's OK to pull back over when the pull in front of me after passing.

If I'm going slower on a two lane road when I'm in the coach, I will pull over at the first opportunity to let the string of cars/trucks pass me.

Safe travels,
MM.

[RoyF]

Age 80, I learned to drive in 1954. Back then, truck drivers would use this to mean (1).

Today, I cannot recall seeing any trucker use that signal. And from anyone else, I would never trust it, and would wait until I could see for myself that it was safe to pass.