Using Turn Signals in Tampa Bay

I have come to accept drivers exceeding the speed limit by thirty and forty miles per hour.  I have come to accept drivers tailgating.  I have come to accept the cell-phone-talking-driver-from Hades.  I have come to accept drivers running red lights.  Matter of fact, on this last one I believe these drivers think that the law allows one mulligan, one driver gets to run a red light at each light change.  I have come to accept drivers darting in and out of traffic.  Although this group mystifies me, especially on the interstates...when traffic is bumper to bumper.  But the one thing that really annoys me is when drivers fail to use their turn signals.

In the process of coming to accept the driving eventualities of Tampa Bay Drivers I began tuning into to Rick Barry of TBO.com.  Rick writes a column titled Behind The Wheel.  This is most excellent dialog on the traffic scenes in the Tampa Bay area!  Rick wrote a piece the other day on Failing to Signal... and it rekindled my feelings on the turn signal issue.  Of course if I want to rekindle feelings on any sort of driving issues, I've only to remember the last time I was out on the roads. 

One of the interesting notes that Rick brings up is about Heather Derusha.  Heather is a professional driver who is sick and tired of people who fail to use turn signals.  She has attempted to bring an awareness to this type of brain dead idiot driver to no avail.  Check out the article.

Friends, I have no connections in high places, no where with all to mount a media blitz calling attention to those who hold no regard for others on the road, but I can ask you to do one thing today.  Can you please use your turn signals?

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[Addison]

Maybe we just need a song....
If I had a signal....
I'd signal in the moooorning
I'd signal in the evening
All over this laaaaaaaand!