on November 16, 2009 at 12:00 am
Signaling Your Intentions
There’s a very old saying that I feel is appropriate for today’s comic:
“A society is judged by how it treats its vehicle’s turn signals.”
I’m pretty sure Mohandas Gandhi said it first. It was either him, Mother Teresa or Richard Nixon. I always confuse the three cause they look so much alike.
I would appreciate it if everyone would take a few moments and spread this message far and wide today. Together we can make the world a better place, one turn signal use at a time.
– Ben
Chapter: Episode 03 - Wednesday
Characters: Joseph
So true! In St. Louis, MO, cars might as well not come with turn signals, because only about 20% of the population uses them.
I think it has something to do with society getting more self-centered. A turn signal is for the benefit of the people around you, not you yourself, so selfish people opt not to use them. Frown.
AMEN!!! I live in VA, and the lack of turn signal use is abysmal here. And not to disagree with D. Long, but I find the use of a turn signal to be beneficial to the signaler. When I need to get over and space is limited, usually my signal lets people know I need to get there, and often they will make room for me! Wow! Human beings being decent to one another? Maybe this doesn’t happen as much in NY or LA, and it doesn’t always happen here in VA.
Anyway, to make a short story long, yeah, TURN SIGNALS, PEOPLE!
Surf Wisely.
I hope all of the little old ladies are reading this.
Turn signals? I thought those were fancy clothes hangers. I guess I should put my pants back on now. No wonder I keep getting pulled over. 😉
There’s an old Carlin joke about turn signals and people who put them on after they’ve already turned. Apparently, they just want to let you know where they’ve been.
I love the “seriously” tag in the last panel!
Every idiot driver in San Francisco needs to read this, because there’s a ton of them.
Too bad we don’t see the bottom Hank’s sneakers in a pool of red stuff under the car in the sixth panel. It’s gonna take a lot of elbow grease to get that paint off the front of the desk. Isabel gonna do that? That’s not fair!
AMEN!
yea WTF is up w people in the Carolinas not using there F**KING! turn signals
These public service announcements say all the things I’ve always wanted to say. Not using a turn signal drives me nuts. It helps pedestrians too. You know, some of us would like to know if the approaching car is going to drive straight through or make a left/right. Then, maybe, we can avoid looking like idiots standing on the street corner trying to decide if crossing is a safe option.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen Joseph without a cigarette.
And all this time I thought the problem was that the vehicles were defective and the owners just didn’t know. I couldn’t understand how so many new or late-model cars could have defective signals or burned out light bulbs so soon after manufacture, but I was -sure- it was due to mechanical defects. I mean, there can’t be that many @$$holes on the road, can there? Can there???