57 Percent Don't Use Turn Signals
POSTED: Thursday, March 16, 2006
The 57 percent of American drivers who say they don't use their turn signals for changing lanes have a variety of excuses.In a survey commissioned by Response Insurance, these were the reasons given: 42 percent said they don't have time. 23 percent said they are too lazy. 17 percent said they don't because they forget to turn it off. 12 percent said they change lanes to frequently to bother. 11 percent said it's not important. 8 percent said they don't because others don't. 7 percent said not doing it adds to excitement. The survey also found 62 percent of men leave the turn signal alone when changing lanes; the number was 53 percent for women. Seventy-one percent of drivers ages 18-24 don't signal, but 51 percent of those 55 to 64 do.
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