I have been having these weird thoughts about the turning lane lately.

Do you have to put on your blinker in the turning lane?  Just in random observations it seems most people don’t (although I think its close to 50/50).  I always put on my blinker in the turning lane.

I’m not sure what the law states (nor am I really interesting in what the law states about it), but in my own experience I would rather have a blinker on for the unobservant drivers who don’t realize they are in a turning lane with me and could smash up my vehicle if they choose to than not turn it on.  I’m not sure what  has brought this to the forefront of my thought lately but its there.

Oh…and another thing that bugs me.  I have snapped a few pictures with my cell phone from my car lately on the way to work.  I post them on facebook, or here, or wherever and there is always that ass who seems to need to smugly point the obvious out   “who’s driving the vehicle.”

Side note – I honestly don’t think police should be able to ticket us for something as mundane as using your cell phone while driving, when police do it all the time.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cop with a bluetooth headset on, but I have seen many cops using the cell phones while driving.  Not rushing to an accident or anything, but casually driving the streets.  I would laugh my ass off if one police officer pulled over another for using their cell phone while driving.  I think then, I could accept that law.

Anyways, so when I see something awesome while I’m driving I’ll snap a picture, if there’s a place to stop and take the picture, I will, but if not, I’ll snap a quick picture anyways.   And without fail some ass who probably does their make up or drinks their coffee, searches for something in the backseat, eats some food, looks for something in her purse or fiddles with the radio while driving, but sees nothing wrong with those distracting actions, will comment on taking a picture using while driving.  Its moronic, stupid and irksome.