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I have a growing personal hatred of people in white pearl-coat cars right now. They are the new BMWs for me.
When does the Telsa version of this video drop?
I can’t even blame Tesla drivers for not blinking, it’s awfully designed… it’ll stay blinking for too long, then if you try to turn it off by putting it a bit in the opposite direction, now you’re blinking that way instead.
It’s scheduled to be filmed just after the salute tutorial is released.
This is absolutely needed. Everybody knows how to do a nazi salute but they always forget to make the mussolini stank face at the same time.
My hubby drives a bmw and every time he uses his turn signals I point out that he is confusing other drivers
Consistency is important.
when my BMW is reset, the soft turn signal only blinks once. I have to go and set it for 3 blinks. Ever since, I see BMW drivers sometimes only give one blink and if you blink you might miss it lol bad engineering on such great engineering
I did not know about soft turn signals until I saw this post.
I question why this feature exists. Drivers should be aiming to signal 10 seconds ahead. When making a lane change or turn, you should be keeping your signal on until the maneuver is completed. I can’t think of a circumstance where 3 blinks is enough. 1 blink looks more like a mistaken signal.
Law is 3 seconds here, which is a bit longer than 3, but not a lot. 10 can get ambiguous because there might be a street before the one you’re actually turning at, and then you’ll confuse others.
The 3 blinks is mostly just for roundabout exits though, at least for me. 3 seconds of blinking could mean 2 different exits. Again, confus.
My favorite blinker scenario locally is this really disgusting offramp/series of interchanges/spaghetti abomination thing on my way home from certain directions. I take every possible lane change and right turn for nearly 2 miles on this part of the route, so I just activate the blinker once and it stays on for a solid 3 minutes until it shuts off on its own.
- Start on 2-lane 55mph turnpike with exit coming up on the right in ~.75 miles
- right blinker goes on as the turnpike gradually widens to 5 lanes, adding new lanes on the right every ~.1 miles - I leave the blinker on as I hug the solid white and slip into each new lane as it comes
- After .2 miles of being in the rightmost of the 5 lanes, I slip onto the exit ramp - blinker is still on (lol)
- After another .1 miles, the ramp splits and I take the right side of the fork - blinker still on
- Yet another fork after that where I stay to the right again
- Another roadway merges in on the right which I have to cross in front of
- Come up on a T intersection of the off-ramp with the surface street and, you guessed it, the blinker is STILL ON, and it’s another right turn for me
- That last 90° turn is enough steering wheel rotation to trigger the automatic shutoff of the blinker coming out of the turn
- I grin like an idiot and cackle with glee the rest of the way home as my partner in the passenger seat quietly shakes her head. Fucking glorious
I can sorta imagine it, but also not. I think we need a video to laugh at
Maybe I’ll take a dashcam video. Seems like the sort of thing that belongs in dull men’s club.
three is good enough for lane changes on the freeway, sure 10 seconds would be optimal but it’s not always realistic
idk about 1 because I think it’s absurd too
Ten seconds of signaling is insane. If you have the room, put on the blinker, change lanes safely, then turn it off.
That’s nearly a quarter mile at freeway speed and more than an average block in the city. You might as well just keep it on the entire time you’re driving since nobody will know what you’re signaling.
I use the three blinks when exiting a roundabout.
What do you mean by “when my BMW is reset”?
if the battery is disconnected, it loses some of the memory settings. like there’s two available seat memories that get reset. plus saved radio stations and blinker preferences
There is a tiny pinhole under the driver side door. If you put a paperclip in it for 5secs the horn honks and the BMW is reset. Afterwards you have to resync your key through the authenticator app and change your blinkers from one to three.
If you hear a continuous honk. Your BNW is actually a transformer and you just sounded it’s urethra.
Incredible reply. Simply brilliant.
Smoking gun
It would be funny if the video length was 3 hours
Opening with a disclaimer “the use of this procedure may void your warranty…”
Comments are turned off… Of course they are. 😄
Subscribe to BMW Safety+ for 9.99$ a month for great features like: turn signals and rear view mirror streaming camera.
Why would I pay $10/mo for things I don’t even use?
I used to ride a motor bike and BMW divers are the reason I sold it. So many of them don’t care about anyone beyond the range of their own knuckles.
Every driver in China is like that. The popular consensus seems to be if other drivers know what you plan to do, they will use it against you.
Bro this is applicable EVERYWHERE 😂
That doesnt really match my experience, every region has a distinct reason they don’t use turn signals; American drivers are too self-centered to signal, Indian drivers don’t use the turn signals because it broke 12 years and 800,000km ago, Vietnamese drivers/riders are too busy on their phones or stretching their legs to use a turn signal (vinfast drivers are just afraid it will drain the battery), South Korean drivers will have already made the turn or merge by the time the light reaches other drivers so they don’t bother.
But… Why?
Because BMW signals are different. Tiny tap gets you three blinks and goes off (more standard now). Pushing a direction turns them on, and unlike other cars you push the same direction again to disengage. This way you never accidentally push too far and do the opposite signal.
I definitely prefer the BMW signal to any other vehicles I’ve driven, but as a BMW driver I’ve learned that when you signal people will aggressively close gaps. I still signal but take the space almost instantly because I know 90% of drivers will try to block me out.
I don’t think they should be adding RGB to cars it’s a bit ostentatious.
All cars should be CMYK instead. Out of yellow? Take the bus.
429K user be like :
Bravo! I’ll need to have a look, do they also have a video with helpful hints for overcoming the blind spots that prevent you from fitting your BMW into a single parking space in crowed parking lots?
I asked the local BMW dealer if I had to take a class to unlearn how to use a turn signal.
He did not find it funny, which I found even more hilarious.
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You know, in retrospect, you are totally right.
So you’re telling me they’re not an optional extra?
Nowadays the turn signal is probably a monthly subscription
Correct. Blew my mind too.
From what I hear, the car itself beats it out of you.
Based on the number of BMWs I see in the shop there?
Something gets beat, that’s for sure.
429k views
And yet no progress. So sad.
