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Turning: always use signal (even in parking lots and on streets when I know for a fact that no one is around). Its an ingrained habit.
Changing Lanes: I go back and forth. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. However, if I have been paying close enough attention to know that I had plenty of room and used my signal; if that person speeds up to close me off, I find a way in somehow.
I ALWAYS leave a lot of room and work very hard to accommodate 18 wheelers (blinking my lights so that they know they have room).
On Thanksgiving morning, as I was driving out the 210 to my Mom's house, I had my cruise control set (I won't say at what speed). I was in the #1 lane (the "fast" lane*) quickly approaching a vehicle. So, because I had a lot of room, I changed lanes to the right and was passing him. Then this nimrod makes a point of speeding up to prevent me from going in front of him (we were coming up on a car in the #2 lane). Had he not sped up, I would have easily (and safely) passed in front of him, each of us maintaining the speeds we were previously going and each of us merrily going on our respective ways without another thought.
But, he decided to be an ass, so I was forced to ruin his day.
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