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TorontoBoy wrote: In the end I decided to change my riding habits and remember to turn off my turn signals. Adding more technology isn't always the solution.

tell that to 85% of the engineers out there and they will just laugh at you. But I agree with you .

earwig wrote:When I first started riding one day I forgot to turn off my turn signal and some hick pulled up next to me and yells out of his window... hey! yer gonna git yerself killed if you don’t turn dat blinker off!

i love jersey

My bike has an autocancel. BUT my previous bike didn't. I got in the habit of just randomly hitting the cancel switch as I go down the road.

The habit of cancelling at upshift is a really good one. Its what I am in the habit of doing.

After following someone on group ride who's signal was on for a good 5 miles. I realized that it can be dangerous to forget.

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Big B wrote:

avoidalliteration wrote:

noodlenoggin wrote:Total OCD. I'm constantly pushing the turn signals to cancel them. Constantly. Just worrying at it like a terrier with a rag. I've even got self-cancelling signals...doesn't seem to matter. Push. Push. Push. Push. I don't recommend it, really...just saying.

Good, I'm not the only one who does that. Even after I've checked the indicator, I'm still cancelling...

i've even caught myself pushing the damn thing even after i've been on a straightaway for miles.

I do the exact same thing.
I just figure better safe than sorry, i guess.

I had the same problem when i first got my bike a little over a month ago. But I think you hit it on the head of the nail with your comment "too many things to worry about". The more I ride some of the many worries that I initially had, have gone away. Now its almost a ritual ( as someone commented) in cancelling my signal. Close to 100 % of the time But you're absolutely right there are too many things to worry about when you first start off. Alot of those things are becoming second nature to me.