The days of non-standard turn signals are over. From now on, if you do not comply with the new regulations, you will be deducted 1 point and fined 300 yuan.

I once saw such a joke on the Internet. One car wanted to turn and turned on its turn signal, but the other car turned on its windshield wiper, and eventually the two cars collided. Later, the car owner who turned on the turn signal came down and asked the other person, "I want to turn, can't you let me go?" The owner of the wiper blade said, didn't I tell you with the swinging wiper blade? Of course this is just a joke, but in real life there are indeed many people who do not use turn signals according to regulations. Nowadays, traffic improvement operations are in full swing across the country. Compared with the previous rules such as "one belt, one helmet", "courteous to pedestrians", and "pedestrian fines", new turn signal regulations have also been introduced. If you do not use the turn signal in accordance with the regulations, you will face a fine of 300 yuan and a deduction of 1 point.

On March 13, 2020, the Minhang Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau issued a "Public Security Traffic Management Simple Procedure Penalty Decision", and the reason for the punishment above was because the car "failed to comply with the traffic regulations" Requires the use of turn signals." As a veteran driver who has been driving for many years, do you also find this penalty very novel? After all, the previous turn signal may be almost non-existent. When you like to turn, you can turn it on. When you don't like to turn, the vehicle may just follow its own ideas and go in the designated direction. But now these uncivilized behaviors have violated the law.

Nowadays, experienced drivers on the road use turn signals very casually. Sometimes I turn without turning on my turn signal, and sometimes I don't remember to turn on my turn signal until I reach the intersection. Although the previous "Implementation Regulations of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" did not require the turn signal time. However, in the latest new driving test rules, there are such requirements: starting, turning, changing lanes, overtaking, not using or incorrectly using the turn signal before pulling over, and turning on the turn signal for less than 3 seconds are all failures!

This means that as long as you want to overtake, change lanes, or perform any traffic behavior related to the turn signal, you must turn on the turn signal, and the time must not be less than 3 seconds. Maybe your city has not yet imposed penalties for this provision, but as early as December 2017, the Shanghai Traffic Police had already focused on cracking down on illegal use of turn signals on elevated roads. In November 2019, Shenzhen officially implemented the newly revised "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Road Traffic Safety Violations Punishment Regulations", which also clearly stipulates in Article 13, Paragraph 5: Driving a motor vehicle to change lanes, turn, and temporarily park on the roadside If you do not use the turn signal according to regulations, you will be fined 300 yuan and recorded 1 point.

Nowadays, drivers who drive on the road know that they need to use turn signals when turning. But in this new regulation, the driver is questioning these 3 seconds. The reason why traffic regulations stipulate that the turn signal must be on for three seconds before all turns and lane changes is to allow the vehicle behind in the lane next to it to have sufficient time to react and make correct judgments to ensure the driving safety of both parties. Of course, many drivers are dissatisfied with this point. If it takes three seconds to change lanes or overtake, will it cause the driver behind to step on the accelerator to accelerate, causing him to fail to change lanes or overtake?

This situation will definitely occur, but for the sake of safety, we do not advocate temporary or forced lane changes. Safety is still the first priority.

Nonsense: I would like to remind everyone here that some vehicles may be in disrepair, causing the turn signals to be inoperable, but this is not accepted in traffic regulations. If your car cannot turn on the turn signal because of a damaged headlight, unfortunately you will also be fined.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.