RANDOM THOUGHTS from the retirement lane. Automobile turn signals ought to be renamed 'idiot signals'. Twice this morning, in the space of less than a mile, I had two cars use their turn signals to tell me that they had already started moving into my lane of traffic.

I was always under the impression that turn signals were to tell the other drivers what you intended to do, not what you had already done. When you turn on the blinker after you've committed to the turn all you're telling me is that you're an idiot.