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I hate driving meme mocking rare proper turn signal usage

This meme uses the widely recognized two gossiping girls template. One girl whispers a secret into the ear of the second girl, who reacts with exaggerated, stunned shock. The top overlaid text reads 'I HEARD HE USES HIS INDICATOR LIGHTS' and the bottom overlaid text reads 'WHEN HE CHANGES LANES'. The joke is sarcastic, referencing the extremely common driving pet peeve that most drivers fail to use their turn signals when changing lanes, so properly using indicator lights is framed as a shocking, unheard-of piece of gossip, which aligns with the original title 'I hate driving' that expresses general frustration with common bad driving habits.
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I HEARD HE USES HIS INDICATOR LIGHTS WHEN HE CHANGES LANES

Overview

This meme uses the widely recognized two gossiping girls template. One girl whispers a secret into the ear of the second girl, who reacts with exaggerated, stunned shock. The top overlaid text reads 'I HEARD HE USES HIS INDICATOR LIGHTS' and the bottom overlaid text reads 'WHEN HE CHANGES LANES'. The joke is sarcastic, referencing the extremely common driving pet peeve that most drivers fail to use their turn signals when changing lanes, so properly using indicator lights is framed as a shocking, unheard-of piece of gossip, which aligns with the original title 'I hate driving' that expresses general frustration with common bad driving habits.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted on the Reddit r/meme subreddit with the title 'I hate driving'. The base image used for the meme is a screenshot from the 2006 live-action teen film Aquamarine, featuring characters Hailey Rogers (played by Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque, the whispering girl) and Claire Brown (played by Emma Roberts, the shocked girl). This screenshot has been a popular, widely circulated meme template for sharing over-dramatized or shocking gossip for many years before being repurposed for this driving-focused joke.

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