Sticking to the rules of the road is at the very core of the ETS2 game experience. One mundane but mandatory thing you should do is turn on your blinkers when changing lanes or turning.
I find common hard-to-forget or miss key controls the easiest for such a popular action. Each key toggles the corresponding blinker on and off.
My setup goes with:
- [ for left blinkers. Since this square bracket is left-sided, it made it easier to remember blinker direction
- ] for right blinkers. The exact opposite of the above and just next to it on my keyboard. Hard to miss
How to Set Blinker Keys on ETS2
- Launch the game and go to the pause menu
- Select options, then Keys & Buttons
- Scroll down until you find the Left-Turn indicator and Right-Turn indicator
- Click on the Primary key binding option for one (start with Left-Turn) it will turn yellow when ready for you to press the key you want to assign
- Press the key you want to assign on the keyboard ([ for me)
- Repeat the same for Right-Turn and select another key
- Hit escape to go to the save menu and select drive to get to your truck.
- Pressing the selected Left-Turn key should activate the left blinker and the ticker sound in the cab. Press the key again to turn it off.
- The same applies to the Right-Turn key