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Similarly in Moscow I was told when changing the line I should never look that other cars show any indication that they would yield. I should just blink for some seconds and then go. Then I should trust that other drivers want to avoid collisions and yield.

It worked while I have been there for 9 months in 2009, but it never become emotionless instinct to drive like that.

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blink = indicate

Thanks for pointing this misusage of the word that totally changed the meaning.

In common Russian usage the word for "blink" also means indicate-a-turn-with-signal and that is what I meant.

As an aside, in Australia a car's turn indicator lights are commonly referred to as "blinkers".

It's common in (at least portions of) the US as well. I think this was just a case of it being somewhat ambiguous, since we are also talking about vision.

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