…the guy behind me blasted his horn and waved his arms the instant the light turned green. Looked in the mirror and, sure enough, he was a Short Guy from New Jersey. Has a block ‘R’ on his bumper, no doubt.
OT: Was stopped at a red light, and…
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he's on strike and feeling the pressure.
there is a steaming series named "Beef" that is pretty interesting and starts with this premise.
there is a steaming series named "Beef" that is pretty interesting and starts with this premise.
Not excusing bad behavior by either driver. I tap the horn, don't lean on it, but around here 50-60 percent of people are on their phones or jerking off, and if you don't tell them the light has turned green, you'll sit there all afternoon watching your fingernails grow. I used to wait a few seconds to give people the benefit of the doubt but the problem is so common, I just beep as soon as the light turns green and the front driver doesn't see it because his head is down in his lap.
IMHO if you're in front of a line of 20 cars waiting for a light, your job is job is not to be watching movies or sex-facetiming with your girlfriend, it's watch the light and take off like a rabbit when the light turns green. Because it's not just about one person getting to the destination it's the other 19 who will miss the green because of one person's selfishness.
Most people don't even know there are other drivers sharing the road with them. They don't watch the light, they don't use turn signals, they just stop without signaling and block a lane of traffic -- that sort of behavior is endemic now. Just one more sign of the breakdown of western civilization.
IMHO if you're in front of a line of 20 cars waiting for a light, your job is job is not to be watching movies or sex-facetiming with your girlfriend, it's watch the light and take off like a rabbit when the light turns green. Because it's not just about one person getting to the destination it's the other 19 who will miss the green because of one person's selfishness.
Most people don't even know there are other drivers sharing the road with them. They don't watch the light, they don't use turn signals, they just stop without signaling and block a lane of traffic -- that sort of behavior is endemic now. Just one more sign of the breakdown of western civilization.
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I never beep. I just sit there and stew. The few seconds I may gain is not worth getting shot. I commute Rt. 22 in NJ. Nobody stops after their turn arrow turns red. Opposing traffic has to wait for the entire left turn lane to clear before proceeding. I would probably wear out my horn.
When I see the person ahead of me at a red light is texting on their phone, I love beeping my horn at them (while the light is still red). 50% of the time they lunge forward out of Pavlovian instinct of always being beeped at. A few close calls for them, but so far, no accidents.
The Block R, I believe, was in reference to Rutgers.
Ah, the Rutgers Block R. Actually there’s people who buy them in large quantities, and pass them out like tic tacs to anyone willing to put them on their vehicle. Nothing beats proudly celebrating mediocrity and sub par athletic performance.
I had a young kid, maybe 18 to 20 years old, land a grazing blow against the back of my vehicle while sitting at a red light today. He decided he was going to make a new left hand turning lane that didn't exist since the light was backed up decently far. But he clipped my back end relatively lightly.
To his credit, he put his turn signal on to stop into a gas station that was on our left and turned in there and waited for me and then apologized and offered to pay for it. He said he had no idea what he was thinking, he was in a rush to get to work. I looked at the back of my vehicle and there were some light scratches, no dents, the trunk worked fine, no broken lights, and told him to just drive more safely.
He already had messed up his passenger side mirror on the collision so there was at least some consequence for him, but I wasn't going to be a jerk to the kid and I have a few other scratches that are worse anyway on this vehicle.
To his credit, he put his turn signal on to stop into a gas station that was on our left and turned in there and waited for me and then apologized and offered to pay for it. He said he had no idea what he was thinking, he was in a rush to get to work. I looked at the back of my vehicle and there were some light scratches, no dents, the trunk worked fine, no broken lights, and told him to just drive more safely.
He already had messed up his passenger side mirror on the collision so there was at least some consequence for him, but I wasn't going to be a jerk to the kid and I have a few other scratches that are worse anyway on this vehicle.
That sounds funny but some innocent person could get seriously hurt if the guy you beep at pulls ahead too far. A really dangerous game you are playing .
I thought you were going to say that you saw a person sitting in their car by themselves with a mask on, but then took the mask down to hit their vape pen. I saw that a couple days ago.
Horrible advice…you never zip through a light as soon as it turns green…defensive driving 101. Someone going the other way likely is as selfish as you and feels they can fly through a light that just turned red.
That was my first accident at age 17. First car at a light, middle lane. Light turns green, we go. The car in the left lane breaks hard and I see it in my peripheral vision, so I break. 80 year old guy swerves and just misses the car to my left, hits my front end and keeps going about a quarter mile before he stops and realizes what he did. He was certain that the light was still green and I believe that he thought that was true, but there were witnesses.
OMG that is brilliant. If you can get a few of them t-boned that way, the world would be a slightly better place.
Well yes of course. But you use your eyes to do it -- you actually watch the light AND the traffic on all sides BEFORE the light turns. You are aware of every possible thing that can go wrong. If you drive that way you prevent 95% of accidents. That's the way it was taught.
But you don't sit there for an extra 6 seconds after the light changes just to see if a tree might fall or a plane might land. You go promptly because that green is not just for you personally, it's for all the cars lined up behind you as well.
No one is saying 6 seconds, but my job is to keep myself safe, not to make sure car #19 gets through the light so they can save three minutes. If they’re that concerned with it, leave earlier. And if someone (like you) beeps at me right when the light turns, I’ll take a bit longer.
You could be blocked by mobs of thug teens like what occurred in chitown. Some poor guy got dragged out of his car and beaten by these poor oppressed kids. Illinois politicians and the mental case progressive in charge of Chicago said we shouldn't demonize these little kiddos. They are just protesting segregation. Smh.
Keep voting for progressives folks. It works out great especially for your safety.
