If you're in the wrong lane, KEEP GOING

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I laid on my horn. As did other people. All they did was turn their right turn signal on.

I'm baffled. Where on earth do people who do this, learn how to drive?!

np So laying on your horn did nothing. Why did you continue to do something that wasn't working?

Seriously. I was in this type of situation on Tuesday and the a-hat laying on the horn was more annoying than the confused driver who made us miss a light cycle. You get one flash of your headlights and one light toot on your horn, then stop. Just chill until they move on.

No. We “get” to lay on the horn if you selfishly block traffic. Cope.

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Anonymous wrote:There are drivers from all over the world in the dmv. People should have more patience with other drivers. BTW if you are laying on your horn in anger, you are breaking the law and could get a ticket for it.

Perhaps, but if they live here, the presumption is they received a driver's license from DC, MD, or VA learn the rules of the road in the process.

Anyway, people who hold up traffic because they're in the wrong lane is just another example of the "It's all about Me! Me! Me!" world we're living in.

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Anonymous wrote:You were delayed a minute at most. And now you’re rage posting about a minor inconvenience. People do dumb things. Take a deep breath. Get over it.

NP. are you joking? Some of these light cycles are 4-5 minutes. And to sit there just because some jackass can’t get out of the way?

You never know what someone is going through. One time, I had a toddler melting down coming from a doctor's appointment in the backseat, a parent calling me from the hospital during an emergency, and I just wanted to safely get to the side of the road to deal with the situation. I wasn't familiar with the area and didn't want to keep going and hope for the best using GPS. The man behind me wouldn't let me pull over, laid on the horn for ages, flipped me double birds, rolled down his window, and called me a c___. I had a full panic attack when I finally got to the side of the road, more from the other driver than the rest. Just be gentle.

DP.

None of that matters. Because you don't know what that other driver was dealing with as well.

Follow the rules of the lane you're in. It's not just about you and what's happening with you and your "wants." If you can't handle driving in new places, on your phone, and with a toddler... then don't.

Anyone saying honking on your horn is "abusive" or just as bad as blocking a lane of traffic, is nuts. And clearly why there's so many bad drivers in this area.

Got it. So.if YOU can't drive during a medical emergency and might ppssiblt have one need to pull over once in your lifetime, just don't ever drive, DP. Hope you all aren't so hard on everyone in your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just had this conversation with my kids. If you make a mistake just roll with it and your gps will get you back on track soon enough. Don’t come to a dead stop on a highway or try to cross three lanes to get to an exit. Just keep going and you’ll get where you’re going eventually.

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Anonymous wrote:You were delayed a minute at most. And now you’re rage posting about a minor inconvenience. People do dumb things. Take a deep breath. Get over it.

NP. are you joking? Some of these light cycles are 4-5 minutes. And to sit there just because some jackass can’t get out of the way?

You never know what someone is going through. One time, I had a toddler melting down coming from a doctor's appointment in the backseat, a parent calling me from the hospital during an emergency, and I just wanted to safely get to the side of the road to deal with the situation. I wasn't familiar with the area and didn't want to keep going and hope for the best using GPS. The man behind me wouldn't let me pull over, laid on the horn for ages, flipped me double birds, rolled down his window, and called me a c___. I had a full panic attack when I finally got to the side of the road, more from the other driver than the rest. Just be gentle.

DP.

None of that matters. Because you don't know what that other driver was dealing with as well.

Follow the rules of the lane you're in. It's not just about you and what's happening with you and your "wants." If you can't handle driving in new places, on your phone, and with a toddler... then don't.

Anyone saying honking on your horn is "abusive" or just as bad as blocking a lane of traffic, is nuts. And clearly why there's so many bad drivers in this area.

Got it. So.if YOU can't drive during a medical emergency and might ppssiblt have one need to pull over once in your lifetime, just don't ever drive, DP. Hope you all aren't so hard on everyone in your life.

DP. No. You shouldn’t drive if you can’t handle that. I have kids and one of them screamed for a full on year in the car so I get it. But if If you can’t drive with that following the rules of the road you shouldn’t be driving. You’re a danger to everyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:You were delayed a minute at most. And now you’re rage posting about a minor inconvenience. People do dumb things. Take a deep breath. Get over it.

NP. are you joking? Some of these light cycles are 4-5 minutes. And to sit there just because some jackass can’t get out of the way?

You never know what someone is going through. One time, I had a toddler melting down coming from a doctor's appointment in the backseat, a parent calling me from the hospital during an emergency, and I just wanted to safely get to the side of the road to deal with the situation. I wasn't familiar with the area and didn't want to keep going and hope for the best using GPS. The man behind me wouldn't let me pull over, laid on the horn for ages, flipped me double birds, rolled down his window, and called me a c___. I had a full panic attack when I finally got to the side of the road, more from the other driver than the rest. Just be gentle.

DP.

None of that matters. Because you don't know what that other driver was dealing with as well.

Follow the rules of the lane you're in. It's not just about you and what's happening with you and your "wants." If you can't handle driving in new places, on your phone, and with a toddler... then don't.

Anyone saying honking on your horn is "abusive" or just as bad as blocking a lane of traffic, is nuts. And clearly why there's so many bad drivers in this area.

Got it. So.if YOU can't drive during a medical emergency and might ppssiblt have one need to pull over once in your lifetime, just don't ever drive, DP. Hope you all aren't so hard on everyone in your life.

DP. No. You shouldn’t drive if you can’t handle that. I have kids and one of them screamed for a full on year in the car so I get it. But if If you can’t drive with that following the rules of the road you shouldn’t be driving. You’re a danger to everyone else.

An emergency room from my mom's hometown was calling every 30 seconds on a loop. Turns out she is dying of cancer. I was trying to pull OFF the road to handle that call in ADDITION to the screaming toddler. I would have circled and handled the call if I were in familiar territory. It wasn't exactly a foreseeable series of events.... I've never had an accident in almost 30 years of driving, so I'm pretty sure I'm not a danger. I also consistently just let people over instead of honking because, again, grace.

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Anonymous wrote:Ooof, people who honk out of anger are the worst. Driving around here has made me so darn jumpy behind the wheel.

No, that’s the least of the sins you can commit while driving. Honking doesn’t kill, maim or injure people or damage property.

But nothing happened in OP's situation. YET STILL RANTING

Yes, but OP was merely annoying, while the driver holding everyone up was contributing to road rage and probably made some people miss the green light. At some lights, that’s going to cost you several minutes.

Besides, drivers don’t care about one or two polite honks from the car behind them, but will stop holding up traffic if 3 or 4 cars are honking angrily.

No people are responsible for their own road rage. Classic abuser tactic to blame the other person for your actions -- look at what you made me do!!!

And the horror of missing a light. Costing you a few minutes, at that. How about allowing extra time while traveling

What a bizarre take. Driver A blocks everyone behind them at a green light, so Driver B honks their horn, but you’re likening Driver B to an abuser? Normal people allow extra time for heavy traffic or construction or bad weather or potentially getting lost or finding a parking spot. No one allots extra time for just sitting at green lights and not going when they have the right of way. Drivers have every right to honk at aholes who do that.

If only road rage started and ended at honking. Rage evaluated and spreads, often hiring innocent bystanders

I agree. People are going to to feel rage, but it’s never okay to lash out inappropriately because of one’s feelings. Pursuing, tailgating, cutting off, playing chicken, threatening, or engaging in violence with another motorist is unacceptable and should be subject to traffic fines and/or prosecution as appropriate. Horn honking is within the realm of the acceptable, even if it’s noise pollution that nobody wants to hear.

OP’s point still stands. Don’t block other people because you’re in a turn lane where you don’t want to turn. If you can’t get out of the turn lane because of traffic, complete the turn and then turn around somewhere without blocking traffic.

This. Honking is annoying to innocent bystanders, but it's the other stuff that puts people at risk. I've watched retaliatory driving, and it's scary and dangerous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I laid on my horn. As did other people. All they did was turn their right turn signal on.

I'm baffled. Where on earth do people who do this, learn how to drive?!

np So laying on your horn did nothing. Why did you continue to do something that wasn't working?

Seriously. I was in this type of situation on Tuesday and the a-hat laying on the horn was more annoying than the confused driver who made us miss a light cycle. You get one flash of your headlights and one light toot on your horn, then stop. Just chill until they move on.

No. We “get” to lay on the horn if you selfishly block traffic. Cope.

But it doesn't occur to you how rude and selfish you are being by laying on your horn and forcing everyone in your vicinity to have to hear that. Just flash your headlights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened to me this morning! Except I was the one in turn lane wanting to go straight. Rightfully so.

It was on Chain Bridge leaving DC: in the morning, the right turn lane into McLean gets a green arrow but if you want to go straight to Arlington you hold up the line. Going straight is a legitimate choice and not an error, but impatient people get upset and want you to turn right so they can turn right faster and it's a mess. The guy behind me honked multiple times, not caring that I needed to go straight, so I just leisurely turned around and stared at him for a few seconds and shrugged to make it extra awkward.

This also happens to me on a two-lane road where I have to turn left to get to my house. People who are stopped behind me waiting for the on coming traffic to stop or clear often honk at me. Oh. Sorry. Should I just not go home now because you are a turd?

I'd say half the time this is actual driver error but a bunch of the time people are just reading it wrong and are impatient. Happens to me all the time.

Except that's different. If you're in a lane from which you can turn or go straight, you can do either, and impatient people just need to deal. But if you're in a turn-only lane, you can't just stop if there are people behind you.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I laid on my horn. As did other people. All they did was turn their right turn signal on.

I'm baffled. Where on earth do people who do this, learn how to drive?!

np So laying on your horn did nothing. Why did you continue to do something that wasn't working?

Seriously. I was in this type of situation on Tuesday and the a-hat laying on the horn was more annoying than the confused driver who made us miss a light cycle. You get one flash of your headlights and one light toot on your horn, then stop. Just chill until they move on.

No. We “get” to lay on the horn if you selfishly block traffic. Cope.

But it doesn't occur to you how rude and selfish you are being by laying on your horn and forcing everyone in your vicinity to have to hear that. Just flash your headlights.

Oh no! The sound of horns!

And I’m laughing at whoever suggested these are foreigners driving around. Having driven in many foreign countries I can tell you they’re not staying in the left lane to turn right. They’re either going to take it and cut everybody off, or they’re making that left..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just had this conversation with my kids. If you make a mistake just roll with it and your gps will get you back on track soon enough. Don’t come to a dead stop on a highway or try to cross three lanes to get to an exit. Just keep going and you’ll get where you’re going eventually.

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I watched someone miss their exit on 495 and then stop, back up and inch into it as oncoming traffic was also attempting the exit. Wildest thing I have seen in years. If I miss an exit, I take the next and circle back around. It's not worth anyone's life.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched someone miss their exit on 495 and then stop, back up and inch into it as oncoming traffic was also attempting the exit. Wildest thing I have seen in years. If I miss an exit, I take the next and circle back around. It's not worth anyone's life.

Saw the exact same thing on 695 -- young woman, one hand on the wheel, the other holding her phone to her ear as she reversed in the right lane about 500 yards. Unbelievable.

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Anonymous wrote:I just lay on the horn until they move. 99.9% of the time they move

Please don’t do this. Sometimes drivers, particularly drivers unfamiliar with this kind of traffic, panic. When an uncertain driver is in a situation like this, honking at them is unlikely to make things better. Sure, they moved, but probably from one unsafe situation to another.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I laid on my horn. As did other people. All they did was turn their right turn signal on.

I'm baffled. Where on earth do people who do this, learn how to drive?!

np So laying on your horn did nothing. Why did you continue to do something that wasn't working?

Seriously. I was in this type of situation on Tuesday and the a-hat laying on the horn was more annoying than the confused driver who made us miss a light cycle. You get one flash of your headlights and one light toot on your horn, then stop. Just chill until they move on.

No. We “get” to lay on the horn if you selfishly block traffic. Cope.

But it doesn't occur to you how rude and selfish you are being by laying on your horn and forcing everyone in your vicinity to have to hear that. Just flash your headlights.

Oh no! The sound of horns!

And I’m laughing at whoever suggested these are foreigners driving around. Having driven in many foreign countries I can tell you they’re not staying in the left lane to turn right. They’re either going to take it and cut everybody off, or they’re making that left..

Is the problem that your headlights are broken or that flashing your headlights isn't as offensive as leaning on the horn? The one you're blowing the horn at isn't the only one who has to hear it. It's great that you have a horn set up in your living room and blow it 24/7 but I doubt your neighbors appreciate it.