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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?!

So your honking did nothing. Yet you still contributed to excessive noise pollution. And you vent about it here. Learn to let things go.

No. Learn to drive, selfish asshats. NP.

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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.

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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.

Anonymous wrote:A good driver sometimes misses their turn. A bad driver never does.

This made me laugh so much. Seriously though, it's true. I hate when people do things like OP mentioned. I see it allllll the time. Even on a divided road like 355, people will do the dumbest things to not miss their turn when all they need to do is make a U turn and go back one light.

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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. One light toot is for the driver who isn’t paying attention and doesn’t know that the light turned green. If you’re the lead car in the left turn lane and we have a green turn arrow, you shouldn’t be confused about what to do. You turn left and then find someplace where you can safely turn around and return to that intersection if you need to. A designated turn lane is exclusively for turning.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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?!

So your honking did nothing. Yet you still contributed to excessive noise pollution. And you vent about it here. Learn to let things go.

Seriously. I hope this was on a highway or somewhere where there aren’t any pedestrians or houses or apartments or else you are just as bad as the person who was in the wrong lane- making something more difficult for innocent people because you are inconvenienced.

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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.

Not just that but it’s going to mess with traffic patterns. Each light cycle is meant to accommodate a certain number of cars. If those cars all sit through an extra light, the turn lane may become too full for new cars to enter, which means they may spill into the travel lane as they wait their turn. I’m with OP in finding this incredibly rude, and it’s this “the rules don’t apply to me” attitude that adds to the already terrible traffic around here.

That said I wouldn’t lay on my horn because I’d be worried someone this narcissistic could have a gun. There’s too many crazies around here to risk provoking anyone. I would silently put out a wish to the universe that karma will get them and they’ll total their car someday (without injuring anyone else).

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?

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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.

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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

People are responsible for their actions. If you are blocking the flow of traffic for purely selfish reasons, your actions will invoke road rage. If I do nothing but honk my horn, I may be just as annoying as you are, but I am not the root problem.

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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