Anonymous wrote:You honk once a day? Omg. I have honked twice in 21 years of driving—when someone was backing up into me in a parking lot, and merging into me on the highway.

You need to honk more, unless you rarely drive. If you're honked at, more than you honk at, then you're probably a terrible driver.

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Anonymous wrote:You honk once a day? Omg. I have honked twice in 21 years of driving—when someone was backing up into me in a parking lot, and merging into me on the highway.

Grandma has joined the conversation. Most people honk more than once in 21 years. Do you even drive places?

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Does PP even have a driver’s license?

Anonymous wrote:You honk once a day? Omg. I have honked twice in 21 years of driving—when someone was backing up into me in a parking lot, and merging into me on the highway.

Grandma has joined the conversation. Most people honk more than once in 21 years. Do you even drive places?

You honk once a day? Omg. I have honked twice in 21 years of driving—when someone was backing up into me in a parking lot, and merging into me on the highway.

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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.

If getting honked at makes them panic then they shouldn’t be driving at all.

+10000 this.

I think there are 2 schools of thought. People who think that horns should be used very rarely, and others who use it as a form of communication. I honk at someone probably once a day - people who do stupid dangerous maneuvers, people who veer over the line of their lane, people who are distracted and remain stopped after the light turns green, and yes, people who do selfish and dangerous things like block lanes if they made a mistake, and decide to make everyone behind them pay for their mistake.

If people honk at you more than rarely, it's time to look at what you did to cause that behavior. Be a good driver, and people won't honk at you.

And as someone who's a pedestrian half the time, I don't mind honking. It makes me look towards the dangerous drivers who are being honked at - and make a point of avoiding them.

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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.

Sure, the first driver is in the wrong because they are plugging up the lane because they made a mistake. No argument there.
I question what you are achieving by laying on your horn? I suppose venting your rage is better than kicking the dog when you get home. Otherwise, you're just escalating the situation and generally making the world less nice.

Honking is immediate feedback for the incompetents and the a$$holes.

People won’t honk at you as much if you drive better.

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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.

Sure, the first driver is in the wrong because they are plugging up the lane because they made a mistake. No argument there.
I question what you are achieving by laying on your horn? I suppose venting your rage is better than kicking the dog when you get home. Otherwise, you're just escalating the situation and generally making the world less nice.

Glad you posted OP. I switch jobs and have been driving in to DC for about a month now. I cannot believe the number of people who don’t pull over in time and then try to merge at the last second. They are of course blocking the people behind them because they didn’t get over in time. It is not a mistake, it is willful.

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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.

What do you mean he wouldn't "let" you pull over? Why didn't you slow down and let him pass? I can't picture what the scenario was here.

Was in court to pay a ticket, guy was there because he BACKED DOWN an exit ramp.
He lost his license for a year. I wanted to clap.

Totally agree OP. Also on my list:

-People who just stop in the right lane and block all the traffic behind them to wait to pick someone up (bonus points if they put on their flashers, as if that makes it ok)

-People who cross multiple lanes of traffic without looking in order to not miss their turn

-People who enter the intersection when they obviously aren't going to make it through before the light turns red, potentially blocking traffic coming the other way for most or all of their green light

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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.

If getting honked at makes them panic then they shouldn’t be driving at all.

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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.

If getting honked at makes them panic then they shouldn’t be driving at all.

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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.

PP wasn't having a medical emergency.