I'll wait a few seconds when the green light appears and quickly look to the right and left for the red light beaters . Have avoided quite a few possible collisions . I'll take my chances getting rear ended by an impatient driver over a possible side impact or head on . Put on headlight low beams on for those waiting at stops on side roads to be seen better and that isn't enough . Lot of aggressive and inconsiderate drivers .
Got honked at for stopping at a red light 😂
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...and most of them are on their phones...
...we have a law against that too, but like all of the other traffic laws, it isn't enforced...
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I liked it better when I could hold the phone up where the steering wheel was. Not keep it in my lap so the cops don't see it...and most of them are on their phones...
Sunday I entered I-26 on an on ramp I have used hundreds of times. Its a long ramp with an additional 1000 feet (I measured it in google) acceleration lane. So the whole thing is almost 1/2 mile long - you can be going any speed you want. So I come flying down the ramp and the big rig puttsing along in the right lane blares his air horn? Don't know if he didn't realize there was an acceleration lane or that I was already going much faster than he was. We were the only two on the road so it was obviously meant for me.
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They like to honk at anything they think is being wreckless
They can still see your head bobbing up and down...I liked it better when I could hold the phone up where the steering wheel was. Not keep it in my lap so the cops don't see it
Yeah, I don't get the outrage over being honked at. Get over yourselves people...
Its not all that common around here. It startles me - makes me instantly think I am missing something or did something wrong. Honking is supposed to be a warning, not a method of displaying your displeasure.
But I get your point - I could care less what people actually think of me.
Four out of five times when I see someone driving like they are drunk they are either texting or have a phone up to their ear. Even though it is illegal here there is zero traffic enforcement (and the local law enforcement has admitted as much) so some scofflaws do it anyway. The other one out of the five is likely actually drunk (or high on something).
Case in point, just yesterday I was driving in the left lane following a cop when an idiot made a left turn from the right lane IN FRONT of the cop, after slamming on the brakes the cop and I also turned left but the cop went right by the idiot, when I got next to her guess what, she was on the phone. She should have gotten two tickets.
Case in point, just yesterday I was driving in the left lane following a cop when an idiot made a left turn from the right lane IN FRONT of the cop, after slamming on the brakes the cop and I also turned left but the cop went right by the idiot, when I got next to her guess what, she was on the phone. She should have gotten two tickets.
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pffft they can't prove anything.
Head bobs are a classic texting sign...
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Remember, don't take it personally. The other guy doesn't know you from Adam. Relax and think before reacting to Joe Blow. If someone cuts you off I'm pretty sure he's not targeting you personally. Keep your nose clean and pointed forward. Let it go! It's the prudent thing to do.
Yep, here in Florida it seems like the first car in left hand turn lane is always on phone when light turns green.
Yep, then you honk at them and they get mad because you honked at them...Yep, here in Florida it seems like the first car in left hand turn lane is always on phone when light turns green.
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I clearly remember driving in NYC when young (22-25), and being honked at before the light even changed. I was able to tell myself it's actually not personal, it's the big city. But I suppose in suburbia it seems to be rudeness, say if nobody is around and a person does that.
Believe it or not, I think there's a difference between a light tap, and hand down on the horn button. I've done the latter when people clearly use the right turn lane to pass everyone lined up to go straight. Then the right arrow lights up, and they stay put, because they are going to beat out the cars on their left, to go straight...
Believe it or not, I think there's a difference between a light tap, and hand down on the horn button. I've done the latter when people clearly use the right turn lane to pass everyone lined up to go straight. Then the right arrow lights up, and they stay put, because they are going to beat out the cars on their left, to go straight...
Same here. If it looks like someone is spacing out, I'll just do a light tap. Sit there after that and the horn goes on and stays on.
One problem I have near me is an intersection where 2 US highways meet. The left turn light is set so that if you don't move immediately on green, it goes to yellow right away - yet, if someone is running their red light I'll get hit. And Illinois law says that if someone runs the red light and we meet, I'm at fault even though I had the green because it's on me to ensure the intersection is clear for me to safely enter it.
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