>person in front doesn't notice the light turned green
>>14717050
Drive around them.
>>14717050
I like to give them a little nudge. Just enough so they feel it.
>>14717050
I stay Zen about it. life's too short to rage at people making little mistakes
>don't notice light turns green
>person behind you is autistic
>no fucks given
>???
I just wait until they notice , unless it's a fast light like to turn than I keep a lil non-threatening beep and than wave at them and give them the regret smile.
>>14717087
You know a lot of people are fuckups because people like you don't hold them accountable for being fuckups.
Also forcing yourself to stay calm is not zen. It is being a cuck. Zen is about doing the first thing that comes to mind, as soon as it comes to mind.
>>14717130
whatever you say, dude
Hey man it happens.
Shut up.
When I lived in Chicago we'd lay on the horn within 1 second.
Now in rural Ohio we usually give them about 4 seconds before a quick toot.
>>14717050
That's just me putting the car into gear, I apologize for nothing
>>14717050
>honk horn, and keep it held as long as possible
Or
>rev
>>14717283
>honk horn, and keep it held as long as possible
I end up doing this so often I rigged up a toggle switch for my horn.
>>14717162
Well played
I really hate the sound of horns and I have a really high threshold for using mine but some people just bring it upon themselves.
quick beep
no need for anger
How long do you wait before honking? I usually wait 3 seconds
>>14717087
I try doing this as long as I possibly can. But when you drive for work and are driving 100+ miles a day, mostly in the city, it's extremely difficult to stay calm the entire time. The man who can stay calm in those situations has nerves of steel
>>14717493
1 second, or instantly if they stall
>>14717050
HONK!!!!
> driving to work
> Will make it just in time
> last turn to get to work (its a right turn)
> Prius on leftmost lane goes all the way to the right lane
> light turns red
> i have to wait behind the pruis because its going straight
> 2 mins late
I didn't even get mad i thought it was kinds funny how shit like that happens. This happened this morning too
>tfw you're between the guy not moving and the rageholic honking
>>14717495
I know this feel. 84 miles a day around Washington DC makes me insane.
This happened once to me.
>it was 2013
>me and my mates
>they were talking about times they got drunk and slept in the subway station, shit like that
>my stories were too bland
>find myself on OP's situation
>guy riding shotgun says she was on cellphone
>I decided I should honk
>then I decided I should not stop honking
>then I followed the person home
>went honking all the way
>ears hurting, friends on fire
>on the second stop, the fat bitch put her head off the car
>'stop this shit fucking wanker'
>she tries to run
>almost crash into a bus
>the bus honks at her for a while
>I keep following her
>friend gives me some silvertape to put the honk in place
>honking non-stop following her for 20 minutes
>she arrives home
>parks in the driveway
>bitch gets out of the car yelling like fuck
>she throws a shoe on my car
>head is hurting
>she runs to me, I put reverse and back the fuck up
>she gives up and starts crying
>I leave
>didn't sleep at night because head was hurt
>had to change the car battery two days later
>I still drive up her house sometimes and honk for long periods, until a light is lit
>I have no idea if she even lives there anymore
>>14718558
why
>>14718665
why not? she was on the phone, signal turned green and she was texting, did you even read his blog?
>>14717050
>Person sits and only moves a half second before It turns yellow and the yellow only lasts a 1/4 second.
>people going 10mph under speed limit for no reason
>1 lane street
>red light at intersection
>I'm the second car in the lane
>car in front of me is a girl texting
>quickly honk the horn
>she steps on the gas
>then brakes hard when she realizes the light is still red
>mfw
>>14717493
Mine varies largely depending on who's in the car in front
>no beep at all for real qts
>3-4 seconds for old people
>1-2 seconds for people in shitter cars than mine
>immediate beep for people on their phones/ better can than mine
My car is a 02 shitbox btw
>>14718853
Savage
>>14718853
>she didn't crash and die
Sad story bro.
>>14717087
this is the ultimate man. i aim to hit this level of zen everyday.
>>14717162
LOL FUCKING REKT, i love this guy
>>14718558
You're fucking with me, right? Gon do it
>>14718853
i did this something similar and i still regret it
some old lady was half parked in the intersection. like she was blocking a lane or two. the person behind her had left space for her to back up.
i honked as in "please back up don't kill everyone"
she floored it across an active 6 lane intersection
no accident god bless
>>14719414
>i honked as in "please back up don't kill everyone"
I'm surprised at how murricans are stupid to think someone will think a honk will mean
>please back up don't kill everyone"
>pass ricer like I would with any car by signalling
>signal to merge into next lane
>safe to proceed
>same ricer decides to cut me off because I passed him
>his BOV releases pressure to show me he makes the same power as I do
>whatever, leave lane, take a different route
>look back in the mirror
>he's stuck in traffic in that lane
Hyundai Tiburon of all things
>>14719433
>ricer comes by
>you change to the rightmost lane
>he lines up alongside you
>rev up
>he revs in response
>light go green
>you take the right
>you had the signal on all the time
>>14719425
honk only means "go"?
it means "danger please pay attention"
what should i have done, exited my vehicle and walked out to hers parked in the intersection? wait until someone hits her and say "well, nothing i could have done"?
>>14719456
Honk means
>whatever the guy in front thinks it means
>>14717050
I don't live in the city, That shit doesn't bother me.
>>14718853
>>14719446
kek
>be several cars behind at short green light
>looking at phone because I'm a faggot
>hear honk look up
>light was green, about 25 maybe 30 feet between me and the next car now
>go and light turns red before the car in front of me can make it
>spic in beat up truck with lawnmower in tow yelling at me all pissed off
>just give him a thumbs up because even if I was paying attention we wouldn't have made it anyway
>>14718558
>>14718853
I'll start doing this.
>>14717172
>not watching the lights so you can preload the gear.
>pleb
>>14717172
I had that happen to me once after a long day of school and work.
>driving my FC
>sitting at a light to turn left (one lane)
>gas station entrance is immediately after turn on right side
>light turns green
>not even a second after the light turns green, lifted SUV behind me begins honking like a madman as I shifted into 1st.
>after this long day I wasn't having it
>crawled at 1mph around turn
>lifted SUV honking the whole way
>finally make it around turn and begin turning into gas station
>SUV slams on the throttle honking all the way down the street.
>big ass grin cheek to cheek as I entered gas station
tfw I could've died being run over in my dinky little FC or shot. I had never done anything like that before but I was just so pissed.
>be at picrelated shitty intersection
>overpass where no one can see the oncoming side of intersection, just lights
>be in lane for red, with all 3 lights at green
>light for black turns green, person in front of me drives into intersection
>honk at her seeing her impending doom
>slams on brakes and honks at people in black lane
>all of black lane goes through
>she continues through the intersection
>light was red the whole time
how hard is it to see you fucked up and just back up
>>14717050
>this happens
>give a polite honk, everyone continues with their day
you don't have to take everyone's ineptitude personally
>>14717050
>person in front stalls out
>a few months ago
>in a 20ft cube truck with a couple co-workers doing a delivery
>in a city that's really close to Detroit, so you can only image how nice it is
>at a red light
>girl in front of us is texting, not even paying attention
>light turns green
>5 seconds go by so I beep the horn, not even in an aggressive way
>literally didn't even last a half second
>she looks up and slowly takes off while flipping me off
>start laughing really hard, make a heart with my hands and made sure she saw me
Sometimes when people are so wrong and try to blame you it's hilarious
>>14718979
This kinda. If I see the person is on their phone or distracted, I will honk right away. Otherwise I give them the benefit of the doubt and wait a couple seconds.
>>14717294
Just install a train horn. Good for suddenly inducing heart attacks.
>>14720434
Reminds me of this one time I BTFO myself.
>come up to left turn lane
>99.9% of the time there is a yellow arrow and you have to wait on oncoming
>stop at light because someone is coming up in oncoming lane
>they stop
>WTF ARE YOU DOING
>wait
>they don't move
>at this point i'm freaking the fuck out yelling BITCH COME ON YOU HAVE RIGHT OF WAY GOD DAMNIT WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING
>total spergout
>driver in incoming calmly points up to light
>i look up
>i'm sitting on grean arrow
I still feel like an ass to this day.
>having to brake when people pull out in front of you
Take off faster or don't do it you cunts
>>14720516
desu mate, I don't see how that is recoverable. You will have to commit sudoku
I have one stupid experience with that
>be second car behind some 2000ish black Honda civic
>light turns green and car doesn't move for like 3 seconds so I give a quick honk
>the fucking bitch in the passenger seat flips me off (driver is also some dumb bitch)
>that piss me off so I overtake them (although I did it illegally as it was a 2 Lane road)
>the crazy dumb bitch starts chasing me for like 3 miles and finally cathes up to me at a red light
>I'm making a left turn so the dumb bitch pulls up next to me and is trying to talk me but can't hear her because I have my music volume up so I don't hear her, signaling me to put my windows down
>I don't because that bitch looks crazy and she throws her fucking jamba juice drink at my car and she makes a right turn and drives away
That bitch really piss me off
>>14718558
>be driving down an interstate
>notice speeding faggot swerving on rear view
>passes me
>gets stuck tailgating a truckbro
>speed up block him off
>pass truckbro
>match speed
>engage cruise control
I live to fuck with these people.
I usually give one of those little short baby beeps, not to be a dick, just for their attention.
Not a huge deal. Just keeping traffic moving for everyone's sake.
Passing lane camping is much worse tbqhfam
>>14718558
>>14718558
>>14721438
>driving on a two lane freeway
>its about 11pm
>tired from driving all day and still had hours to go
>faggot BMW won't get off my ass suddenly
>he gets into the right lane to pass
>theres a slower can in that lane
>pull up next to the van that's under the speed limit and match speed
>BMW get back behind me and turns on his brights
>dont care, flipped my mirror into night mode
>he goes off the side of the road and passes me
Jokes on him, there was standstill traffic a couple miles later and he got caught right behind the car accident that cause it
>>14717050
That is literally what the horn is for.
>>14718853
nice
>Live in small town full of old people and teenagers
>Very little middle aged population for some reason, everyone is either <25 or >60
>Driving is incredible as I'm sure you can imagine
>Student drivers everywhere, getting through the lights can take 10+ minutes because kids cannot into clutch
>Old people crawling along at 15mph everywhere
>mfw yesterday an old bitch sits at the lights for literally 3 full cycles before finally moving despite me and 3 other cars blaring horns
I need to move, this can't possibly be good for my blood pressure
>be years ago when i was still learning to drive
>took lessons and test in auto
>never did one single lesson in manual
people get mad for so many reasons because of this.
>>14717087
This desu. Honestly I'm just so happy driving, I can't get mad. I thought this was like a honeymoon phase, but 8 years later, I'm still happy as fuck whenever I drive anywhere.
>Just learning how to drive stick
>Car I bought from a friend, riced out CRX with a straight pipe and catless so loud as fuck Honda D engine
>Stop at intersection, wait patiently
>Old grandma in a pontiac hatchback pulls up behind me
>Light green, accidentally pull my foot off the clutch not thinking
>Stall, she starts laying on her horn
>I turn over my car again, she's honking and doing the "WTF dude"
>I turn on my emergency lights and rev constantly until the light turns yellow
>As the light turns red I shoot off leaving her at the light
>See her mirin' my car every once in a while Im in the area and pass her
>ride motorcycle
>just go past at any time
I don't see a problem here, lads.
>be two days ago
>in the city visiting a friend
>the turn for their road is 200 feet after the red light I'm sitting at
>6 lane road, I'm in right most lane
>car behind me is a shitty plastidipped civic
>full of young'ns, female driver
>they try squeezing passed my 5,000 pound landbarge
>they can't
>starts angrily honking
>mfw
>take off slowly when light turns green
>>14722053
lol americans and manuals..
everitiem.. :*)
>>14717162
10/10
>3 years ago
>Be young, dumb, and desperately want a manual
>test driving a new Cruze
>only drove a manual on the road one time before this (was an RX8 from a scrap yard lot)
>First time driving stick in the city
>at a light
>rush hour traffic
>school traffic on top of the people going home from work
>don't know the clutch, stall 5 times
>nobody honks
>everybody just merges over peacefully and passes
>Embarrassment is limited to me and salesman
God bless Canada
I follow Chicago rules, you better be going by the time I get to the horn or beep beep mothafucka.
>>14722139
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlddB_JCe40
>>14718493
>having a job where you can be 'late'
Flexible hours is the shit
>>14722067
>ride motorscooter in inner city
>there are no laws that can contain me
It's like being as lawless as a bicycle but with the ability to go breddy fast if you want to. Nothing can stop you and any retarded trick goes.
>>14722209
Yeah it doesn't really matter if you cut that lawn at noon or 3pm.
>>14717050
>cager suddenly does an emergency brake on the Autobahn entrance for no reason
Had to brake so hard I did a stoppie
If I had my shattered spark plugs with me that cunt would have lost his windows
>>14717162
REKT 2 HEK
>>14717050
One short beep and it's solved.
>>14720516
Ive done this only it was a closer call, I was a dick about it too
>Driving on a hilly road, 45mph speed limit
>going a little over the speed limit but i never tailgate
>crossover in front of me doing his thing
>we're both in the right most lane
>light is about 500 feet ahead of us and totally green
>he starts slowing down, I follow watching carefully (no indicators)
>he stops abruptly at the light and I slam my breaks and honk
>"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU STOP"
>he was trying to turn right, but there were people in the cross walk
>visibility is shit on the hill, couldnt see them or the sign that says walk
>calm down and feel bad all the way home.
>>14717050
>pull up behind Kia soul with my music blasting
>light turns green, lay on the horn after a few seconds
>Kia soul driver flicks me off
>mfw I didn't hear the ambulance
>>14722313
programming is great dude, €2700 / month and climbing and I can do it from anywhere.
But you just keep on coming 2 minutes late
>>14722053
>be first time driving manual in a year
>stall it at an intersection
>only person behind me an manager haircut in a leasemobile lays down the horn and gets 2 inches off my bumper
>decide to just sit there for the whole light cycle
>we both turn left and i drive 20mph the whole way to my friends house with this cuck flipping her shit the whole way
>>14717050
Why the fuck is this even a thread?
Just tap the horn at them if they don't start to move within a second,and start to lay on it if they don't get the hint, which almost never happens.
>>14722370
>pull up next to kia soul
>the driver is not a giant hamster
Everytime
>>14722814
oh man, similar story
>just leaving work in the morning
>tired as fuck
>get to stop light look in the rear view, older woman behind me
>no one else behind her
>she looks tense
>whatever
>I'm jamming out to some music
>reach down to turn up the hits
>look up at light
>I swear the bitch has some kind of premonition because she starts laying on the horn the instant it turns green, like the light wasn't fully lit yet and she was honking
>figure she thinks I was texting or some bullshit and since I'm younger that she has to remind me what green is
>decide to remind her that she's old and needs to relax, it's bad for her blood pressure
>I wait through the whole green cycle at the light, not moving at all
>look in rear view
>she's exploding with rage
>I lock eyes with her in the mirror
>smile
>go back to jamming out
>>14717130
I did not know people were allowed to be this wrong.
>>14717130
you are dumb
>>14722370
>>mfw I didn't hear the ambulance
You mean that he crashed later or that he was waiting for an ambulance?
>>14717080
o-okay shingo
>be me
>fourth in line
>1&2 turned left
>3rd on his phone and hasnt notice anything
> i wait
>he looks up light turns yellow he drives quckly to get the turn
>light turns red
>he puts his hands up and shakes his head in regret.
>there was 7 people who were waiting on him to turn
feels good
>>14719414
>she floored it across an active 6 lane intersection
>no accident
Jesus
>people hitting their brakes on the freeway for no reason
>>14728311
This is how I had my first car accident
>>14717050
>Sitting at a light behind a mustang
>Light turns green
>He doesn't move
>okay maybe he's...
>he definitely should have seen it by now
>he's not going is he?
>OK one more second
>That's it
>I give my bike a couple quick revs
>He finally moves
>MFW he gives me the finger
>>14718853
Bless your soul
>>14717050
>be 6 cars back
>light turns green
>car sits there
>noone honks horn
>Im to far back to be the person to honk.
>car finally goes.
>Light turns red right as the other 5 cars slowly creep through the turn.
>Im trapped through another cycle.
>line got longer cause not as many cars went through as they should.
>Now cars queing into turn lane are blocking the lane next to us.
>Stop light turns into a complete cluster fuck.
Because >>14717087 didn't want to honk.
>>14717495
>The man who can stay calm in those situations has nerves of steel
Or is as dumb as a brick
>>14728533
>literally mad because someone else ain't mad
Damn bro, you need a vacation or something.
>>14720516
One time I honked at a guy because I thought he ran a red light.
>Sitting in left turn lane
>Tired from work
>Light's red, guy coming the other direction is stopped too
>Left turn light changes, guy across the intersection goes
>I honk thinking I had RoW and he ran the red light
>See my left turn arrow only went to yellow and not green
>>14719821
>person is a asshole to you
>they're completely surprised that you're an asshole back
>>14717445
this, I've only used my horn once in anger, only because I got cut off by some lowered civic with illegal window tint
>>14722814
I don't get why people will lay on their horns because they need to be someplace, then they follow you while laying on their horn the whole time
>>14728558
No.
What I am saying is that nobody with average and above intelligence would subject themselves to repeated agitation every day with out getting upset about it and use that as motivation to change their circumstances.
Only the truly stupid elect to subject themselves to predictable agitation day after day with no end in sight. Somebody else in the thread called accepting this Zen. Accepting this isn't zen, it is learned helplessness.
>>14728954
>being this mad
Get laid my man
