
Sometimes I think this stuff comes pretty easy. Today,. is one of them. First, in regards to yesterdays post. You will never guess where today's Depot D^%k was parked. Not only was he in the loading zone, kind of like of like yesterdays, but he was the loading zone. If you remember back to yesterdays picture, you will remember, that the D-bag in question, was parked in a lane right in front of the depot. Now today, there was a truck parked right in the loading zone, like with his front bumper almost touching the actual building. Not only is this not even a street, but its an area where they put products! Yea, like you walk up to a Home Depot, and you see tons of flowers, yea, that's where this guy was parked. I do have a picture, but at this point in my rants, I am debating putting up the pic. But I might.
Onto the question/rant for today. Its more of a question, but also a rant of sorts. It comes from the proper etiquette of driving, and using the horn. See in the great state of Virginia, it is ok to turn right, on a red light. I know this, most do as well. I say most, because I'm sure I was behind one who didn't know that today. But, I was not directly behind it. See I was one car back, third in line, number one in your hearts. While I sat, I began taking a casual glance at the traffic, coming from my direct left. Now mind you, it is a busy street, two lanes in both directions, divided by a median, but I can see who's coming. So that leads me to believe, so can the car at the front of the line. So, as I watch traffic clear, and us still with a red light, but now no traffic coming, I believe this would be an opportune time to proceed. Ok, goes about 20-30 seconds, no go. Alright, maybe looking down, texting, contemplating life, I don't care. Ok, this is the point I bring forth a question to you all. When does it become my responsibility to honk?
See I believe it is the car second in command to apply the "honk". I should not have to be responsible for such action. The further back you go, the less responsibility it is for us cars in line. But, after the first no go, a few cars go past, and now, another clearing. I see there is plenty of time, for maybe 4-5 cars to get out. So now that the first easy outlet has gone by, and we are on to the second, is it no my turn to honk? And if the car doesn't go, does it now become the car behind me, now forth in charge, his responsibility? I don't let my opportunity go by. I apply a reasonable amount of force to give the "hey guy, its time to go" honk. But now, now here's the issue. Now the guy in front of me, looks in his rear view mirror, at me! I'm like "hey guy, you had your chance, you failed!" I am simply trying to get the guy in front of the guy in front of me, to go. But I ask, is that the call of only the guy second in command, or do we all have the right to try and force the situation?
The way I see it, the guy second in line, is just as in the wrong, as the first no go guy. Because he is in fact saying its ok, not to pull onto a road, when there's a clearing! Mind you the only reason this is so big, was its 6pm, and there's at least 10 cars behind me waiting to go as well. We want to get home, get out of our way, I'm hungry. So as a question that pops up a ton, am I an ass for honking? Or should I have let it go longer, and waited to see if ol numero dos would pull the trigger, find his balls, and use that horn for what its meant to do; scare the crap out of the guy in front of you, forcing them to question everything they have been doing behind the wheel? Me, I don't miss these times, and if I'm behind you, and there's a clearing, you got about 5 seconds, before you get the burrito horn. If you know my van, the licence plate basically spells burrito. Welcome to my world of irony. By the way, when I passed the guy who didn't go until my horn aided in his decision, he was on the phone, and one front head light was out. So for me, I think I should be able to clip him, and put him into a tree, you know, for all of our safety. And when I do that, you can all thank me later. Thank God that hot chick is gone. Now I can let loose my Darth farts.
Only thing that would make me not honk my horn is cause it might make the person in front of me think they were the one doing something instead of the actual person that I was intending the honk for... Always make me wonder, where are the cops when all this stuff happens? in Nova Scotia its illegal to be on your phone while driving and also illegal to hold up traffic, so where are they? sitting in the line 10 cars behind you? lol
ReplyDeleteI think there are so many bad drivers that most people have become numb to it and possibly picked up the bad habits too.
I'm totally behind stepping up and being the guy to honk after n+1 blatant openings, n being your place in line.
ReplyDeleteIn Philly, everyone honks with complete disregard for the hierarchy - even at a "no turn on red". And if you still don't get out of the way, they will drive up on the curb to go around you. So the fact that you are even thinking about this and considering the manners behind it... makes you the most reasonable person in the universe in comparison!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6SZBEQhhzc
ReplyDeleteThis is not the video Dave took, but it's a pretty good depiction. I'll see if I can find the one he took.
"Horn OK Please" is a common phrase painted on the back of commercial vehicles, but I haven't figured out what it means yet! Everyone is honking!!
Ha Man, I couldnt deal with Phily drivers! I might actually go insane and head to the top of the clock tower!! And I think "Horn ok" means that if its a large truck, its ok to honk if they come into your lane, as they might not be able to see you. I know when I back out of spots, and cant see traffic, I always listen for someone to tell me to stop.
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