How long to honk
 

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:01:47 GMT, "Larry Scholnick"
> > wrote:
>
>>"Daniel J. Stern" wrote:
>>> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Larry Scholnick wrote:
>>>
>>> > After 10-15 seconds, my girlfriend tells me 'enough already'; there's
>>> > nothing that the fool can do to get out of my way.
>>>
>>> I'd say your girlfriend sounds smart for figuring that out, but she's
>>> with
>>> you, which kinda cancels out those smarts, now, doesn't it...
>>>
>>My girlfriend got a kick out of your response (both the 'smart' and the
>>'cancels smarts'),
>>but she wonders about all of us: Don't you guys have a life?
>
> I guess she's not smart enough to log onto USENET and post her
> scathing comments herself. ;)

Or is she too smart to do that?
......

Larry Scholnick wrote:
> The fool directly ahead of me has decided at the last moment that he has to turn left at the
> upcoming intersection. So, the fool sticks his car's nose into the left turn lane, but is still
> blocking me in the leftmost through lane.
>
> The light turns green for through traffic, but not for the left turn lane which has lagging green
> arrows. So, I lay on the horn.
>
> After 10-15 seconds, my girlfriend tells me 'enough already'; there's nothing that the fool can do
> to get out of my way.
>
> Had I been driving alone, I would have let my horn blast until the fool was out of my way or I was
> able to get around him. I think it's important that such fools be painfully reminded that they are
> blocking traffic for the entire time that they are doing so; the noise ends when the offense ends.
>
> How long do you honk for?

I agree with you, as long as it's daytime. At night the neighbors' right
to sleep should have priority over any non-life-threatening reason to use
the horn.

Larry Scholnick wrote:
> The fool directly ahead of me has decided at the last moment that he has to turn left at the
> upcoming intersection. So, the fool sticks his car's nose into the left turn lane, but is still
> blocking me in the leftmost through lane.
>
> The light turns green for through traffic, but not for the left turn lane which has lagging green
> arrows. So, I lay on the horn.
>
> After 10-15 seconds, my girlfriend tells me 'enough already'; there's nothing that the fool can do
> to get out of my way.
>
> Had I been driving alone, I would have let my horn blast until the fool was out of my way or I was
> able to get around him. I think it's important that such fools be painfully reminded that they are
> blocking traffic for the entire time that they are doing so; the noise ends when the offense ends.
>
> How long do you honk for?

I agree with you, as long as it's daytime. At night the neighbors' right
to sleep should have priority over any non-life-threatening reason to use
the horn.