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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? ...... |
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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. |
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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. |
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