where i piss off two drivers in one day

[PepperElf]

first:
coming home from work, i decided to turn right to go to the grocery store instead of going straight, but as i approached the intersection i could hear the sounds of sirens. at the intersection i looked to my left and saw... yep emergency vehicles.

so i paused for a couple of seconds to see if they were coming my way. cos .. hey you can get a ticket for cutting them off. but that wasn't good for the person behind me.

Driver: HONK!!!!

meh what a tool.

second
This time I'm going to my late night college course and I pull into the right turn lane but the light just turned red a few seconds ago. Sometimes at that light we'll get an advanced green immediately afterwards - if the traffic leaving the college has the green light.

But nope it was red - and there was oncoming traffic in the left turn lane also going to the college. So I didn't gun the turn cos... I knew they were being given the right away and they had to go first.

Again the person behind me didn't like that.

Driver: HONK!!
This time I honked back and then waited patiently for the oncoming traffic to finish their turns before I went.


again a tool. yes you're late to class. that ain't my fault. nor does it mean the other traffic has to give up their right-of-way to accommodate you.

o well.

[bhskittykatt]

I was turning into a driveway the other day and the car behind me honked. I mean, how dare I slow down for a turn! (I'm not one of those drivers who comes to almost a complete stop before turning, either.)

[blas]

Two or three weeks ago, I was being tailgated on my street by a Buick driven by a teenaged girl. Speed limit is 30, I was easily going 35, probably 40 when we went down the big hill, and this little beeyotch was on me like flies on dog turds.

This continued all the way until several blocks later, when we approached one of the local high schools. Then she made a very sharp left turn into the parking lot. It was almost 10 am.

Yeah, my fault you're late for school.

[ADoyle90815]

I've had that happen, and just as the green left turn arrow came on, an emergency vehicle went by with sirens and lights blaring to get on the freeway. I let the vehicle go by, but still, from behind me, HONK! since I didn't turn left the second that arrow turned green.