Physicists have discovered that the shortest division of time possible is the time between the light turning green and the car behind you honking.
I live in an area where I think the worst drivers in the US live. I absolutely hate people who honk as soon as the light turns green. You don’t know what I can see, you don’t know if it is safe to go. Because sometimes it isn’t. I’ve had to learn to still look both ways after the light turns green because almost once a week (and I only drive 2-4 days most weeks) I see someone completely blow the red going 60 in a 45.
I also blame phones for traffic, because it goes the other way too. Why did you miss that green, because 3 people in front of you were on their phones. I usually give a slow 5 count before giving a beep.
Motherfucker, if you’re at the head of the line, its only common courtesy to shove your phone up your ass, and move! Do you think the light is gonna get greener? The fuck are you doing up there?
Do you see this little pedal under your right foot? Just fucking use it and nobody will be honking.
Put on the handbrake, get out of the car, and calmly ask them what the problem is.
You forgot the ‘grab a crowbar’ part.
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The last time I had to do this I pulled a rapier, actually. Although in my defense, the guy behind me jumped out with a tire iron first. It was purest happenstance that I had the thing in my back seat at the time but damned if the look on his face wasn’t worth it.
I’ve recounted this tale before. I have to wonder how that guy tells people his side of that story…
If you get out of your car to confront everyone who honks at you, you’re eventually going to meet an even bigger asshole with a gun.
Or just drive off. If you rise to every barb, you’re almost definitely going to end up with a severely painful, chronic erection. Getting shot or run over is also on the table.
Depending on where you are in the US, this could literally get you shot.
I’m not in the US
You’re in pole position, you have a responsibility to those behind you. Be considerate and pay attention.
Yeah, and for anyone concerned, this doesn’t mean jam on the gas, but you got a make some move. You can be conscious of intersecting traffic and whether they’ve actually come to a stop, as well as aware of everyone behind you apparently being in a huge hurry, because they always are. So take your foot off the brake, let me see those brake lights go away, and it’s at least a signal to everyone that we are underway here at Silverstone.
Do you want me to go the speed limit? Because that’s how you get me to go the speed limit.
Same. I was in a hurry till you honked. Now all of a sudden I have all day and nowhere to be.
Don’t let other idiots turn you into just as big of an idiot.
Actually, you’re definitely the bigger idiot here. The honker may have annoyed you, but you are annoying the 30 people behind you to spite one single person.
It’s not my job as a driver to worry about someone behind me thinking I’m moving too slowly. It’s my job as a driver to be aware if some other moron is running a red light. And as impatient as you mother fuckers are, it’s probably you.
It’s fascinating that you think taking petty revenge by slowing down excessively to “punish” a single jerk right behind you, and the subsequent line of innocent people with no part in your conflict, is reasonable behaviour. The jerk behind you annoyed a single person (you), and in turn you annoy dozens of people that have done nothing to you whatsoever.
Fascinating probably isn’t the word you want.
No it is…it’s fascinating that you can’t (or won’t) see that you’re a bigger traffic issue than the person honking and believe that your reaction is justified.
Oh. Wait, we have a misunderstanding. This can happen online when you can’t type inflection or tone. My bad.
I am fully aware of my actions, the results, the costs, and fully accept any consequences that come my way. I am not under any impression that I am not a problem, not the bigger asshole, or less petty than anyone else. I drive about 200 to 250 miles in a 40 hour work week and have tons of experience with bad drivers. Sometimes I get in a mood and basically lash out at everyone. It’s a fault of mine and I know it. I’m not apologizing for it or working to correct it. Petty? You bet. Asshole? Present. Cause of accidents? No, I’m actually very careful not to do that.
I’m by and large a way more courteous driver than most people I see. You have a turn signal on? I’ll do everything I can to help you change lanes. I zipper merge like they showed in the text book. Do I speed? Yes, but never more than 5mph over the limit and never in a resedential area. Every bicyclist gets at least 5 feet of clearance. People walking dogs get the same.
But you honk at me in the first second of a green? We’re waiting till I feel like going.
I mean… you should always go the speed limit, right? Or slower of course.
Get off the phone you fucking imbecil. Stop making people’s days any worse than they need to be.
It’s natural to take a second before taking off, either unintentionally or intentionally due to safety. Maybe leave on time to account for those extra few seconds that they are holding you up.
It’s not only natural, it’s a good idea. Especially if you are crossing a large road.
I ride a motorcycle more often than not (see user name) and it’s vital to ensure that the cross traffic is actually stopping when their light is red. You aren’t “protected” because your light is green, and there’s nothing physically stopping any asshole blowing the light and ramming into the side of you, probably without slowing down in the slightest first. That’s because they’re also staring at their phone. I can’t even go a week anymore without watching some moron sail straight through a red light right in front of me such that if I hadn’t spotted them first they would have run me over. And it’s happening more and more often as drivers are more distracted than ever before. A couple of years ago I’d only see this sort of thing once every few months.
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Do you not have yellow lights that tell that they are about to change?
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Could say the same about you. Stop wasting time for other people. Have some decency.
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That…makes so much sense.
Not the one you commented to, but not where I drive.
Not in Canada and I believe also not in the US. The yellow only comes before red, not before green.
Here it’s red, green, yellow, red, green, yellow…
That phrase tends to be much less literal when its said by those who are getting honked at regularly to move off from the lights.
If someone is telling you they get honked at all the time for no reason there usually is a reason (or several) and they just refuse to acknowledge what they’re doing.
That’s me. My friend was in front of me.
I assume the person in front is waiting for the red light runners to clear the intersection before starting.
Is physical violence common on RuPaul’s show?🤔
A lot of places in east asia have red light timers. If theres nobody coming, people will start when theres like 3 seconds left.
That feels like an argument for why red light timers for cars might be a bad idea.
Like, you can understand the intent - by giving extra information, drivers know how long they have to wait and so won’t get as annoyed - but that same extra information encourages drivers to take risks, and start moving even earlier than they would with just a simple red/amber/green
I think it would be disastrous in America or Korea, but it seems to work here and it would probably work in Japan.
If this has happened to you more than once you are the problem.
Lot of people in this thread thinking the split second the light turns green we need to gun it. Get fucked, I’m not on my phone and you’re just an impatient asshole. No one owes you a jack rabbit start. Calm the fuck down and breath.
You don’t need to “jack rabbit” out, but you shouldn’t be moving like a sloth either, every second of delay delays all other cars behind you and reduces overall traffic flow
It is the drivers responsibility to ensure the intersection is clear of cars and pedestrians before proceeding. The green light doesn’t immediately mean go, they may be waiting for a pedestrian to finish crossing or a car to clear after running a red.
they may be waiting for a pedestrian to finish crossing or a car to clear after running a red.
This is the most infuriating, when someone is honking but you literally cannot go without murdering a person.
A “New York minute” is defined as the time between when the light turns green and when a New York driver will honk their horn at you.
I knew it as “New York Second”, and that it is the shortest time interval measurable by science.
