In my opinion, if sufficient time has passed… it was never rude. It’s rude to not pay attention and cause the last three cars to miss the light.
Agreed.
If you’re the line leader, you have a duty to get your ass moving.
I feel like some people always have their hand hovering over the horn, just waiting for the light to turn green to smash their hand down on it.
Dependent on the length of the horn blast, however
The only polite way is to lay on the horn non-stop while following them to their destination (so they know you’re there), when they stop, get out, approach them as quickly as possible (to be respectful of their time) to thank them for going
This is generally accepted in any situation and is loved by many drivers.
Yup. A quick tap of the horn or double tap is fine. Even a 1 second blast. Once we get into 2 seconds blast territory, it transitions to rude, with 3+ seconds going up linearly on the deranged jackass scale
It’s the difference of saying hey and HHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYY! @#$@!#$!@@$@#$!
If said this for years, cars need a secondary polite horn
What about a third, really aggressive horn that’s just a train horn?
Was it ever rude? Like, get going. Obviously need a wake up either way.
As others have mentioned the way you honk can be rude. And honking too quickly.
Like when I was about to clean my room and Mom would tell me to clean my room.
😤 well now I’m not gonna
I honestly think I say “no” at work when I mean yes, (and everyone knows it) just so that I can have this little rebellion
It’s not rude where I live. You generally give them a short double honk and then you see them wave in the mirror to say sorry as they start moving. I usually give 3-5 seconds before I do it.
Yea I mean, the 3-5 seconds is the only thing that matters here right? Fuck those assholes who sit on their horn .243 seconds after the light turns green like they are on a drag strip watching the tree.
But if I’ve been sittin there for a few seconds and havnt realized the light has turned then I’m not gonna get upset about a short, light honk.
I can’t believe just how many people are so nonchalant about anyone using their phone while driving.
I never even reach for mine when I’m behind the wheel, even when stopped at a red light. Slippery slope, I want to keep that habit “clean” and doing that starts to slowly blur the line and make is harder for the habit to stick.
Today I sat at a green light for at least 10 seconds because the person ahead of me was visibly taking a selfie
There have been times where I was genuinely grateful somebody honked at me because I was zoned at a green light so no I don’t think it’s rude as long as you’re not harassing the person
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I have a whole protocol for this.
You got a 5-count once there’s no one in front of you to go. Then you get a quick tap.
Then you get a 2-count to start moving. Then you get a double tap.
Then you get another 2-count. If you haven’t started moving by now, you get 1 tap every second until you fucking move for the love of fuck just fucking GO jesus tap-dancing christ in a Bethlaham drag show GO!!
At a red light, it is the responsibility of the first driver in line to check their phone. It is the responsibility of the second driver to watch the light and honk to let the first one know when it changes.
Respect for making me laugh about something that annoys me soooo much
Can confirm. My parents are always like that.
