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Old December 5th 04, 09:04 PM
John David Galt
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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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