Sometimes it can be hard to discern the short polite honk from the long rude honk. And sometimes the short polite honk doesn’t get the persons attention. Would be nice if cars came with two horn sounds. The “excuse me please/look out” sound and the “get out of my way/off the road!!!” sound. Then we would all instantly know if it is polite person or jerk honking at us.
First mistake, judging the driving as mere recklessness. Having been called to the the home of or the ER for my aunt and father countless times in the last two years of their lives (four consecutive years!) I’ve been guilty of distracted driving and some super stupid moves. Rule #1, give everyone the benefit of the doubt & your anger automatically abates, which is so much better for your mental health. Rule #2, if you forget Rule #1, remember people pull guns these days, it is better for your long term health to let the Highway patrol handle it.
I love it when the light turns green and the CEO behind me lays on his horn because I wasn’t accelerating immediately. I’m not a grandpa driver by any means. So you know that guy’s an idiot or bully. I just ignore stupid people.
Agreed. My response was to the comment that they could not have avoided this confrontation. It appears the honking prompted the brandishing. That’s all. The brandishing was NOT justified.
@Donald187 I got it. Thx for explanation. The good thing is we agreed on whole situation.
These days people behave and react irrational.
I still remember times, when we honked on each others and then waved, made thumb up and proceeded with driving… what changed then?
Looks the “anger management” should become mandatory at schools…
The aggressor was a bully! He figured he can show what he has and what he MIGHT do!! Well he got lucky that the other person wasn’t carrying and went into defense mode! They would of been picking him up if he had a victim with a different mindset!! Besides being armed, I have a dash cam!