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Old 11-18-2010, 09:32 PM
 
Location: Tucson/Nogales
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In an average month, how many times do you beep your horn or flash your bright lights at someone when you've been brought to a certain level of anger and frustration,, and what incident usually brings it about?

Myself, it's usually on my way to work, and there's this one intersection that's extremely stingy with only allowing 3-4 cars to turn on a left-turn arrow. And if you don't get the opportunity to turn, it's a long wait for the next one.

Particularly if I'm second in line, there are others behind me, I watch that upcoming arrow like a hawk and, in sympathy to those behind me as well,
if they don't take off, allowing a glance for red-light runners, like a missle, it's beep-beep, flash-flash!

And another confusing thing about this intersection, once you do turn, you're faced with another light, which is always red, and a number of people don't realize once you have the arrow, you're free to go thru it and onto the freeway ramp. So, for the confused who stop at that light, more beep-beep,
flash-flash!
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Old 11-18-2010, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Looking over your shoulder
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Very seldom,,,, but I'd like to do it more often,,,, the lights and horn thing that is.
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Old 11-18-2010, 10:34 PM
 
Location: South Central Texas
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Not too often .... but I'll flash my lights at someone running brights or no lights. I've been known to blast red light and stop sign runners.
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Old 11-19-2010, 03:18 AM
 
Location: Airports all over the world
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I have little to no road rage what so ever. If I am behind someone who does not realize the light has turned green I will give a quick tap of the horn.
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Old 11-19-2010, 05:03 AM
 
Location: On the East Coast
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I hardly ever beep-beep or flash-flash but when I do it's if someone is busy texting and the light has turned green.
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Old 11-19-2010, 05:23 AM
 
Location: USA
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Very rare that I beep or flash. When someone beeps at me it scares me
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Old 11-19-2010, 06:06 AM
 
Location: Mayberry
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I don't beep beep unless someone is sitting at a green light, I should flash-flash more often, people around here like to drive with their brights on
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Old 11-19-2010, 06:10 AM
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Too much road rage here on Long Island.

You don't want to honk at another car. They retaliate.
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Old 11-19-2010, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Hermoso y tranquilo Panamá
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Well here honking is normal and a form of communication - no one pulls out a gun (or machete). Some people honk when they pass someone walking down the road they know or when they drive by their house. Think the last time I tapped my horn was when some woman was talking on her cell phone and driving maybe 1/2kph - I had to be somewhere at a certain time, so I didn't appreciate her yakin' on her phone and holding me up.

We also will flash our lights to other drivers if say Transito (traffic cops) are sitting and waiting for people to speed by or at night if someone has their brights on.
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Old 11-19-2010, 07:05 AM
 
Location: In a happy, quieter home now! :)
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Never ever.
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