At a red light recently there was one car in front of me. The light changed to green and he did not move. How long do you wait and what do you do?
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Had to do this just this morning. Light is green... but no go? (Probably looking at your phone.) Saw a post in the above thread... wait about two seconds, them a quick "toot" on the horn (volume doesn't really change with how hard you press on it. Maybe slightly.) That worked.. she got moving. (Visibly annoyed I interrupted a text. This is 2023; It is what it is, I will handle the situation.)
DON'T BLARE THE HORN... You are basically road-raging if you do that, and you get what happened at Exit 140 GSP N last night at rush hour sometime around 5P.M.: Merging to the ramp, lady in Black SUV wants to lay on the horn like I have control over the car in front of me.. this is a road rage, so I slow, maybe tap brakes first ("Why are you road raging at me" in car speak. Please calm down.) Nope, laying on the horn blaring.. This results in about 30 seconds of stop dead movement from me because we both know you aren't going to do anything. Maybe you'll stop shouting at me with that horn though.. Eventually I have to be on my way, can't do this all day.. I move forward, enraged driver on my tail, so we exchanged pleasantries with a certain kind of salute on my part before I continue in traffic. People's stupidity astounds me.
It should be noted in Florida, I would not have done the same due to possibility of other person being armed. Even then... "Well how do you know that person wasn't armed" - NJ tags? It's next to nothing possibility. And if there was.. they wouldn't have sat behind me in the first place they'd have cut around another car. Wasn't born yesterday.
As to road rages and speed . Well. I just outlined an example of a road rage, and an example of a "please move thank you" - Toot vs blare.
As to speeding in general... There are still HUGE sections of roadway with NO police. In NJ, you can largely see them from a mile away, know all their spots, and know when they will be there like clockwork. Generally. You would THINK they would learn new spots, like parking SUV up to the bumper to the concrete overpass on I-195 that one spot, how these guys (Staties) merge into traffic without getting slammed into is beyond me.... but no. As a result, MOST driving, MOST of the time, is the Indy 500. NASCAR is great but it still doesn't have actual turns, just an oval with banking....
Distracted driving is VERY dangerous.
Also, again, +1 on most people have no idea, including myself really (they are going to get in front of you or they are not, exact procedure please?) what flicking lights would mean. Would probably result in a brake check. Brave new world here. And that is still different than flicking at oncoming traffic, most old school know that generally means to slow up...
Use Waze...
OH and about the left lane.. Spotted yesterday. 80MPH. Safety is not high on lists.