Drivers who deliberately give a cyclist a scare with the horn
11-02-12, 02:01 PM
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2. I was not a victim and did not have paranoia. Read it up all over again to understand my point before making useless comments.
11-02-12, 02:20 PM
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The other day I was riding on the street, a car suddenly gave a loud honk right on my left slightly behind me, then squeezed past me, apparently not happy that I was taking the lane. Fortunately I was calm and healthy, but I can imagine another person could have been given a start and fall from the bike (I've read about such real accidents), or could suffer a heart attack. Is there a law that addresses this?
Every day, at 3:00 a.m. and again at 3:00 p.m., one of Satan's minions comes along and blasts a loud diesel horn right next to the offender's ear, making his eardrums bleed. At the same time a pineapple, top end first, is shoved up his/her hole.
This is done, every day for all of eternity.
11-02-12, 02:39 PM
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Now again, what was it, specifically, that makes a honk friendly or unfriendly? If it scares you it MUST be unfriendly seems to be your criteria. HTFU, if you want to be traffic, you can't let the actions of normal traffic (and aholes) freak you out.
What is useless is your continued dodge of a simple question. If you can't answer it, just say so, rather than throwing a hissy fit.
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11-02-12, 02:41 PM
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Not really. Fear of potential litigation has reduced that latitude to levels usually reserved for 2yr olds around a hot stove.
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11-02-12, 03:09 PM
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There are a few well known exceptions, but on 90% of the major roads in the country you can roll 8-10 mph over the speed limit before you have to worry about getting pulled over. Call it latitude, call it discretion, but it's alive and well.
11-02-12, 04:20 PM
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The one time I got scared shetless from a horn was a dump truck that blew his horn as he swerved left right into me. Totally intentional and if I didn't run off the road would most likely been hit. I can definitely agree with the OP that some people could be scared into having an accident because of this. That doesn't mean that THEY don't belong on the roads it means that the ones running them off the road don't belong there.
11-02-12, 04:23 PM
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The one time I got scared shetless from a horn was a dump truck that blew his horn as he swerved left right into me. Totally intentional and if I didn't run off the road would most likely been hit. I can definitely agree with the OP that some people could be scared into having an accident because of this. That doesn't mean that THEY don't belong on the roads it means that the ones running them off the road don't belong there.
11-02-12, 04:32 PM
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Yes you can get in trouble for honking, but it has be be pretty blatant
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11-02-12, 05:52 PM
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The one time I got scared shetless from a horn was a dump truck that blew his horn as he swerved left right into me. Totally intentional and if I didn't run off the road would most likely been hit. I can definitely agree with the OP that some people could be scared into having an accident because of this. That doesn't mean that THEY don't belong on the roads it means that the ones running them off the road don't belong there.
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