The guy behind me laid on his horn for 10 seconds straight at a red light

I was stopped at a red light in downtown Austin last Tuesday and some dude in a truck just started blasting his horn before it even turned green. Turns out he was mad I wasn't inching forward into the intersection like he wanted, but I don't play that game anymore after getting a ticket for blocking a box last year. Has anyone else had a road rager flip out over something minor like not creeping up on a stale light?

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juliashah1d agoOG Member

Oh man, you're speaking my language. A guy in a jacked-up pickup actually followed me for three blocks once because I didn't gun it through a yellow light. He was laying on the horn and yelling out the window about how I was "driving like an old lady." Like, sorry I don't want to run a red and get t-boned for your convenience. The horn-blowing at a red light thing is especially ridiculous because it's not like you're going anywhere anyway. Some people just can't handle being behind the wheel without making it everyone else's problem.

sarah_mason1d ago

That truck driver in Austin sounds like a real piece of work. I had a similar thing happen last summer in a parking lot at a grocery store on Burnet Road. Some guy laid on his horn because I stopped to let a pedestrian cross in the crosswalk, which is literally the law here. He just kept leaning on it until the person cleared, then screamed something at me as he sped past. People forget that stopping for pedestrians isn't optional, it's not about being nice, it's about not hitting someone with your car. Some folks treat every red light and crosswalk like a personal insult to their schedule.