Honking Idiots
Posted by mike on March 19th, 2007
I was honked at the other day, and it wasn’t my fault. What made it worse is that I was cursed at, too!
It was innocent on my part, really. I turned off the bridge into downtown and immediately slid into the lane that turns right onto the next street. The light was red at that intersection, but this intersection is different in that traffic moves both directions UP TO the intersection where I was sitting. After that, it becomes a one-way street, with traffic only allowed to proceed South-bound. Since I was heading North onto the two-way portion, I knew there would be no traffic coming from the other way (South). And since I was ON a one-way street facing west, I knew there would be no traffic from that direction, either. I looked into the intersection, saw nothing, and proceeded forward…
That’s when I heard something akin to a goose in a blender. HONKAHONKAHONKA! Wondering what the heck, I slammed the brakes in time to allow two idiots riding bicycles, on the crosswalk, heading the wrong direction on the one-way street, to pass in front of me. Thanks to the SUV next to me, I had not seen them coming. Luckily it was a warm day and I had my window down. The lady on the second bicycle proceeded to lambast me with words that would make a trucker blush. She was still mumbling and shooting me dirty looks as I got the green light and proceeded on.
There is nothing more annoying than being cursed by someone who is totally in the wrong. I wish I could have caught up with them and informed them that, when on bikes, they are NOT pedestrians and are subject to vehicular laws. Maybe I could have done something with that horn, too. But something tells me they wouldn’t have understood. Some people are just intended for the bottom of the food chain, and honking will only buy them time.
March 20th, 2007 at 6:23 am
Supa,
I couldn’t agree with you more. Some jerk honked at me this morning for no reason at all. I was in the fast lane passing traffic in the slow lane. I was going as fast as the cars in FRONT of me as well. Couldn’t go any faster w/o running them off the road. The jerk behind me found a gap in the slow lane, swerved around me, and proceeded to honk and flip me off as he then cut right back in front of me. At his next opportunity he passed several other cars in the fast lane. What a punk!
Glad to see you posted a new entry on your blog. I was starting to get worried about you. LOL!
T-Bone