Yesterday was kinda odd. I had to use my horn 3 times yesterday, which is out of the ordinary. I usually only use it, on average, maybe 3 times a month.
The first time, was on my way in to work. I had just gotten off I-10, and was on a very busy street. I decided to change lanes to get around slow vehicles. Unfortunately, the guy behind me also decided to change lanes, so we both ended up changing lanes at the same time, so he ended up behind me still. Apparently, he was displeased that his maneuver didn’t result in the NASCAR win he was envisioning in his dark-orange Nissan 370z, so he bleeped his little horn at me. I felt the need to remind him of his true place in life, so I interrupted his little bleep with my Horn of Education. Didn’t hear anything from him anymore, so I can only assume he learned properly.
The second time, was further in on my way to work. There’s a tight, busy intersection where a lot of the traffic in the left lane disappears after merging into the left-turning lane, which turns onto a one-way street that leads to a hospital. This offers anyone in the left lane a chance to get past a lot of the traffic in the right lane, but it also presents a danger when people in the right lane decide to merge into the now-mostly-empty left lane so they can also get ahead of traffic. So, a lot of the traffic in front of me merged into the left-turning lane, as was expected. I started to speed up at the same time a guy in a grey-blue…Buick, I think…decided to merge into the same place I was already occupying, and had crossed the center line. A quick “nope” from my horn sent him back to where he came from.
The third time, I was on my way home, still in the city on a busy street, at a red traffic light, in the left lane. I was second in line, behind a woman in what I believe was a bluish Kia Sorento. The light turned green, and she did not move. Now that I’ve had time to think about it, she may have been writing something down or texting. I saw her jump in her seat when I politely reminded her that she lived in western civilization, and she immediately began driving like most women do.
Nothing fancy, just noticed that yesterday was a statistical blip.