Beeped at for Not Queuing across an Intersection

babykingdom on 16/12/2019 - 19:16
Last edited 16/12/2019 - 21:17

I was first in line at an intersection. The lights were green but the lane was filled on the other side so I did what any normal person would do and stayed back so I wouldn't block the intersection. Then I hear a beep from the car behind me. I thought it was just a mistake. Maybe they didn't see the other side. Then I heard it again and see the couple inside throwing their hands up like I am doing something wrong. A bus goes through the intersection. Then I hear the beep again. This time its longer and the couple are still throwing their arms up. Almost like apes. Maybe they want to turn left and are impatient? Nope because when the lane clears up they continue straight. So what was all the beeping about? Maybe I did something else wrong? Maybe its better not to think about what idiots think like.

MS paint diagram: https://imgur.com/a/pILxhmJ

Automotive

Comments

    • deme on 18/12/2019 - 18:00
      +2

      Have you seen the forums lately dramatic people with stupid private lanes and blocking driveways think they are in the right.

    • PAZMAT on 19/12/2019 - 00:27

      and yet you wasted more time by commenting on it?

      • deme on 20/12/2019 - 10:11

        I'll do what I want with my time.

        • PAZMAT on 20/12/2019 - 12:58

          My comment wasn't directed at you

  • superdarkhumour on 18/12/2019 - 17:36
    +6

    Life.Of.A.Bogan.S01E02

  • groot on 18/12/2019 - 17:51

    Dont stress… there are retards on the road. Do what is right .. always.

    Well Done .. if you did not move.

  • deme on 18/12/2019 - 17:59
    +2

    Thanks for being a good driver OP!

  • funnysht on 18/12/2019 - 18:07
    +1

    Maybe you're good looking, and he wanted to praise yo?

    Upload a MS painting of your face?

  • harrywwc on 18/12/2019 - 18:32

    basically, as many have said, you did the "right" thing by ignoring these twerps.

    I will not 'beep' someone in front of me at an intersection as a matter of courtesy. They can see what is ahead of them much better than I. Who knows, maybe there's a little kid fallen down in front of them, and they are waiting for them to get off the road? I can't see past them, so I don't know.

    Likewise, refering to the ms-paint diagram, there appears to be not enough room for your car to clear the intersection, and if a copper sees you blocking the intersection, you are the one to cop the $268 fine - not the idiots behind you.

    • No ONE on 18/12/2019 - 22:13
      +1

      The idiots will probably line behind OP car from the behaviour mentioned by OP.

    • RJK on 19/12/2019 - 07:34
      +1

      We honestly once had a couple beeping at us when we were waiting for the road to clear of pedestrians.

  • lunartemis on 18/12/2019 - 18:37
    +1

    I had this idiot beeping at me when turning right at the light when there were endless oncoming cars

    • Ughhh on 18/12/2019 - 18:58
      +3

      We're you behind the line or over the line?

  • sparkles on 18/12/2019 - 20:10
    +2

    Don't feel bad. I got beeped the other day for driving 60 in a 60 zone, putting my indicator on and turning left. Shocking, I know. People are just insanely aggressive at this time of the year, men especially.

    • Dreamcast on 18/12/2019 - 20:54
      +1

      Because their wives are nagging them to get home on time :D

    • happirt on 18/12/2019 - 22:11

      did you break before putting the indicator on? or turned left from the center of a 2 lane road? grrr to those drivers…

      • sparkles on 19/12/2019 - 00:07

        No to both. Person just super impatient, or super douchey, or both.

        • happirt on 19/12/2019 - 11:16

          Good to hear there are still some capable drivers around

    • darshu on 19/12/2019 - 09:30

      I have never got a fine or demerit point in my life so far (was born in an Asian country and moved to Australia in 2012). I feel that in Sydney the quality/ manners of the drivers are deteriorating when I compared to idiot drivers I faced in 2012 to 2019.

    • harrywwc on 20/12/2019 - 07:11
      +1

      People are just insanely aggressive at this time of the ALL year.

      FTFY

    • stinkydog on 20/12/2019 - 14:24
      +1

      Had the same in a 50 zone, I was already doing 60. Guy comes right up to my car within a metre, flashed his ridiculously bright blue lights multiple times ruining my vision, beeped, swerved left and right endlessly for quite some distance, even passing a 50 sign. Couldn't stand it any more so I slowed down to 20. Was a horrible 5km single lane trawl for him. He even mounted the curb trying to overtake me when doing 60 before I slowed down.

  • Dreamcast on 18/12/2019 - 20:53
    +4

    You have my vote for best mspaint diagram.

    • knr21 on 19/12/2019 - 09:34

      I think it is the best drawing of 2019

      • babykingdom on 19/12/2019 - 13:39

        Is it worth more than a banana taped to a wall?

        • harrywwc on 20/12/2019 - 07:12

          depends, is that banana going to be used to attack someone? and if so, how best should we disarm them? ;)

  • owli on 18/12/2019 - 21:22

    Then I heard it again and see the couple inside throwing their hands up like I am doing something wrong.

    You let a man slide today. You must immediately get out of the car and get inside somebody’s ass when that happens to you.

  • Eeples on 18/12/2019 - 22:36
    +2

    The ppl in the car behind you are entitled, for their own apparently misguided reasons, to have their own emotional tantrum. Their beeping, though, is against the law. But you are not a policeman.

    Just ignore them, and keep driving safe.

    PS. I often get beeped for stopping at a stop sign turning left with 100% visibility to all cars behind me. Everyone else rolls through. I actually think me stopping is unsafe, as it may cause me getting rear-ended; so I can't win.

  • OzzyOzbourne on 18/12/2019 - 23:09
    +1

    'tards everywhere unfortunately

  • cosmos on 19/12/2019 - 00:40

    Like some said, I would just ignore them.
    If someone is so impatient, they should overtake me and go ahead, I won’t mind.

  • gimme on 19/12/2019 - 08:03
    +1

    These days I just attribute everything to others being entitled clueless morons. My life is so much easier not having to waste time and energy thinking about the whys

  • wiipantz on 19/12/2019 - 08:28
    +1

    You did the right thing, we need more of you and less of the honker. Pitty it feels like it's the other way around :(

  • kaleidoscope on 19/12/2019 - 08:40

    Why are you upset 🤣. I would have enjoyed their tantrum instead. You’d done nothing wrong.

  • simonjb on 19/12/2019 - 09:58
    -5

    You should move into the intersection and wait to turn, but you are not required to. The people behind you are fools. But you should think about other drivers around you, be considerate and anticipate anything that can happen, but if you would rather drive around like you own the road like those behind you did, or drive oblivious to how you affect other drivers, you can do that too. I would have moved into the intersection to be ready to turn as soon as possible to not hinder others behind me as general courtesy, you decided not to and instead were distracted by people trying to force you. If I were behind you I would consider your not moving into the intersection abnormal and would avoid you as much as possible because if you don't see the benefit to it, you are unpredictable, and therefore pose a higher risk to me. Very rarely do considerate drivers from my experience get road raged. Maybe be more considerate to other drivers if you are affected so much, it would be a win win.

  • MementoMori on 19/12/2019 - 10:21
    +1

    Surely you could engineer this situation so they end up in the intersection?

    e.g. move forward when there is only half a space available.

  • Baysew on 19/12/2019 - 11:19
    +2

    Put a - "Honk If You Love Jesus" sticker on back window.

  • Herbse on 19/12/2019 - 12:07

    What kind of car do you have? Maybe they couldn't see in front of you to see it was blocked.

  • trapper on 19/12/2019 - 12:26

    Put your hazard lights on and pop the bonnet, that will get em really going.

  • Rodo on 19/12/2019 - 12:40

    You did the right thing OP. If the police had been around then the driver behind you could have been fined as they were breaking the law by using their horn. The NSW RMS website https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/safety-rules/road-rules/lig… states:

    You must not use the horn or any other warning device unless:

    You need to warn other road users that your vehicle is approaching
    You need to warn animals to get off the road
    The horn is being used as part of an anti-theft or alcohol interlock device fitted to your vehicle.

    This reminds me of a time when when I was stuck at the front of an intersection like the OP with traffic banked up on the other side. A policeman was standing in the intersection to stop cars from obstructing traffic in the intersection. The traffic on the other side then moved forward slightly. There was enough space for my car so I started moving across. Then a car from the lane next to me cut across in front of me and took the position which I was going to move into. The policeman saw this but did nothing. I was then stuck in the intersection. The traffic light turned red. The policeman then walked over to my car and shouted at me to move my car out of the intersection. I was in the right hand lane and needed to turn right just after the intersection. All I could do was change lanes and move across 3 lanes to the left as there was just enough room for my car in that lane.

    I was very lucky that I did not get fined. Was I in the wrong or the person who cut across into my lane taking my spot or both of us?

    • babykingdom on 19/12/2019 - 15:05
      -1

      I guess his maneuver was legal but was still a dickish move. Akin to merging into the front of a lane with a huge line of cars. Legal but dickish.

  • infinite on 19/12/2019 - 13:33
    +1

    Every time someone beeps at you in a situation like this, just laugh and waive at them like your saying hello.

    Confuses the shit out of road rager's and they don't know what to do.

  • Diggins on 19/12/2019 - 14:52
    +1

    I agree you shouldnt be stopped in an intersection. however if the traffic is moving slowly, I think people should move to the other side even if you are stopped in the intersection briefly.
    I think the guy behind you would have wanted you to go through because maybe this was happening and he might miss the light if you didnt go across.
    At the end of the day you didnt do anything wrong, the person was probably raging for no good reason.

    • deme on 20/12/2019 - 10:15
      -1

      No, that's how you block intersection.

  • knr21 on 19/12/2019 - 15:15

    I think we will need to go a voting poll for that!

  • cheapskate9984 on 19/12/2019 - 15:24

    just another day in ozland. what's the big deal?

  • cameldownunder on 19/12/2019 - 15:27

    The couple had just dropped of their 28 year old son who still lives with them at a soccer game, and their little daughter who is 9 at a party, which they have to pick up again in 2 hours. They were now rushing home to enjoy some privacy without kids since last august 2016.

    cameldownunder on 19/12/2019 - 15:27 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • cloudy on 19/12/2019 - 15:58
    +2

    I got horned for crossing across zebra crossing.

    The old guy, saw a traffic light(red), for cars, as a sign for pedestrians to stop.

    It’s terrible, sometimes I wonder if people shouldn’t retake driving test every X years.

    • deme on 20/12/2019 - 10:16
      +1

      I'm young and happy for this to be applied every ten years for all ages

  • [Deactivated] on 19/12/2019 - 16:57
    +5

    Happened to a 'mate'. He wouldn't move forward knowing that he couldn't clear the pedestrian crossing that was ahead and chose to ignore the aggressive honking from the driver behind him. Once traffic started moving again , the aggressive driver overtook him and lowered his window, and that's when both my mate and the other driver realised that they know each other - their kids attend the same school!

    As this realisation downs on him , Aggressive-Driver ploughs into the car in front of him and comes to a standstill. My mate slows down to see if they need assistance and they hear the sound of a police siren coming closer.Aggressive-Driver's kid jumps out of his Dad's car and asks my mate if he can give him a lift to school, clearly embarrassed by his dad's behaviour. I believe his actual words were , " I don't want to be late for school cos Dad's being a D1ck!" 😂

    I was told that on top of having to pay for the damages he caused, Aggressive-Driver also copped a fine of $282 and possibly a demerit point for aggressive beeping.

    • Rodo on 19/12/2019 - 17:51

      Haha. Great story. Serves him right for not thinking about anyone else on the road but himself.

  • Natt on 19/12/2019 - 17:43
    +1

    I fixed the picture for you https://ibb.co/TWkMrsJ

  • [Deactivated] on 19/12/2019 - 17:50
    +1

    Did you go out a bit so if the light went red you could have gone? That should tell them you're aware the light is green but something is going on

    • babykingdom on 19/12/2019 - 19:42

      No because there's a chance the lane would still be filled on the other side. Then I would either then be forced to go and block the intersection until the lane clears or stay and block pedestrians crossing at the lights.

      • factor on 19/12/2019 - 22:05

        edit - oops misread - straight through not turning

  • Squidmcsproggen on 19/12/2019 - 19:42
    -3

    Lol you serious
    Bwahahahaha most ridiculous post ever

  • Dack Smith on 19/12/2019 - 21:04

    Apes going apeshit……what’s new?

    Gotta remember there’s an ever growing crowd of low IQ animals driving on the roads now.

    Rules are meaningless to them

  • htc on 19/12/2019 - 22:22

    yeah, I often met these people while I drove, very impatient, rude, these people just get away with these bad manners. I once witnessed a road rage, an impatient person driving met another person who could not put up with rudeness, they both make gestures to each other, both were waiting for the other person to get out of the car and …, I kept driving, I didn't see the ending.

  • browsin on 19/12/2019 - 23:40
    -2

    This incident must have ruffled your feathers good for you to post about it. Should have just flipped the bird and got on with life.

  • Hangryuman on 20/12/2019 - 01:50
    +1

    I did this maybe 5-7 years ago when I drove regularly down George St Sydney during evening peak hours.

    Knowing the law - and frequently seeing blocked intersections (especially by buses!) I'd stop before entering an intersection - typically northbound just outside Town Hall - if I saw the other side was blocked.

    Almost every time I did this a horn behind me would immediately beep - not only beep but hold it down - trying to draw attention to the idiot (here's a tip - in Sydney when you hold down your horn, everyone will turn to look at the idiot - holding down the horn!) - I'd look in my rear view mirror, it was usually a taxi. I'd ignore it but then the guy would get out, come to my window and remonstrate angrily - I'd simply say it was against the law to enter a blocked intersection, he'd call me an idiot and walk back in a huff.

    This repeated maybe half a dozen times - me getting beeped by angry a$$wipes - until I noticed a change - other cars started following my example and stopping before entering a blocked intersection - and over time the beeping stopped.

    So yeah - change can happen - and you too might even become the change agent - for good over evil. Save the world !

  • neosin on 20/12/2019 - 08:46

    happened to me once in a carpark

    I was going 20 in a 20 zone and the guy was beeping at me!

    I just went slower 😂

    They don’t have the balls to hit you 😎

  • justwii on 20/12/2019 - 09:35
    +1

    By the way if it was a roundabout do you queue up in the circle?

  • RSmith on 20/12/2019 - 10:00

    Turn on the hazard lights and enjoy the show. Next time

  • nfr on 20/12/2019 - 12:11

    Your masterpiece is breathtaking.

  • whooah1979 on 20/12/2019 - 12:12

    Almost like apes.

    I’m pretty sure they were monkeys.

  • field1985 on 20/12/2019 - 13:51
    +6

    Recently I was forced to beep/brake heavily because a driver merged into my lane (without checking his blind spot) and would have killing me (motorcycle) had I not breaked.

    His response was to wind down his window and raise his finger to his mouth in a "shhhh" (be quite) gesture, after almost killing me. What is wrong with Australian drivers?

    I was in two minds about going back and giving him a serve. Instead I sent the footage to Victoria police, who fined him for dangerous driving/failing to indicate then he was ordered to attend the Victorian Safe Driving Program.

    If he had expressed any regret (a sorry wave/look of contrition) I would not have reported him.

    Karma

    • whooah1979 on 20/12/2019 - 14:40
      +1

      Well done.

    • TEER3X on 20/12/2019 - 19:47

      How do you know what action was taken?

      I would've thought that information is private.

      • field1985 on 20/12/2019 - 20:22

        Word of mouth

  • stinkydog on 20/12/2019 - 14:18
    +1

    Have people do the same wanting to turn left while pedestrians are crossing.

  • dtechhh on 20/12/2019 - 23:08

    all good son

  • grasstown on 21/12/2019 - 08:45

    Maybe it was a big intersection and it was possible for you both to be on it and for the bus to still pass through. Sounds like they have a different opinion of what being full on the other side means. Based on your description of their actions, that sounds most likely .

  • ozgeek on 21/12/2019 - 11:35

    You did nothing wrong. Infact this is very common in cities with so many traffic lights. Just shrugg your shoulders and show them why mockingly.

  • tightasian on 21/12/2019 - 13:03
    -1

    First in the lane, please wait in the middle of intersection,not behind the line.

  • CalmLemons on 21/12/2019 - 13:39

    Next time that happens. Put your hazard lights on. Pop the boot. Walk out of your car and take a vape break.

    It's funny when it's a couple doing this as it's then that you know the stupid people breed with stupid people, two wrong people make more wrong people and that is the problem with the world.

    • grasstown on 22/12/2019 - 19:49
      +1

      I usually find that there are shit drivers in this world who come onto ozbargain and get praised for their actions. You’d find they ozbargsin has a demographic very different to other sites which would give very different advice to the consensus on this site.

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