No, for some reason they do everything they can to get as far away from me as possible when I start waving legal texts at them...
I disagree. In stationary traffic, that's the perfect opportunity to explain to someone exactly how their actions are making the situation worse.
True story:
About a year and a half ago, I was at a stoplight at Northwest Highway and Shiloh in Dallas. It's right by I-635, which was backed up because of an accident. It was afternoon rush hour, and my mom was in town following me home after just driving in from out of town.
Because of the accident on the freeway, the volume at this intersection was abnormally high, being so close to the freeway and it being afternoon drivetime. So some stupid ***** in a suburban pushes a yellow/red light despite the jamp-packed road in front of her, leaving her entire Suburban blocking all three lanes of Shiloh road.
I was ****ed. The guy to the left of me was ****ed. The person in the right lane was turning right, so they weren't blocked in and may or may not have been ****ed.
We had to wait for the traffic light to cycle all the way around for us to be able to move because this stupid woman thought that she could push a red light under these conditions. I was in the front of the line, which made it even worse, I think.
I got out of my truck and knocked on her window and let her know exactly how stupid she was and the direct effect her actions have had on everyone in the line of traffic, how it's not helping matters by degrading the already volatile atmosphere because of the heavy traffic.
Her response was "what was I supposed to do - wait back at the light?"
"YES, damn you!!!! You're not so ******* important that you can't wait for the light to cycle!"
I didn't use those exact words, but it was pretty close.



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