When you beep at someone..

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Why do they wave back as if to say hi.

There was this guy in front going about 15mph for about 30 seconds, then stopped at a clear roundabout for another 20, I beeped him to wake him up, as by now I had a traffic jam behind me and he just waved at me?! Luckily he decided to go the other way to me but made no attempt to make progress.
If someone beeps me, (hey I have wandered off at the lights before) I dont dither around and wave but get a move on.
 
Peoples attitude to beeping in this country is all wrong. I often want to use it to let someone know my car is there if they blatantly haven't looked (i.e. pulling out or even sometimes pedestrians), but I'm afraid people will totally take it to heart and then have a mini road-rage personal vendetta against me. You never know who you're beeping and how they'll react, so instead we only do it when we're ****** off instead of a lot of the time to indicate presence. It's not like that in a lot of other countries I've been to, don't see why that is the culture here.
 
I must admit, I do have a certain reticence about beeping, I have to think it carefully through, as It does draw a lot of attention, oh and my horn does not sound masculine enough. If I do push it, then I am past blood boiling point.

Forgive me if this sounds daft but why would it be a daily occurence for an impreza driver?
 
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other impreza drivers.
I sometimes wave or flash lights at peeps driving old series or forward-controls and the occasional discovery driver who looks like they take an interest in the vehicle - never bother with the snotty female drivers of these last though (school run and all that).
 
Maximum Triceratops said:
If you drive an Impreza its a daily occurance:/ My driving day consists of, Hmm shall I wave or not :D all dependant on what year said Impreza is :D.
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You're supposed to wave at all years, as befits your lesser status compared to Newages. Drivers of Newages are entitled to ignore you, as your car is old. However, you can ignore pre-facelift if you wish. And everyone ignores Sports, even other Sports.


As for the OP: get over it. If he was driving slowly, he's not going to speed up just because you beeped at him (which is border-line illegal under the circumstances anyway). Try it this way: you're doing 30 in a 30 and someone comes behind you at 40 and beeps - what would you do? I'm guessing gesture? But you certainly wouldn't speed up, and not because it would illegal either. Many people here under the latter circumstances would wave as well. Yes it's annoying, but there's probably not a driver on the road who will go faster just because you make noises or gestures. Get used to it.


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Sin_Chase said:
Beeping in Thailand happens A LOT!

Used to let scooters and other drivers know you are in their blind spot as you come past...works well enough :p
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Was gonna post the same. Spent 3 days driving a scooter around koh samui and it became second nature to just people a beep and similarly to receive a friendly beep from cars letting you know they're coming past. Worked very well but there's so many shooters there its needed!
 
Some old guy in a Almera stopped at an empty roundabout in front, so he could finish rolling his cigarette, which once I noticed what he was doing, gave him a quick beep. He wound the window down and gave the middle whilst shouting/dribbling a bit. The guy behind then overtook us both and tried to barge the old guy off the road for the next few hundred metres towards the lights ahead! They had long words when stopped ahead so I kept well back! Thought it was going to end up in a fight.
 
alexhull24 said:
Peoples attitude to beeping in this country is all wrong. I often want to use it to let someone know my car is there if they blatantly haven't looked (i.e. pulling out or even sometimes pedestrians), but I'm afraid people will totally take it to heart and then have a mini road-rage personal vendetta against me. You never know who you're beeping and how they'll react, so instead we only do it when we're ****** off instead of a lot of the time to indicate presence. It's not like that in a lot of other countries I've been to, don't see why that is the culture here.
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It's a way to show your rage at others...that's what people all over the world use it as.

Highway code states it's to make others aware of your presence, but most seem to forget this completely.
 
Not really as I've pointed out eariler. In quite a few countries it is used to indicate you are there as a warning and has nothing to do with rage.
 
That's what it is meant, but it's also used very often in rage, as with flashing headlights, it's a tool in which a motorist can express his anger at someone else without removing themselves from their car, be that right or wrong with the highway code/road rules of the country.

I don't think I made it clear in my first reply, despite what it is meant for, people use it as a way of expressing anger.
 
Sure, if I do something wrong, I would make a point of raising my hand as a form of apology.


More than once I have had an attempted roasting on return to the depot because I have either flashed my lights or sounded my horn at somebody - its quite easy to upset car drivers with an artic, many have no clue as to your positioning / road space requirements and many thing you are trying to deliberately hold them up or something.... :(

If somebody is holding me up,driving in the middle lane of a motorway @ 51mph for example - I will resort to my lights or horn - clearly they have not noticed the rather big truck behind them!

I point out to the person who took the complaint that as per the highway code, I was merely letting them know I was there.
 
TripleT said:
Not really as I've pointed out eariler. In quite a few countries it is used to indicate you are there as a warning and has nothing to do with rage.
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It should be like that everywhere.
I think the difference is made by the length of the "audible warning".
A short beep cleary means "Oy, I'm here!" whereas resting your hand on the horn for 10 seconds is indeed a different thing.

Same as with the headlights. A short flash is only meant to draw your attention (maybe you've fallen asleep in the wrong lane or didn't see that car coming), but repeated long ones do send a different message.
 
I think its amusing that when somebody beeps just about every drivers head is on a swivel to see whos beeping or who dares to beep at them. The song "when 2 tribes go to war" always comes into mind when i hear people beeping.
 
Gerard said:
I think its amusing that when somebody beeps just about every drivers head is on a swivel to see whos beeping or who dares to beep at them. The song "when 2 tribes go to war" always comes into mind when i hear people beeping.
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I do that. I also get a bit paranoid when flashing occurs incase something is hanging off the car or that :p
 
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