What Angry Big City Drivers Can Learn From The Rest Of Us. I grew up in Northeast Ohio, where driving, like in most of the non urbanized and subway ified world, is just a part of life, like shitting. Andnot dissimilar to Midwestern defecation, come to think of itOhioans tend to drive very slowly, while honking is mostly unheard of and speed limits are generally abided by. Thats in large part because police at every level of government, with little else to do, enthusiastically police the behavior of drivers, whether for speed, or ones turn signals, or merely having plates that are close to expiring. This is not the case in New York City, where I now live, where speed limits are generally ignored and horns are frequently employed and the police dont really care how you drive, unless theyre out on some kind of targeted enforcement or youve just killed someone or you are massively inconveniencing others. Ive received two moving violations in NYC, the first, many years ago, for blocking the box in Manhattan, and, the second, last summer, for driving 2. Grand Central Parkway. The ticketing officer in the latter case explained to me then that 1. All right. And while NYC driving is all very exciting, Im here to propose that city drivers could learn some lessons from their flyover counterparts. Namely chill the fuck out. When youre not on the track, driving isnt about winning. Lets start with when youre allowed to honk, which is really only under a few circumstances. To be specific if someone is about to die, youre allowed to honk for as long and as loud as you want. If the driver in front of you hasnt noticed that a red light has turned green, youre allowed to give the horn a tap, and possibly two. A nice, polite little tap. A reminder beep. Otherwise No. If youre sitting in traffic and you cant really see why, do not honk your horn. If youre annoyed that a taxi, which is in the midst of either picking up or dropping off a passenger, is temporarily blocking your way, do not honk your own. How Much Do World Rally Drivers EARN' title='How Much Do World Rally Drivers EARN' />If youre behind someone, and theyre being indecisive about which way to turnand are clearly just people in this world like you or I, trying to figure out a few things in the proverbial fogdo not honk your horn. Take a breath instead. If youre driving down a narrow one way road, and a truck, which is making a delivery, is blocking said road, and it looks like itll be awhile, do not honk your horn. Calmly put your car in reverse, back out of the street, and try a different street. Youll be fine. Now, lets talk about highway driving, which in the city is usually one of three things sitting in a very large elevated parking lot the magical hours between between 2 and 5 a. This mostly happens on the weekend. Here is what you do during those times, when youre cruising along with the flow of traffic and youre being cut off while other drivers speed past and trucks bear down on your rear You keep driving like a normal person. The same rules also generally apply to street driving in NYC, but because of a host of limitationslots of one way streets, street lights, speed cameras, lots of traffic at all hourssuch issues dont ordinarily come up. Suffice to say There are a lot of drivers in New York who are eager to prove themselves, who drive very fast and create dangerous situations for everyone. The best thing to do is to let them pass and move on with your life. If theyre in it to win it, you should let them, because you are not in it to win it. Youre too old, and with a declining appetite for bullshit. Youre just trying to get to the beach. The Handbook Of Employee Benefits there. Heres a story once, when I was driving on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, a man in an SUV cut me off, and I gave him the finger, and might have also said fuck you a few times. All of which felt like standard blowing off of steam in NYC, until that man then drove his SUV in front of me, stopped, exited his vehicle, and challenged me to a fight. Spoiler Cooler heads eventually prevailed, and we did not fight, even if, for a minute, he meant it. Heres another story once when I was in Central Park, I saw a man driving a Lexus park his car in the middle of the intersection at Central Park South and Seventh Avenue, exit his still running vehicle, and chase a cyclist on foot, shouting obscenities and threatening bodily harm. The man did not catch the cyclist. Heres one more story Three weeks ago, in Sunnyside, Queens, where I livenot ordinarily the scene of much road ragea man left his vehicle and repeatedly kicked a black cab, enough to leave several dents in the body, all over the offense of honking too much and rushing the driver at a green light. I bring up these stories only to say that, while there are unhinged drivers on the streets everywhere in the world, there might be a higher density of unhinged drivers on the streets of New York, not in small part because unless driving is part of your occupation you have to be a little unhinged to drive a car here to begin with. Those that drive for a living, youll find, like bus drivers and truck drivers and taxi drivers well, maybe not all taxi drivers, since part of taxi driving, when a fare is aboard, is theater, a combination of honking and cursing that shows the paying rider that, really, the driver is doing all they can to get the fare where theyre going quickly are some of the most placid on the roads. Theyve seen more than you have, and know the value of keeping calm and carrying on. The other night, I parked my car near a fire hydrant. Was it too close I dont know. ProbablyWhether youre looking to lose weight or just want a way to get rid of that nasty cold, eHow has all the answers youre looking for. Struggling electric car startup Faraday Future entered one of the fastestgrowing world championships in racingFormula Ethrough a partnership with Dragon Racing. 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Sometimes the catharsis of your horn is more important than keeping your composure. My parking ticket, for one, never materialized. Above all else, calm down. I grew up in Northeast Ohio, where driving, like in most of the nonurbanized and subwayified world, is just a part of life, like shitting. Andnot dissimilar to. Youll get where youre going. We did in Ohio every day. How Much Do World Rally Drivers Earnings' title='How Much Do World Rally Drivers Earnings' />At a press conference on Sunday, angry citizens ran off Jason Kessler, the organizer of a disastrous rally for white supremacists, neoNazis and other members of the.