Thursday, December 1, 2011

Turn signal

Yesterday I got cut off by someone in a Dodge Neon with a loud muffler. No signal, no courtesy "thank-you wave" in the rear view mirror. That's fine, Gretta the Jetta and I are polite. We understand our lane is where the cool kids roll and he wanted to join us.


Neon Leon then slammed on the brakes and pulled in to a parking spot along the curb. Again, no blinking light to indicate the upcoming transition in direction of travel....


I pulled up beside Neon Leon and rolled down my window. "Excuse me, your signal light is broken..."


Neon Leon "Pardon?"


Me: "Your signal light - it's burnt out. You changed lanes and cut me off, and your signal light wasn't on. It must not be working properly"


Neon Leon "Uh......... thanks.........."


I drive away smiling, knowing I had done my part for the better of mankind. hee hee hee.

8 comments:

Dani G said...

That's brilliant! Its not even passive-aggressive. How wonderfully polite. Pure genius.

I normally just toot them, then wave madly as if I know them, or make the 'phone me sign', but I am totally gonna add this to my non-road-rage annoyance signs.

Dom said...

You are so much nicer than my baseball bat and I are.

Fire Wife said...

Love it! Not using the turn signal is one of my biggest pet peeves.

Firefighter/Paramedic said...

You handled the situation much better than I would have.

Doug said...

Well done! I often wonder how much money those people save by not purchasing turn signals (surely if the vehicle had it, they'd use it, right? I wish!)

Mallory said...

You're awesome!

Jen at Cabin Fever said...

Ha!
I love your passive aggressiveness

Fire Wife Katie said...

Lol, that's awesome!! It is amazing how many people assume everyone else on the road just intuitively knows what direction they're going to turn.