'Can you make her stop honking at me?': Entitled Karen refuses to wait for a green light, driver in front of her enlists help from neighbors to stop her

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 27, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Incessant honking never helps. That's one rule everyone should learn when they start driving. Traffic is infuriating, but unless someone else is actively endangering other drivers or being reckless, there is no need to add fuel to the frustration. Your busy schedule is no more important than those of the other drivers on the road.

In this scenario, however, we weren't even dealing with an insane traffic jam. It was a quiet evening in a suburban neighborhood, and because it was dark and there had been recent accidents at this particular traffic light, the Redditor who was driving decided not to turn right on red and instead chose to wait for the green light. At the time, there was no one behind him… until the entitled Karen drove up behind him in a fury that he wouldn't turn as if she couldn't wait the remaining 30 seconds for the light to turn green. Thankfully, once she started honking aggressively, other folks in the neighborhood who were on foot witnessed the encounter and came to the Redditor's defense. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a resident who found a loophole in his HOA policy.

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    Neighbor instantly shamed by me and other neighbors for unnecessarily honking at me
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    So I have a neighbor who is just kind of toxic. She's kind of a princess and owns a personal trainer business. She's usually
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    nice to me in person but regularly fights with others. Anywho, yesterday, I was turning out of my neighborhood.
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    It was in the evening so it's unlikely anyone was in a rush to get to work or a doctor's appointment or something. I was on my way to hang out with friends. I never turn right
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    on red at this particular intersection because I can't see around the corner and people drive like maniacs here, there's usually a kid on an ebike
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    that blasts through, and I was almost hit last time I tried turing on red, so I just wait until the light is green because it's safer.
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    Anyway, this neighbor comes up behind me and HONKS at me while the light was still red, and furiously motioned for me
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    to go. I looked behind me and shook my head "no" and this set her off, and she started yelling at me.
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    Luckily, just as she was doing this, two other neighbors passed by on foot. I stuck my head out the window and was like "hey can you make her stop honking at me?"
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    They had already seen everything and she'd been ride to them in the past and they were happy to oblige. One taunted her with a waggle
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    and the other was like "where's the fire?" It was more playful, which made her rage look even more pathetic. When the light turned green, I even waited just a second longer to mess with her and then we drove off.
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    She was so embarrassed that she drove a safe distance behind me, even as I was slowing down to see if she would pass me. This story isn't as dramatic as others but it was fun nonetheless.
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    Edit: Just to be clear, this is right outside of my small townhome community, where only neighbors and delivery
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    people drive, in the evening, not during rush hour, and she had JUST pulled up behind me. The intersection we drive into from the townhome community is busy. Yes. I usually turn right on red,
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    especially during commutes. I do not here because I can't see the cars coming on my left side until they are very close, and they tend to speed, and as I
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    mentioned, I almost had a bad accident because I risked it before.
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    delulu... 19h ago. Honk and you shall receive (a waggle)
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    ugotm... • 20h ago. Fun, great that your other neighbors played along.
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    mailla... 18h ago • Years ago I had left the house to go to work. There were two stop signs in the neighborhood before
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    getting to the intersection with the light. At one of the stop signs, the person behind me honked at me for stopping at the sign.
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    Like not a pause to roll through or a slow-down pass through. It was not a long stop, just a break and then go.
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    She then spent the time waiting for the red light to turn at the lighted intersection scolding me from behind her wheel (I assume as
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    much as it looked like she was yelling and wagging her finger at me a lot). I waved back at her and it ped her off so much more, it was honestly very funny.
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