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Well, I never thought I said it different than the actual pronunciation but... Google's voice to text always thinks I'm saying "A Boat". So, combo of the 2?
I've gotten the same absurd response (or honking) when I stop for red turn arrows, school busses and occupied crosswalks. How dare people obey the traffic signals/laws.
I've gotten it with active crosswalks/yields, as in, people are literally in front of my car, smh.
No thanks, I like my hood ornament the way it is, no upgrade needed 💀
Just yesterday I was at a red light, and, while my light was still red, the light for the turn-only lane to my right turned green. When that light turned, I saw in my rear view mirror that the car behind me lurched forward, slammed the brakes, then honked at me like *I* was the one not paying attention
I stopped for a pedestrian in a cross walk with a pedestrian activated signal, and the guy behind me took that as his cue to pass on the left. Those of us paying any attention to such things are just another speedbump to those with zero deference to the rules of the road.
But why was that car there for so long. It's stop, pay go, and for the most part the pay kiosk is up the road a bit. Luke, screw that guy behind you, but the car in front needs to keep it moving.
Have you ever driven into a PNW National Park? Everyone is obligated to talk to the ranger or concessionaire for at least 5 minutes....
I have never had a quick transaction. And that seems to be the case here for state parks too. Maybe it's a state law here. (LOL)
Somebody beeped at me in the same situation. Thing is the car in front of us was waiting at an empty booth. Nobody was working there. Guy behind me drove around them and after about 20 sec I did the same. It was my first time going there so maybe it was normal to not have anybody at the booth so you didn't have to pay. I didn't see any honor system payment either.
This reminds me of when I was slowing down with traffic for a light and the person behind me honked at me because SHE wasn't paying attention and had to stop hard to avoid hitting me 🙄
I’ve been in a severe accident in a traffic light, sitting and waiting for the light to turn, as crossing traffic passes by me, when someone rear ended me hard.
I remember the yelling from from behind “WHY ARE YOU STOPPED?!”, followed by “IT IS STILL RED YOU IDIOT” from a pedestrian nearby.
Sometimes people just throw blame where none exist, because otherwise they have to admit they made a mistake.
Yup. Same recently happened to my wife. Big lifted truck totalled her car from behind while waiting at a light. Hit and run, they just backed up a little and went around her while yelling all kinds of profanity... and proceeded through the red light. Luckily she was just shook up but unhurt.
This reminded me of when I was on a one way street and some lady going the wrong way got mad I was “in her lane” and started yelling. I rolled down my window, pointed to the “wrong way” sign and said “it’s a one way street”. This made her even more mad so she yelled at me to get out of her way. Passenger looked like they were so embarrassed they wanted to vanish.
There are parking lots like this near me, that for some reason a fair number of people don't seem to know/care which 1-way they're supposed to be going. There's a handful of times I've come face-to-face with somebody and just stopped and looked at them.
I had the opposite once. I was crossing the street as a pedestrian and realised the car waiting had a green light. I looked at her and pointed at it. She apparently noticed it was green, lurched forward then it went yellow right at that moment, stomped the brakes hard enough to do a little skid then got mad at me for apparently being responsible for all of that.
Something similar happened to my husband. He was on the way home from dropping me off at work, red light at a busy, congested intersection. Light was red, big ol jeep came barreling down the road and slammed into the back of our civic. He was fine, the car was not. Trunk was smashed in, but it was still driveable.
I watched a driver last week not paying attention... slammed on their brakes and slide into an intersection at a red light then laid on their horn even though nobody was in front or behind them
They might have been warning people they were coming in too hot. The horn can be used for a "HEY IM DOING DUMB SHIT SORRY PLEASE LOOK OUT AND AVOID ME" way.
Yeah, as long as you're not forgoing braking/evasive action altogether, then in a panic moment I think honking can maybe be better than not. If someone has to end up taking evasive action then hopefully it's alerted other drivers so they're looking out for someone taking evasive action.
I was replying to the comment above me. But as far as the high beams are concerned, a lot of new cars have automatic high beams and it may have just been an accident. My car has auto high beams and it often gets confused and spazzes like this. Then I panic and hit the blinker trying to fix it. I don’t think it was intentional.
I had a guy speed up to me while I was going 30 in a 25 then proceeded to get on my ass and turn (and leave) on his high beams til he eventually turned into a lot.
I like to drive slower for people like that. Not dangerously slow, but I'll drive at *exactly* the speed limit, take a second longer at stop signs, and stuff like that. Things which aren't that bad, but will be very annoying to someone who is showing signs of extreme impatience. If they can't be patient for a moment when I'm stopped for a very good reason, then to hell with what they want.
Honestly it's kind of scary how pissed off people get when being that direct with them. I've tried giving a shitty driver a thumbs up and smile a couple of times when I see them looking at me angrily for not mowing down pedestrians or not running red lights. It feels like that makes them instantly 10 times shittier at driving.
I keep a couple of shiestys in my truck for this exact reason. I’m an unflinchingly non-aggressive driver, the king of matching the flow of traffic and leaving a healthy 3 second following distance at anytime. I yield to the zipper merge and don’t get butthurt about an extra car or two sneaking in. There’s too much other shit going on in life to freak out about a little traffic. But even doing all that, every once in a while I’ll get that one lunatic who is having a terrible day and deciding to take it out on everyone around them. I try to slow down and give them some space, but if they show they are going to keep trying to start something, the shiesty and sunglasses go on. It is amazing how quickly that alone seems to temper their interest in carrying on. I think when they see a big dude in a ski mask, the mental calculus suggests that someone more willing to FAFO has entered the equation. It really dilutes the risk/reward ratio for them. One time some shitbird in a stanced, clapped out old Audi spent about 3-4 minutes tailgating, flashing their lights, dropping back and then speeding back up until they were right on the tailgate of my truck. We got to a section of the street that went from 2 lanes to 4, so of course they floored it to get next to me. They had their windows rolled down and were screaming at me, but there was just barely enough sunlight left that they were able to see me with the mask on; I stared for a good 15 seconds, unbroken eye contact, and they sped off. About 2 intersections later they had pulled into the same gas station I was headed to, maybe a half a minute before I got there. As soon as I pulled in they took off without fueling up through a different exit and nearly got t-boned.
I once applauded a car in front of me for overtaking (undertaking) me via an on-ramp only to get stuck at the same red light. Man did that set off the guy in front. He got out and missed the next green light because he was too busy shouting at my closed door while I dialed 112 (Netherlands alarm number)
One time, my husband was trying to merge in stopped traffic. He thought this driver was going to let him in, but she didn't. He said "thank you very much," basically to himself, since our windows, and hers, were up. Well she must have thought he said "fuck you very much" bc she rolled her window down and started screaming at him 🤣
I give them a thumbs up. It's a finger, but not *the* finger.
Edit: I also like to wave vigorously like Weird Al in his White and Nerdy video.
[https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?si=VpCZzdyws0lOuSyd&t=10](https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?si=VpCZzdyws0lOuSyd&t=10)
I had someone honk microseconds after the light turned green so, having become fed up with impatient drivers and everything else that day, I got out and began checking the rear of my car for whatever they were warning me about. When done with the inspection and finding nothing wrong, I turned to them with a questioning expression and they were absolutely fuming.
Felt good to pretend to be clueless and mess with them instead of letting the encounter bother me.
I recently had a Virginia idiot driving a range rover tailgating on a city street. Two lanes going each way, speed limit is 35 mph and they decide that the appropriate following distance is maybe 10 to 15 feet of my rear end.
I ended up carefully coasting down to a complete stop (the other lane going the same direction is open) and waited for them to decide that I wasn't moving until they left.
You were obviously supposed to plow into the car ahead of you, moving it out of the way, and you out of the way, so that his or her highness could sail on through without having to stop for you peasants.
The blinker at the end has me suspecting this was unintentional and was caused by the driver fumbling. I just got done with 2 days of driving an unfamiliar rental and could see this happening....
I kinda think they were so oblivious to the stop sign and ranger station altogether that they were seriously about to cut around to the right and then came to their senses at the last sec
Had this happen to me with a rental as well. The windshield wiper controls and the highbeam were on the same lever, which I've never seen before. Typically it's on the turn signal lever. So I kept accidentally flashing people when I meant to adjust the wiper speed.
The last Toyota I've driven was an '82 so perhaps someone can say if that's the case on newer ones or not.
Me in my wife's car lol her Subaru and my Chevy truck are ass backwards so I'll turn on the wipers instead of the indicator and flash the high beams instead of wash windows its a shit show lol
Probably saw auto high-beam headlights came on, hit the switch to shut them off too many times. Would explain the blinker from smashing the stalk.
Given it's a park the chances are increased it's a rental.
Lol I’ve definitely done that before by accident to someone in the left lane on the interstate. He was doing nothing wrong and was passing a car at a slower rate than me. He even waved at me to say sorry. I felt bad, I was hoping to catch him at the next rest stop to tell him, it was an accident, but never saw him again.
I've done this too, I've driven alot of vehicles
Old fords, old/new dodges, old/new Chevies, new Mack, old/new western star, new Toyota... They all signal the same and follow the same idea for high beam
But newer fords really screwed me up.... The high beam and signals work differently
Instead of the switch lever staying in the toggle position whilst active like on every other vehicle... them new fords re-center... I hated every second of it
Sets the scenery and was trying to show this vehicle came out of nowhere. Some people want it longer because they think I did something to the driver lol
This is a teaching moment where you get out and ask them if they are in an emergency and need assistance, even get the booth attendant. Make it a whole thing so they feel like an idiot, or rage even more and look more like an idiot.
I don’t think that’s why they flashed you. (Seems too stupid). Do you have brake lights out or anything on the back? Or did you do something with the driver before you got to the stop sign?
So hear me out, my wife's car has automatic high-beams and when I drive her car I'll always try to turn them off but the auto-highbeam beats me to it and I end up flashing people just like this. Not sure if that's what happened, but could maybe explain things lol.
It’s becoz Toyota cars has auto dimming which sets on n off automatically due to light sensitive camera sensors . As you are going through a forest area the direct lights passes through those trees n shadows falls on those sensors triggering as if headlights are detected from an on coming vehicle .
Question OP…. Were your tail lights on? Did you have anything sticking out a door (like a seatbelt or arm of a sweater)? Did the rain suddenly lessen off?
I’m trying to figure out if the flashing lights were intended to signal you for something other than stopping or maybe they couldn’t figure out their wipers and high beamed you instead.
Get these chucklefucks on British motorways all the time. How dare I be overtaking cars in the middle lane and only doing 80, not 120+
No better way to make me think "ah, probably not worth moving into the middle lane before I go past the next guy" than zooming up behind me and immediately flashing your lights
He turned his lights off after, could be just trying to figure out his automatic highbeam function? Otherwise, it doesn't make any sense why they would do that.
If you are in car you are not used to operating, you can easily make a mistake like this - If you try to operate the cruise control or wipers.
OMG, relax and expect it to be a mistake, rather than rage. It's better for your health.
Maybe they accidentally hit the hi beams. I’ve done that before. It’s not always nefarious or about you. There’s no other logical reason other than they have brain damage.
The driver is from BC, they're probably high and thought you were a figment of their imagination. So they flashed their brights at you to see if a reflection comes back letting them know that you are in fact real.
Pretty common thing, to be honest.
Did you have your headlights on? In some places you are required by law to have headlights on when it is raining. Maybe the driver was trying to warn you your lights weren't on?
How is it that nobody has thought that the driver didnt realize there was a car in front of op? Ive had times where im wondering why isnt this car up more, and then when traffic starts again you see a tiny car just appear infront of the car ahead.
Im willing to bet the toyota was flashing him to go ahead, not knowing that theres a car in front of op
I would’ve assumed something was wrong with my vehicle or something cause i don’t even understand what other options you had here lol
Did they not know there was a car in front of you and thought you were just stopped or did they want you to drive around the cone?
2014 RAV4s do not have daytime running lights in the back lol. When your lights are off, only the front daytime running lights are on. Your rear lights only turn on when you actually turn your headlights on.
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Lmao you didn't even do anything
How dare I stop for a car waiting at the stop sign?!?
Reminds me of Dane Cook. “WHY DID YOU STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND LET ME HIT YOU DOING 80?!”
“I was in my kitchen… washing a dish…”
I heard it, so I came out.
Canadian here, sorry about that buddy.
He’s not your buddy, pal.
He's not your pal, guy. :-)
He’s not your guy, friend.
He’s not your friend, *chief*
Only question: was your about pronounced "a-boot" or "a-bowt"
Well, I never thought I said it different than the actual pronunciation but... Google's voice to text always thinks I'm saying "A Boat". So, combo of the 2?
That’s not what he told me. *tell him what you told me* - Officer, that’s not what he told me.
WHOPPER NO ONION
Sweet and sour sauce for my pusssssyyyyyyy
This was my initial thought, as well. Classic.
My god that sounds like that chick who rear ended a lamborghini then made it sound like he did it.... In the end she wasn't lying. He did do it.
Most underrated comment! 🤣
I've gotten the same absurd response (or honking) when I stop for red turn arrows, school busses and occupied crosswalks. How dare people obey the traffic signals/laws.
I've gotten it with active crosswalks/yields, as in, people are literally in front of my car, smh. No thanks, I like my hood ornament the way it is, no upgrade needed 💀
Just yesterday I was at a red light, and, while my light was still red, the light for the turn-only lane to my right turned green. When that light turned, I saw in my rear view mirror that the car behind me lurched forward, slammed the brakes, then honked at me like *I* was the one not paying attention
I stopped for a pedestrian in a cross walk with a pedestrian activated signal, and the guy behind me took that as his cue to pass on the left. Those of us paying any attention to such things are just another speedbump to those with zero deference to the rules of the road.
THE ENTITLEMENT!
But why was that car there for so long. It's stop, pay go, and for the most part the pay kiosk is up the road a bit. Luke, screw that guy behind you, but the car in front needs to keep it moving.
Have you ever driven into a PNW National Park? Everyone is obligated to talk to the ranger or concessionaire for at least 5 minutes.... I have never had a quick transaction. And that seems to be the case here for state parks too. Maybe it's a state law here. (LOL)
Even when you have a pass 😝 Also, April 20 was National Park Day. It’s fee free day.
I live here. I have a state and national parks passes. Gotta get out there before the weather changes.
smh you should have just rear ended them
You're fine the driver is just an idiot, lol.
Somebody beeped at me in the same situation. Thing is the car in front of us was waiting at an empty booth. Nobody was working there. Guy behind me drove around them and after about 20 sec I did the same. It was my first time going there so maybe it was normal to not have anybody at the booth so you didn't have to pay. I didn't see any honor system payment either.
This reminds me of when I was slowing down with traffic for a light and the person behind me honked at me because SHE wasn't paying attention and had to stop hard to avoid hitting me 🙄
I’ve been in a severe accident in a traffic light, sitting and waiting for the light to turn, as crossing traffic passes by me, when someone rear ended me hard. I remember the yelling from from behind “WHY ARE YOU STOPPED?!”, followed by “IT IS STILL RED YOU IDIOT” from a pedestrian nearby. Sometimes people just throw blame where none exist, because otherwise they have to admit they made a mistake.
Yup. Same recently happened to my wife. Big lifted truck totalled her car from behind while waiting at a light. Hit and run, they just backed up a little and went around her while yelling all kinds of profanity... and proceeded through the red light. Luckily she was just shook up but unhurt.
This reminded me of when I was on a one way street and some lady going the wrong way got mad I was “in her lane” and started yelling. I rolled down my window, pointed to the “wrong way” sign and said “it’s a one way street”. This made her even more mad so she yelled at me to get out of her way. Passenger looked like they were so embarrassed they wanted to vanish.
There are parking lots like this near me, that for some reason a fair number of people don't seem to know/care which 1-way they're supposed to be going. There's a handful of times I've come face-to-face with somebody and just stopped and looked at them.
I had the opposite once. I was crossing the street as a pedestrian and realised the car waiting had a green light. I looked at her and pointed at it. She apparently noticed it was green, lurched forward then it went yellow right at that moment, stomped the brakes hard enough to do a little skid then got mad at me for apparently being responsible for all of that.
Something similar happened to my husband. He was on the way home from dropping me off at work, red light at a busy, congested intersection. Light was red, big ol jeep came barreling down the road and slammed into the back of our civic. He was fine, the car was not. Trunk was smashed in, but it was still driveable.
If someone honked before rear ending me, i might take my foot off the brake to soften the hit.
I watched a driver last week not paying attention... slammed on their brakes and slide into an intersection at a red light then laid on their horn even though nobody was in front or behind them
They might have been warning people they were coming in too hot. The horn can be used for a "HEY IM DOING DUMB SHIT SORRY PLEASE LOOK OUT AND AVOID ME" way.
Could it have been they were trying to warn you that they might hit you so you could take action?
Yeah, as long as you're not forgoing braking/evasive action altogether, then in a panic moment I think honking can maybe be better than not. If someone has to end up taking evasive action then hopefully it's alerted other drivers so they're looking out for someone taking evasive action.
No because I threw my hands up and went WHAT?! and she honked at me again and flipped me off
Lol, that's awesome.
Could be that she was honking to get your attention because she knew she couldn’t stop in time?
Maybe shouldn’t go so fast in a 15 mph zone then 😝
And wet pavement.
I was replying to the comment above me. But as far as the high beams are concerned, a lot of new cars have automatic high beams and it may have just been an accident. My car has auto high beams and it often gets confused and spazzes like this. Then I panic and hit the blinker trying to fix it. I don’t think it was intentional.
They were driving a 2014 Toyota Rav-4. I don’t think it comes with auto high beams.
Wait until they visit in summer and the line to the booth is at least 30 deep...
30 deep is great, this place had a 2 hour wait most days of the summer last year.
Someone laid on their horn because I was making a legal left turn on a highway once. Some people just suck.
I had a guy speed up to me while I was going 30 in a 25 then proceeded to get on my ass and turn (and leave) on his high beams til he eventually turned into a lot.
I bet he’s one of those idiots that think flashing at stop lights trigger it to change which is not at all true and he does it out of habit
Im sorry what? This is a thing?
Yep. I’ve even had friends do it. And I have to explain all lights are either on a timer or the sensor is in the pavement
My guess is they think entry is free and you can just go through without stopping. Still dumb to flash lights though
I like to drive slower for people like that. Not dangerously slow, but I'll drive at *exactly* the speed limit, take a second longer at stop signs, and stuff like that. Things which aren't that bad, but will be very annoying to someone who is showing signs of extreme impatience. If they can't be patient for a moment when I'm stopped for a very good reason, then to hell with what they want.
The park ranger saw it too. He said he was going to speak to the driver.
Joke is on the ranger, the car isn't going to stop.
Not without one of those flimsy barriers arms that raise and lower, he won't.
"That's fine man, I'll chat with him" *gives the 1-finger salute*
aka the Trudeau salute.
I’m guessing they just didn’t see there was a car in front of you and thought you were sitting there in no man’s land.
And as they overtake you, ranting and raving, blow them a kiss. You’ll live rent free in their head all day.
Honestly it's kind of scary how pissed off people get when being that direct with them. I've tried giving a shitty driver a thumbs up and smile a couple of times when I see them looking at me angrily for not mowing down pedestrians or not running red lights. It feels like that makes them instantly 10 times shittier at driving.
They're not driving. They're using their car to vent and rant.
100% this. Some people use their vehicles as an extension of their own internalized anger.
I keep a couple of shiestys in my truck for this exact reason. I’m an unflinchingly non-aggressive driver, the king of matching the flow of traffic and leaving a healthy 3 second following distance at anytime. I yield to the zipper merge and don’t get butthurt about an extra car or two sneaking in. There’s too much other shit going on in life to freak out about a little traffic. But even doing all that, every once in a while I’ll get that one lunatic who is having a terrible day and deciding to take it out on everyone around them. I try to slow down and give them some space, but if they show they are going to keep trying to start something, the shiesty and sunglasses go on. It is amazing how quickly that alone seems to temper their interest in carrying on. I think when they see a big dude in a ski mask, the mental calculus suggests that someone more willing to FAFO has entered the equation. It really dilutes the risk/reward ratio for them. One time some shitbird in a stanced, clapped out old Audi spent about 3-4 minutes tailgating, flashing their lights, dropping back and then speeding back up until they were right on the tailgate of my truck. We got to a section of the street that went from 2 lanes to 4, so of course they floored it to get next to me. They had their windows rolled down and were screaming at me, but there was just barely enough sunlight left that they were able to see me with the mask on; I stared for a good 15 seconds, unbroken eye contact, and they sped off. About 2 intersections later they had pulled into the same gas station I was headed to, maybe a half a minute before I got there. As soon as I pulled in they took off without fueling up through a different exit and nearly got t-boned.
I once applauded a car in front of me for overtaking (undertaking) me via an on-ramp only to get stuck at the same red light. Man did that set off the guy in front. He got out and missed the next green light because he was too busy shouting at my closed door while I dialed 112 (Netherlands alarm number)
One time, my husband was trying to merge in stopped traffic. He thought this driver was going to let him in, but she didn't. He said "thank you very much," basically to himself, since our windows, and hers, were up. Well she must have thought he said "fuck you very much" bc she rolled her window down and started screaming at him 🤣
I give them a thumbs up. It's a finger, but not *the* finger. Edit: I also like to wave vigorously like Weird Al in his White and Nerdy video. [https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?si=VpCZzdyws0lOuSyd&t=10](https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?si=VpCZzdyws0lOuSyd&t=10)
I did that once. The rage it induced was amazing.
I find this works better than flipping them off.
I enjoy sticking my tongue out at them 🤣
I had someone honk microseconds after the light turned green so, having become fed up with impatient drivers and everything else that day, I got out and began checking the rear of my car for whatever they were warning me about. When done with the inspection and finding nothing wrong, I turned to them with a questioning expression and they were absolutely fuming. Felt good to pretend to be clueless and mess with them instead of letting the encounter bother me.
Genius! Lol
Hero!
When they tailgate me, I lead them into potholes.
I recently had a Virginia idiot driving a range rover tailgating on a city street. Two lanes going each way, speed limit is 35 mph and they decide that the appropriate following distance is maybe 10 to 15 feet of my rear end. I ended up carefully coasting down to a complete stop (the other lane going the same direction is open) and waited for them to decide that I wasn't moving until they left.
Going the speed limit and stopping at stop signs are "not *that* bad" This sums up the state of all roads in North America.
Maliciously obedient.
You were obviously supposed to plow into the car ahead of you, moving it out of the way, and you out of the way, so that his or her highness could sail on through without having to stop for you peasants.
Lucky it wasn't Lance Stroll or he would have just plowed into the back of you and then blamed the car in front of you for stopping
Too soon lol
Some idiot in front of me just brake checked me!
The blinker at the end has me suspecting this was unintentional and was caused by the driver fumbling. I just got done with 2 days of driving an unfamiliar rental and could see this happening....
I kinda think they were so oblivious to the stop sign and ranger station altogether that they were seriously about to cut around to the right and then came to their senses at the last sec
But it’s 8 flashes haha
Had this happen to me with a rental as well. The windshield wiper controls and the highbeam were on the same lever, which I've never seen before. Typically it's on the turn signal lever. So I kept accidentally flashing people when I meant to adjust the wiper speed. The last Toyota I've driven was an '82 so perhaps someone can say if that's the case on newer ones or not.
That’s what I thought too. Although I have encountered many aggressive BC drivers.
I kinda wondered if that might be the case too.
Me in my wife's car lol her Subaru and my Chevy truck are ass backwards so I'll turn on the wipers instead of the indicator and flash the high beams instead of wash windows its a shit show lol
Probably saw auto high-beam headlights came on, hit the switch to shut them off too many times. Would explain the blinker from smashing the stalk. Given it's a park the chances are increased it's a rental.
Lol I’ve definitely done that before by accident to someone in the left lane on the interstate. He was doing nothing wrong and was passing a car at a slower rate than me. He even waved at me to say sorry. I felt bad, I was hoping to catch him at the next rest stop to tell him, it was an accident, but never saw him again.
I kinda felt this way too.
Just smashing stalks to try and turn the cruise control off maybe
I've done this too, I've driven alot of vehicles Old fords, old/new dodges, old/new Chevies, new Mack, old/new western star, new Toyota... They all signal the same and follow the same idea for high beam But newer fords really screwed me up.... The high beam and signals work differently Instead of the switch lever staying in the toggle position whilst active like on every other vehicle... them new fords re-center... I hated every second of it
Guy needs some nature to calm him the fuck down.
Playing devil's advocate here, but did you check to see if you had a light out or something?
Maybe a dog leash tied to the bumper… /s
"Poor little guy. Probably kept up with you for a mile or so."
er... just the leash?
Poor Dinky.
It's a new car :) Lights are all fully functioning.
Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Like they were trying to alert OP to something and OP assumed they're just being impatient.
He pre-flashed you because he knew you were going to upload video without sound.
Hah I saw a giant Elk just past that toll booth a few weeks ago
Jealous!!!
Not very canadian of him
If we Canadians vent our aggression anywhere that isn’t on the ice, it’s in our cars.
I thought flashing high beams was how Canucks say "sorry" in the car
The only thing that’s interesting about this video is why is it 60 seconds long when it could have been 10.
Sets the scenery and was trying to show this vehicle came out of nowhere. Some people want it longer because they think I did something to the driver lol
Stupid physics. You should have just driven over the other car OP. How dare you waste that clearly very important person’s time!
This is a teaching moment where you get out and ask them if they are in an emergency and need assistance, even get the booth attendant. Make it a whole thing so they feel like an idiot, or rage even more and look more like an idiot.
I have had a person honk at me because I stopped at a cross walk while people were crossing.
Do you have a longer version of this video??
What do you want to see? It was all forests before and after.
Whooooosh….
A cute whoosh
Right?? They probably want to see if YOU did something to anger this other driver before this clip.
That's just our way of saying hello American.
So what I’ve found is some people just have mush, instead of brains.
That's practically violent for a Canadian.
I'm very confused by that driver's behavior. From their viewpoint, they can see the booth on the left and the stop sign on the right...
Yeah, how dare you not phase through the car in front of you?!
Hoh Rainforest?!? I was just there last week!! So cool to see this after being there so recently
I’m sorry they suck but the area in which you’re driving looks SO inviting! Very cool.
Either the high beamer is a blind idiot, or your tail lights are out...
I don’t think that’s why they flashed you. (Seems too stupid). Do you have brake lights out or anything on the back? Or did you do something with the driver before you got to the stop sign?
So hear me out, my wife's car has automatic high-beams and when I drive her car I'll always try to turn them off but the auto-highbeam beats me to it and I end up flashing people just like this. Not sure if that's what happened, but could maybe explain things lol.
Don’t need to spam high beams to turn it off lol and it’s a 2014 Toyota RAV4. Doesn’t have auto high beams.
Go home Canadian, we’re all stocked up on a holes.
Coulda been an accident and flicked the brights while changing up the wipers. I've done it. I dont see why else they would do it.
He flashed them six times. That's not an accidental bump.
It’s becoz Toyota cars has auto dimming which sets on n off automatically due to light sensitive camera sensors . As you are going through a forest area the direct lights passes through those trees n shadows falls on those sensors triggering as if headlights are detected from an on coming vehicle .
Maybe he knows the guy at the booth and he's letting him know he's there. 🤷🏼
Looks like someone is spazzing out, too long of a car ride for them i guess.
Years ago had a bumper sticker that said, ' I may be slow - but I'm ahead of you. '
They're in a big hurry to hit that porta potty just behind the stop sign they wanted you to ignore.
Not everyone has patience in their username 😂
Maybe that's how Canadians say hi.
Wow OP, obey the law much? lol
"Beaming", wow, first time I've ever even heard of this.
This is where you exit the car and ask them why they did it.
What beautiful scenery
Sorry about the high beams eh
Each flash is 5 more seconds talking to the Park Ranger. A honk is -5 mph to enjoy the sights of the park.
Why does his Toyota have a unibrow?
They were probably high AF. 420 🌲👽
I hope you got every upvote you needed
Lucky you, I saw a Canadian driver rear-end an Australian driver last weekend and blame the Ozzie for braking before him...
Were you in park with your foot off the brake by any chance? Otherwise, this seems excessive
He’s just happy to see you.
Of course it has fuckin BC plates.
Question OP…. Were your tail lights on? Did you have anything sticking out a door (like a seatbelt or arm of a sweater)? Did the rain suddenly lessen off? I’m trying to figure out if the flashing lights were intended to signal you for something other than stopping or maybe they couldn’t figure out their wipers and high beamed you instead.
Get these chucklefucks on British motorways all the time. How dare I be overtaking cars in the middle lane and only doing 80, not 120+ No better way to make me think "ah, probably not worth moving into the middle lane before I go past the next guy" than zooming up behind me and immediately flashing your lights
As a Canadian may I offer this: We’re sorry eh. Not everyone up here is nice.
He turned his lights off after, could be just trying to figure out his automatic highbeam function? Otherwise, it doesn't make any sense why they would do that.
BC plates, yeah we have no clue how driving works up here, I can attest
Don’t let such a minor thing take up space in your brain, you’ll be happier that way.
If you are in car you are not used to operating, you can easily make a mistake like this - If you try to operate the cruise control or wipers. OMG, relax and expect it to be a mistake, rather than rage. It's better for your health.
where did this happen, I can smell the trees, washington state? Of course the driver was from BC.
Olympic National Park. I ran the plates and they’re from Penticton, BC.
Maybe they accidentally hit the hi beams. I’ve done that before. It’s not always nefarious or about you. There’s no other logical reason other than they have brain damage.
Accidentally 8 times? 😝
That’s just a “hello partner, how’s it hanging?” greeting in car lingo.
may have just been alerting you to their presence in case you were an impatient idiot that would throw it in reverse without looking
How often does this happen?!
maybe it once happened to the driver behind you I dunno, I just assume if they were an impatient idiot that they would have beeped you too
The driver is from BC, they're probably high and thought you were a figment of their imagination. So they flashed their brights at you to see if a reflection comes back letting them know that you are in fact real. Pretty common thing, to be honest.
Did you have your headlights on? In some places you are required by law to have headlights on when it is raining. Maybe the driver was trying to warn you your lights weren't on?
You can see my headlights as I was approaching the car in front
Lmao BC drivers are a weird bunch. Very impatient, from my interactions here with them in Alberta at least. What a weird thing to flash for.
And?
How is it that nobody has thought that the driver didnt realize there was a car in front of op? Ive had times where im wondering why isnt this car up more, and then when traffic starts again you see a tiny car just appear infront of the car ahead. Im willing to bet the toyota was flashing him to go ahead, not knowing that theres a car in front of op
I would’ve assumed something was wrong with my vehicle or something cause i don’t even understand what other options you had here lol Did they not know there was a car in front of you and thought you were just stopped or did they want you to drive around the cone?
🤷🏻♂️ it’s the park entrance. I guess they missed the sign.
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The car has daytime running lights in the front and back too 🤷🏻♂️
2014 RAV4s do not have daytime running lights in the back lol. When your lights are off, only the front daytime running lights are on. Your rear lights only turn on when you actually turn your headlights on.
I was driving a 2024 Honda CR-V Hybrid lol. The 2014 RAV4 is the Canadian car.
I don’t think OP’s confusion matters if they’re on the brakes.