So I was driving on the Tomei this morning and someone entering traffic felt that merge meant that I needed to change lanes for him rather than he simply join the flow of traffic. As he was forcing me into another lane of traffic I realized I did not know the regionally correct hand gesture for this situation.
What is the generally accepted hand gesture here for “you’re drive like and Idiot, please correct your cranial rectal inversion?”
Thanks for the insight!
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The car horn is usually reserved for idiots in Japan
The imaginary-beer-glass-to-mouth-have-you-been-drinking gesture seems to be understood fairly well. But much easier to give nutters plenty of space and let them do their Mad Max driving to an early grave, either through an accident or high blood pressure.
> What is the generally accepted hand gesture here for “you’re drive like and Idiot, please correct your cranial rectal inversion?”
No idea, but I am stealing the phrase “cranial rectal inversion”.
Maybe he was just suffering from a temporary encephalorectomy!
honk
Not to be that guy, but if it’s on the highway, isn’t the other guy right?
At least I’ve learned at driving school that you should move to the next lane if somebody is entering and it’s save for you to move.
Flip them off, they know what it means.
I don’t understand how he forces you into another lane, can’t you just slow down and let him merge in front of you?
Why not slow down and let them merge in front of you? Drive defensely.
Also to answer your question, honk. Which is weird because I have driven several thousand kms in Japan (not a lot I know) and I’ve never honked… not even once.
You can worry about the law, or you can observe what virtually everyone does. And that is to graciously let people merge Into traffic. That is why there is so little honking in Japan. Drivers are generally considerate. Just like pedestrians and people getting into line at the supermarket.