Driving in Seattle has always been challenging, especially with Jim behind the wheel. He seems to attract all the bad drivers when he's on the road, a real "shit magnet" as I like to call him. I know that there are alot of California transplants here which may be part of the problem, but this area is full of passive aggressive drivers that can really frustrate anyone. You never see a cop when you really need them. Drivers that run through red lights, drivers that have a blind spot for pedestrians, ...
But this takes the cake. In one of our local paper, The Seattle Times, there is a Bumper to Bumper column where people can write in and ask traffic-related questions. This past Monday, someone wrote in about being pulled over for honking at an inattentive driver in front of him.
The other day Mark Cruz, of Renton, was waiting to turn left at a green light in downtown Seattle. The car in front of him was sitting under the light, turn signal blinking, but had not budged even though all oncoming traffic had passed.
Cruz honked his horn to urge the driver to move. "Then I was pulled over by a Seattle police officer on a motorcycle. He let me off on a warning for honking at the car in front of me.
"Dumbfounded, I said, 'Of course I was.' What am I supposed to do when someone just sits there at a green light?
"He then told me that use of your horn is only for emergencies."
I'm glad to live in a town where cops have nothing better to do but remind drivers of a state statute(RCW 46.37.380) that a horn should be used only when reasonably necessary.
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If you're on a bike, can you ring your bell?
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