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Honking Calgary driver (image taken from YouTube)Video: Canadian driver gives cyclist 40-second blast of horn – even though he's doing nothing wrong
Calgary police have reminded drivers to treat cyclists the same as other road users after a video emerged of a driver blasting their horn at one for at least 40 seconds. The cyclist’s crime? Waiting at a red light.
In Calgary, a driver is allowed to turn right at a red light. It seems in this instance the cyclist was going straight on and this frustrated the driver behind who was waiting to turn.
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The video uploader, Leigh McDonald, said that the horn had already been going for around 20 seconds by the time he started recording.
Acting staff sergeant Katrina O'Reilly told CBC that the cyclist had been doing nothing wrong.
"Clearly the driver is being fairly disrespectful to that cyclist. The cyclist himself is in the right lane and looking like he is indicating to go forward and the honking of the horn and the impatience by the driver is a little bit disturbing."
O’Reilly said that cyclists don't have to get out of the way of a vehicle turning from behind them and pointed out that drivers can be charged under city noise bylaws for excessive honking.
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It reminds me of that scene on Smokey and the bandit when the Sheriffs car horn gets stuck on.
excessive honking
fnarrr!
It really should be legal to D-lock that mofo.
Above. Is that a rear wheel drive beemer with snow chains on the front tyres? Haha!
Thanks for that. Glanced at the picture & didn't spot the chains, wondered what the comment meant. Guess I am qualified to be a BMW owner!
This happened to me... white lorry followed me with horn depressed for tens of seconds, until he managed to overtake, because I wasn't using the cycle path (which was on the other side of the road, and I would have had to cross at two sets of traffic lights to get onto and off of..). Rather intimidating. Unfortunately it was unmarked, so I couldn't complain to anyone...
Surprised the cyclist wasn't arrested for obstruction.
Love the nonchalance of the cyclist - very classy.
Oh, an irrational and aggressive driver, how original.
'Coz BMW drivers know their stuff.
bmxboyx01 wrote, "Audi standard driver. It's because they know their cars aren't as good as BMWs"
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I like that when the car goes he then has to give way to some pedestrians crossing the road, though he doesn't blare his horn at them.
In the Uk he could get done for causing Fear and Alarm, but as its a cyclist hes blaring his horn at the Police wouldn't care.
What offence is "fear and alarm"? Never heard of that one.
There's an offence in Scotland along those lines. In England and Wales you'd be looking at a section 5 public order offence, like a breach of the peace type thing.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/13/section/38/enacted
Audi standard driver. It's because they know their cars aren't as good as BMWs
Audi standard driver. It's because they know their cars aren't as good as BMWs
Are the police looking for the driver?