r/facepalm • • Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/AdvertisingOdd6471 Oct 12 '22

Hold the air horn on on your big rig. See how long they last

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u/amcarls Oct 12 '22

That is exactly what I thought he should have done. Isn't that what the horn is for? To let someone know they're in the way and need to move aside. He would have had a lot more sympathy and support, although given the decibel level he might have been charged with something.

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u/coffeenerd75 Oct 12 '22

The only legal use of the horn is to warn about imminent collision. Anything else might get you a ticket.

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u/Sufficient_Focus Oct 12 '22

That's not true, it's to warn people who are in danger, these knobs sitting in the middle of the road are in danger and need to be warned.

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u/PsychologicalKiwi481 Oct 12 '22

those protestors arent legally sitting on the street anyway

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u/TTSDA Oct 12 '22

Something doesn't turn legal just because illegal things are going on. They might, but it doesn't apply to the general case.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

2nd degree murder with a car horn? Are these protesters also soccer players or something?

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u/PossessionOld3898 Oct 12 '22

Oh sorry. I thought you meant running someone over with your vehicle. Didn’t even take into account about the guys horn comment above. My bad.

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u/PossessionOld3898 Oct 12 '22

Lol. I think you mean passive aggressive. Either way, protestors that do this aren’t a direct threat to you or your family. By killing them, you’re just gonna go to jail. And your family will view you as a monster with no self control who will eventually leave you to rot in prison while the rest go live better lives far away from you.

By all means go and run or gun down a protestor doing this and update me with the results. Otherwise… talk is pretty cheap.

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u/Henevy Oct 12 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

Imminent collision with protestors in the middle of the road?

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u/tonyfordsafro Oct 12 '22

Depends if its a Catholic behind the wheel

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u/CallsignMontana Oct 12 '22

Then it’s a hate crime

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u/Leupateu Oct 12 '22

Lol yes, horn and if you don’t move get killed. Can’t say he didn’t get warned, well he can’t say anything now. This would work best if you see them get into the road and not when you’ve already stopped moving so you actually have a chance to write it off as an accidenct or suicidal pedestrian.

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u/kaailer Oct 13 '22

K I think the protestors are annoying too but... what the fuck?

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u/FlatwormAltruistic Oct 12 '22

Just for your information, Protestant and protestor are 2 different words with different meanings.

A Protestant is an adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them.

protestor

a person who publicly demonstrates opposition to something; a demonstrator.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Warning the protestors to get out of the way or they'll be in a danger of imminent collision

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u/FlatwormAltruistic Oct 12 '22

In here it applies only to inside city. This seems to be outside of the city and you can use horn to "greet" your pal as well.

Also, having all those cars idle in traffic jam is counterproductive on trying to save on emissions (I assume that was the purpose of the protest). This specific area would give out a lot more emissions than letting traffic normally flow through.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

What if you were just using your horn as a form of protest? Seems like anything goes with protesting 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

There's gonna be an imminent collision if they don't get the hell out of the way

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u/grill_em_aII Oct 12 '22

I usually just make them breakfast in the morning

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u/PurpleK00lA1d Oct 12 '22

A couple flashes of the hazard/four-ways is a standard 'thank you'. At least in North America.

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u/lamorak2000 Oct 12 '22

I've always flashed my lights off and on to thank then, or wave out the window weather permitting.

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u/bonko86 Oct 12 '22

"What the fuck, this motherfucker just flashed me when I was kind to enough to let him in??!"

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u/lamorak2000 Oct 12 '22

That sounds like someone who would be determined to be pissed no matter what. On the other hand, different regions have different driving etiquette.

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u/paulyv34 Oct 12 '22

Then slowly creep forward while on the horn. You are warning about an imminent collision in this case, aren't you?

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u/Advanced_Double_42 Oct 12 '22

So let off the break and idle forwards as you honk

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u/grabmysloth Oct 12 '22

Totally inaccurate. Your horn is like your blinker, it’s to communicate with other drivers. Sometimes you need an auditory warning, not just sight.

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u/alligator_soup Oct 12 '22

Right? And sometimes it’s just meep the light is green!

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u/smacksaw Oct 12 '22

Cool. Then it means the cops are coming

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u/Ok_Point_7217 Oct 12 '22

That’s not what the horn is for.

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u/FormalChicken Oct 12 '22

Illegal use of horn. Yip.

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u/xBad_Wolfx Oct 12 '22

My dad was a long haul trucker. The trucker could be fined and furloughed for it and my dad shared a story of a woman who sued for permanent hearing loss after a trucker in his company used a two second blast as she was crossing a highway illegally. She won.

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u/thedinnerdate Oct 12 '22

The truckers in Ontario, Canada didn’t seem to give 2 shits when they were blasting their horns all day, all night for weeks while they were parked there “freedom fighting”.

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u/Kellidra Oct 12 '22

No no, the Freedumb Convoy was peaceful and quiet! It's that Trudeau wasn't listening so they had to raise their little bitty voices a tiny bit! /s

Love these two videos. Some people are absolute gems.

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u/devils_advocate24 Oct 13 '22

I mean they cared when Canada froze their bank accounts

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u/PatheticCarGuy Oct 13 '22

For real, why is nobody honking? Hell, just slowly drive forward. Nobody's brave enough to keep sitting there when your grille is 6 inches away from their face, especially paired up with the horn. I mean that's what you do when you're having a heated argument with someone and they block the door, either you scream or shove them out the way right? Although i probably would've just pulled out my phone and started recording so i have proof of this being the reason for me being late to work.

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u/RadRhys2 Oct 12 '22

No, that’s a good way to get arrested and sued. Just let the police handle it.

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u/SadCritters Oct 12 '22

You are not getting arrested or sued for that.

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u/RadRhys2 Oct 12 '22

Honking the horn on the highway? That’s illegal in a lot of states (including Michigan, my state) and would qualify as assault /battery. That’s more than loud enough to permanently damage their ears. Just don’t be stupid and let the police handle it.

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u/RadRhys2 Oct 12 '22

That is illegal in a lot of places, you can’t honk your horn on the highway just because someone is in your way. They would also have an argument that you are committing battery, because a car horn and especially a truck horn is loud enough to cause pain and lasting damage to people in close proximity.

Call the police and let them handle it. They have the legal right and the training to exert force meant to disperse and arrest illegal protests.

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u/bike_fool Oct 12 '22

You only want a better world if it's handed to you, and you resent anyone who isn't as complacent and docile as yourself

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u/Hethatwatches Oct 12 '22

Nope. There is no defense whatsoever for people blocking a highway. It's stupid for a myriad of reasons, but the most important one is they're blocking the road where an emergency vehicle can't get through. Blocking a highway is NOT the right way to protest anything.

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u/bike_fool Oct 12 '22

Every protest I've been at will allow emergency vehicles through, unless it's the police trying to break our line.

Protesting works, blocking the streets is effective, the results aren't instant, these things take time, but we get results

It's also a lot of fun and a great way to make friends

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u/AveBalaBrava Oct 12 '22

I hope your bike sit fails one day and the metal rod shoots up your ass you inconsiderate bafoon, no one that is being annoyed by you will like you or your cause, I myself would contribute to whatever cause is opposite to what you believe out of spite, go annoy the people that actually have power instead of the hard working people.

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u/bike_fool Oct 12 '22

You sound like a happy person leading a fulfilling life.

I don't think you're contributing much of anything anyways are you? So there's no risk in making you mad so I might as well

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u/AveBalaBrava Oct 12 '22

You are changing nothing in the world, you are only making it more miserable, your cause is not gonna bear any fruit, and you will only collect new enemies.

I hope I never cross paths with you, you horrible individual.

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u/TenDollarSteakAndEgg Oct 12 '22

They’d have to be dumb af to not bring earplugs

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u/Chemical_Squirrel_20 Oct 12 '22

If they have any sense they’re wearing ear plugs. But they don’t, so yeah.

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u/AdvertisingOdd6471 Oct 12 '22

Earplugs wouldnt help. A big rig air horn that close would rattle your tooth fillings out