How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving?

https://lemmy.world/post/42682928

How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? - Lemmy.World

Like, if you accidentally cut someone off, and they get mad and honk, how do you apologize?

Mount one of these in your rear window? Neon style LED wall art script saying “chill”

Real answer: double tap a light (beams, brakes, or hazards) because most things you would say to them are two beat’s long:

  • “Thank you”
  • ”Sorry”
  • “My bad”
  • ”Go on”
  • ”Nice drift”
  • ”You drunk?”
I remember reading a while back that the hazards twice = thank you.

I’d certainly interpret it that way if it fit.

The only issue I’d see with that convention is that in many scenarios in which you’d use it — other driver makes room for you to merge, brakes early to let you turn left, and so forth — you (should) already have half of the hazard lights actively repeating, which could muddle the message. But otherwise I like it.

Another random convention I learned early on was rapid triple-tap beams (i.e., like a strobe) = “speed trap ahead”