We’re still on the hunt for the safest, most efficient way to apologize to another driver when you accidentally cut them off in traffic or otherwise inconvenience them. A listener shares an intriguing solution. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “A Sign for Driving Apologies”
Well, we continue to search for a solution to the problem of how to apologize to other drivers when you accidentally do something wrong.
You cut somebody off in traffic or in a parking lot.
We got a tweet from Julie Burgess, who says, I found one of these at my mother-in-law’s house when I was cleaning out old stuff.
And it’s a picture of a, it looks sort of like a ping pong paddle.
I looked this thing up on eBay and it’s described as a vintage handheld sign language car paddle with flip over messages to drivers.
Do you remember this tweet?
Oh, no.
Are they rude messages?
Well, the ones that she shared with us were sorry and hi.
But I did a little digging on this.
And you can also, I’m afraid, buy road rage cards that say things like, the gas pedal’s on the right or what are you looking at?
But, you know, I could see having, you know, a little ping pong pedal in your car that says sorry and just hold it up for people.
I don’t know.
I have kind of always wanted, you know, like a billboard, electronic billboard in the back of my car that I could post messages on with certain pointed remarks at other drivers.
Ask me about an etymology or something.
Well, that wasn’t what I was thinking.
I was like, ask me how to be a better driver.
Oh.
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