Yeah I've had that happen. Honking like hell to get the cars attention, then they jump out at me like they want to fight.
"WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU WANT!?"
<me pointing> "Your wife's purse is on the trunk"
"oh......"
Anytime I hear a horn honk or similar thing trying to get someone's attention on the road, I'm immediately looking around my truck, thinking oh god what did I forget to do...
I've stopped drivers a few times for having their lights out at night (and been stopped once). In my case I just felt embarrassed, but I figured they had a good reason to be walking out on the road in front of me and flagging me down. Didn't occur to me to be angry.
The woman I stopped looked kind of annoyed I was bothering her, didn't even say thanks. The guy I stopped was too scare of the coof to roll his window down more than an inch, but at least he said thanks.
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