Oooh been thinking about this one for ages now!!
At first I thought it might be to do with running red lights... but then I remembered you said it was a peeve, not a violation.
Then I thought, is it when people have their full headlights switched on when there is oncoming traffic? Hmmmm, I couldn't make this fit with what happens at the end of the koan though...
My final answer is this:
It's when people stop to let traffic through... and they flash their lights. First of all no one does what they say, because often in these situations when a car flashes to let you cross or whatever, there's other traffic in the way. Now, because this car has stopped to let someone in or cross, suddenly a whole bunch of traffic takes advantage and the original person is left sitting there waiting (as are all the other vehicles behind him)....
ENLIGHT... er, YOU HAD IT!! CHANGE YOUR ANSWER BACK HAHA!
Your final answer is for a different day in the future haha! That's aggravating, too, for sure. What made you say that you couldn't make it fit at the end of the koan? Is it because other people encircled the man?
Admittedly, this was a bit rushed. I didn't want people to take all of the events in the koan at face value, so I apologize for any confusion! You guessed it though! Great job! :D I'm surprised someone got it haha! Now, if you would be able to share an experience that dealt with this, that would be awesome!
Huzzah! but also Damn!!
Haha, cool! Er.. yeah I think it was the words 'All of a sudden,' on the last line that made me unsure about that guess. But I think I was just slipping into taking it too literally!
Hmmm... I don't think I've got a story to tell regarding this. I will keep on thinking though... if not I shall stay tuned for your next koans!
I plan on removing the 2-win limit, so feel free to post as much as you want. I want to paint the comments section with angering and funny stories, so I want to encourage people to just post.
Sorry for that last line, I'm regretting ever putting that. In my mind, it felt incomplete without it, but I didn't expect it to throw people for a loop.
Nice! Oh gosh, no apologies necessary!! It's always good to be made to think a little harder haha!
Unfortunately, other people doesn't seem to share your sentiment hahaha! Oh well, more money for you then if the trend continues :D
More fool them!! :)
Haha! I have almost given up in trying to convince people since they don't even read the contest details.
Alrighty... I'm not sure this really counts.... it's a story about headlights, but not quite in the right direction... But here it is anyway!
I was driving back from the shops one evening, (it was dark), when in front of me a man crossed the road. He was sauntering across without a care, despite me coming towards him. I couldn't believe the audacity of the guy! Not even pretending to hurry!
So I did a big, long beep on the horn and pulled a kind of what are you playing at, man? face.
He proceeded to get extremely angry and starting swearing and shouting at me as I drove past.
I was shocked and appalled.
Then I realised I didn't have my headlights on at all....
oops.
My bad...
Disclaimer.... this has never happened again, I'm a good driver really. :)
Ahahahaha!! This is a story for a different koan (or two)! I have to say, I'm quite guilty of this myself. I think I've forgotten about my headlights 2 to 3 times now. Thankfully, my car has auto headlights for that last time. But, for the first time, I think I drove more than 8 km in the highway and main business district haha! I do believe that lapse shouldn't affect of how we assess ourselves as drivers. I'm a good driver as well. How we assess ourselves as great observers is a different issue however.
Thanks for sharing that tale nonetheless, my friend! I'm so happy that people can be candid about this stuff here :)