{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Traffic School","title":"March 6th, 2026 - Can You Legally Harass Phone Zombies at Stoplights With an Air Horn?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2685,"description":"This episode of Traffic School opens like a goblin waking up inside a haunted radio studio where the sun is illegal and fluorescent lights are considered acts of violence. The host is spiritually allergic to brightness and immediately blames Monday meetings, Walmart at 6 a.m., and the general concept of existing before noon for his suffering. Enter Lieutenant Crain of the Idaho State Police, who walks into the pitch-black cave of a studio like a man who accidentally opened the wrong door and found two raccoons hosting a morning show. The conversation spirals instantly from weekend misery to funeral fashion philosophy—apparently the official dress code for the host’s future funeral is dress socks, shorts, flip-flops, and a sweatshirt while blasting “Highway to Hell.” Meanwhile, the phones ignite with chaos: listeners want to know if they can weaponize air horns against phone zombies at stoplights, whether novelty horns that go “WOO WOO” on the muffler will land them in jail, and how long you’re legally required to sit at a four-way stop while everyone politely refuses to move like a Midwestern standoff of vehicular politeness.The show reaches peak absurdity when Crazy Carl, a sleep-deprived car-show warlord preparing five vehicles for Chrome in the Dome, calls in sounding like a man who hasn’t blinked since 2004 and is running purely on horsepower and Bud Light fumes. The conversation somehow evolves into the legality of train horns, fake speed-trap images that look like Idaho troopers growing out of sagebrush like law-enforcement potatoes, and the eternal philosophical question: why do drivers veer the wrong direction before turning? The official answer, endorsed by both radio host and law enforcement professional, is simply: “because people be dumb.” The madness continues with debates about snow plows—where the safest place to drive during a blizzard is apparently behind the giant machine literally clearing the road, though many drivers prefer the experimental...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qIAJ-BjOF3B3aRT7fyXuTuFEPN_4vxl4nFzS_NqVGPc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZjkx/OTEzMjMyYzA0YjE5/ZDRmOTkxZDk2NjE1/MTc2OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}