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Is there a lot of honking in your city or region? Do you honk your horn?
I noticed today when driving I honk a lot. I live in New York City and it seems quite a few of my fellow city dwellers do as well. While pressing the small trumpet icon on the steering wheel today for a solid 2 minutes, I remembered some cities don't this. I was honking at a car from Virginia, and she looked very alarmed at my "gesture."
Location: somewhere between Florida and New England
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I honk a lot too, but only when it's well-deserved. I'm not impatient enough to honk as soon as the light turns green, but I will lay it on if someone blatantly cuts me off without the use of a signal. I live in Connecticut about 45 minutes north of Manhattan - maybe it's a northern thing, or maybe it's just bad drivers around here.
When I was in Richmond I honked at a soccer mom who cut me off on her cell phone with her kids in the car. She did look surprised but really, if you're cutting someone off, what do you expect?
I've also noticed a lot of hand gestures in the NY, NJ and CT area but that's another thread. Merry Christmas all
I honk in Chicago or New York. I'd probably have little compunction about honking in any big city. Small towns? Never. I'm also less inclined to honk down south.
In some areas it's expected. In others, it's very rude unless it's an emergency. I grew up NEVER honking unless it was totally necessary.
I get road rage frequently, so yes I sound my horn at drivers who irritate me.
When I'm stopped at a red light, I only give the driver ahead of me 2 (two) seconds to go before I honk at him. Rude yes, but I be having stuff to do!!!
One of the first things I noticed when moving from New England to North Carolina was that no one honked their horns unless to warn someone of danger. Honking is considered rude here.
Yep, I'm pretty sure it is illegal here where I am in Illinois. Even if you are honking to capture a friends attention. I guess we shouldn't go botherin each other while we are trying to drive. I will honk if I think someone is going to run over me. Around here, when ever someone gets married than the percetion of vehicles go through town and honk all the way. Sometimes they'll go all over town like that. And during a road rage I will honk my horn. My bad>. I do try to control that though.
I had a similar thread (Car/Motorvehicle Horn Usage In Your City) on the General U.S. forum a while back.
My opinion is that drivers need to be re-educated regarding horn usage. I think many accidents could be avoided if more drivers used their horns.
I've seen drivers not honk when another car is backing out of a parking space and about to hit them. I've had other drivers honk at me when I didn't see them in my blindspot - helping me avoid an accident. If people stop getting offended and taking it personally then things would be fine. Actually, people take way too many things associated with driving way too personally.
I assume the original intent of including the horn on the car was to allow drivers to communicate intent to each other. Otherwise, take it off the car (and reduce the price).
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