Are You A Horn Honker?

retire-early said:
I do honk my horn, but I know it is better if I don't.
You don't know if the other guy has a gun.
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I always have a gun in the car... Sometimes a couple of them but it's never even crossed my mind to pull it out because someone honks their horn at me... In the rare case when someone does honk at me its probably because I'm not paying attention or doing something stupid...
 
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If the person in front of me at a stoplight is on their cell phone, and not paying attention when the light turns green, sometimes I hit my horn lightly and briefly, just once, so we both don't miss the light. I don't lean on the horn.

Maybe I should start leaning on the horn? I'm 72 and want to act my age. :LOL: :ROFLMAO:
 
W2R said:
If the person in front of me at a stoplight is on their cell phone, and not paying attention when the light turns green, sometimes I hit my horn lightly and briefly, just once, so we both don't miss the light. I don't lean on the horn.

Maybe I should start leaning on the horn? I'm 72 and want to act my age. :LOL: :ROFLMAO:
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If they are on their cell phone while driving ( and people, sitting at a red light is still driving)...let them have it lean in and blast it..
 
The horn-honking that has always disturbed me is the "revenge" honking that some folks seem intent on doing. Okay, we all make mistakes (even me.) So when I do, if someone honks to avoid an accident, I'll even wave at the other person in thanks for preventing me from making a mistake. BUT when someone lays on their horn to let me know what a dummy I am, I may also wave back.:angel: Actually, I've been working on NOT waving back, but I'm not always successful. God isn't finished with me yet. YMMV
 
How about tooting? Rarely, but today in fact the car in front of me pulled halfway into the intersection with a green arrow and stopped to wait for the cars with the red light to go. Our arrow was turning yellow so I tapped the horn for a little toot. I wanted to blow an air horn but didn’t.
 
Somewhat peripherally related, DW & I, (since we use this intersection regularly), are still puzzled over this one:

We were second in line for a left turn with an advance green; hanging back a smidge, leaving plenty of room.....guy in front jams on his brakes and gives me the finger when we're both through the intersection.

Whaaaat? (Asked DW "What was that all about?" - she didn't know either.)
 
I rarely honk unless someone is coming right at me and about to cause an accident. I have tapped my horn at lights if the person ahead of me is not paying attention. But a few years back we were driving in rural Puerto Rico on our way to the Arecibo telescope and Rio Camuy caves area — the roads there are so narrow and twisty that you are always coming around a blind corner on a one lane sized road. Big transport trucks coming in the opposite direction, too. So we honked almost constantly(and were honked at) the whole way of our 5 hour drive. Very memorable road trip!
 
GalaxyBoy said:
How about tooting? Rarely, but today in fact the car in front of me pulled halfway into the intersection with a green arrow and stopped to wait for the cars with the red light to go. Our arrow was turning yellow so I tapped the horn for a little toot. I wanted to blow an air horn but didn’t.
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See! You're getting better in your "old" age. Good on ya! :cool:
 
Nemo2 said:
Somewhat peripherally related, DW & I, (since we use this intersection regularly), are still puzzled over this one:

We were second in line for a left turn with an advance green; hanging back a smidge, leaving plenty of room.....guy in front jams on his brakes and gives me the finger when we're both through the intersection.

Whaaaat? (Asked DW "What was that all about?" - she didn't know either.)
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Similar thing happened to me a few years back... The "women" in the car in front of me at a light flips me the bird because the guy behind me (yes behind me) tooted his horn when she didn't move soon enough on a green light... The DW looks and me like "what?" Anyway, there was a cop in the lane right next to us who saw what was happening and he pulled her over... I wish I could have heard that conversion and wondered if she got a ticket (and for what).
 
W2R said:
If the person in front of me at a stoplight is on their cell phone, and not paying attention when the light turns green, sometimes I hit my horn lightly and briefly, just once, so we both don't miss the light. I don't lean on the horn.

Maybe I should start leaning on the horn? I'm 72 and want to act my age. :LOL: :ROFLMAO:
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Better to be as you are naturally. Some (many?) states have laws that say the horn is only for imminent danger. DW got cited by policeman for unlawful use of horn. She fought it in court and came up w/ the novel idea that she had not honked her horn, only tooted it. Judge smiled as he listened and then dismissed the case. Policeman couldn't believe it.
https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/autos/2014/jul/02/blowing-your-horn/
 
I'm a very careful and courteous driver especially on a motorcycle. When I rode I used the horn frequently when cars came close to wiping me out. Sometimes it was because they didn't see me (Because they didn't bother to look) and sometimes they were even looking at me or were crossing over lanes to make a turn in front of me. That was the reason I installed a 130 dB horn but even then people were too busy texting, or listening to loud music in their hermetically sealed cars, or reading a newspaper. You tend to be a frequent user when the situation warrants it and your life is at stake.
I no longer ride now. It has become too dangerous and my bones too brittle. I would still like a horn like the ones on tug boats for those times I'm in jeopardy while driving a car.


Cheers!
 
Mid 1970s, Toronto - bought a used Mustang, (I'm not a 'car person', so wouldn't have recognized the 'offensive' item regardless)......saw a workmate walking on the other side of a busy street....tapped the horn.

Ooga horn...got his attention...and pretty much everyone else's.
 
I never use the horn.

A tale from about 10 years ago: There is an intersection in town that I drove through every single day on the way home from work. The left turn arrow coming the other way is very short and, without fail, people turning left run the light. So, if you are waiting at the light going my way, you learn not to go immediately when the light turns green, because someone will run the light and hit you. One night, I'm waiting there and my green light comes on. As usual, two cars run the light turning left in front of me. The car behind me really lays on the horn. So, I proceed along in front of it until the road gets narrowed down to basically one lane with people parked on the side. Then I stop, get out of my car and walk back to tell the driver that there appears to be something wrong with their horn. The woman driving says "I was honking at the people running the light. They always do that." And I said "Yes, I know. But you were right behind me, and they apparently don't care. I'm not playing chicken with them just because you're impatient."
 
ivinsfan said:
They don't know the meaning of a honk:D...I have seen countless wildlife out here in the sticks, from dogs to cats to cows to geese to deer. I forgot to mention beavers and coyotes. The only thing that works is stopping till they move it off the road.
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It depends on the area. In our area they (mostly) react to the horn and hustle out, particularly the ones that tend to be road kill most often - maybe the others of the species eventually get the point from observation. :)

I grew in in a dense city where you heard horns all the time. So much that you might have a tendency to ignore them. Or honk back as an anger response. If you were walking and someone driving by was honking, your tendency was to not react... because they might be trying to get your attention to do something nefarious to you :eek:.

Now in our suburban/rural area people rarely honk. At traffic lights, when a light turns green and the lead car doesn't move, people (from my timing) tend to wait about 5-10 seconds. If the car has not moved, they will gently tap, not a full blown hold-the-horn-down-for-10-seconds action. Due to my learned action of not reacting to honking, I often get from friends "I saw you out in your yard and honked, you didn't respond, is everything ok?" Like keeping our home and car doors locked all the time, unlearning that behavior is difficult :).
 
When someone brakes & turns w/o using turn signal BEFORE braking, I honk long & hard. It's like they want to get rear-ended. Braking & then using turn signal is absurd.
 
I only honk when the person appears to be texting and not moving.
Many Floridians in my area don't really honk much at all, but the driving skills are another matter.
 
Weird thing. I noticed that lots of people honk their horns going through tunnels. At least in Smoky Mountains NP.
 
Lewis Clark said:
In Florida, horn honking is legal only when warning others of an emergency. All those annoying folks honking their horns for other reasons are breaking the law.
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Interesting. Didn't know that.
 
kaneohe said:
People first in the left turn lane often daydream so when the light turns green, they get 2 seconds to wake up or they get a gentle reminder.
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I guess I'm more patient than that. I'm highly unlikely to honk at all, but if I sit behind someone at a light for 15-20 seconds I might give a quick beep. Really though, I don't care if I miss a light and have to wait till it changes again. Nothing is so urgent I can't wait a couple minutes. If it was, I should have allowed more time.
 
When I lived in the rural South if you used your horn, even to warn of an imminent collision, the reaction was invariably to look around for the family member who was saying “Hi!”
 
Scrapr said:
In the rural place i grew up it was not uncommon to give a couple friendly beeps to a neighbor as you drive by. Esp if they were outside. But sometimes even if they were unseen & inside
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Yes Yes!! I forgot I actually did that yesterday and this evening to people that I know. Honk then of course a big old hand wave also. LOL
 
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