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I find the vaaaast majority of honking is driven by impatience not any actual practical consideration (alerting others to your presence, trying to get someone's
by kthejoker2 8y ago
I find the vaaaast majority of honking is driven by impatience not any actual practical consideration (alerting others to your presence, trying to get someone's attention.)
Honking to provoke someone into taking risks you don't have to incur the consequences of yourself is mild sociopathy.
- cgriswald 8y ago> Honking to provoke someone into taking risks you don't have to incur the consequences of yourself is mild sociopathy. I agree. The fact that the risk is theirs and that they are obviously not confident drivers is exactly why I don't honk. I neither want that on my conscience nor want to be secondary damage when they pull out at the wrong time and cars and debris go flying.
- jrockway 8y agoMy favorite is watching a chain of cars honk at a red light. Some day, when I become the mayor of New York City, I will install sound-detecting traffic signals. If you honk at a red light, it stays red for an additional 10 seconds. The city will descend into chaos, and I will greatly enjoy watching it.
- jandrese 8y agoMost of the time I honk it is because someone is playing on their phone and have not noticed that the light turned green 5 seconds ago.
- dwighttk 8y agoI have a friend who uses his phone at red lights and never goes until someone honks at him. Just leaves it up to them to watch for the light change.
- antidesitter 8y agoYou should encourage your friend to change their behavior.