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I visited California a while ago and it struck me just how loud everything was. The thing that really blew my mind was how cars honked when you lock/unlock the

• poooogles 4y ago
  >The thing that really blew my mind was how cars honked when you lock/unlock them. Here they're usually silent or a short chirp. I thought people in the car park were just constantly honking their cars for some reason, then I locked mine and was shocked. Yeah I noticed this as well, it seemed utterly insane. Here in the UK using a horn at night is illegal at night in built up areas [1] yet here you can't help but use it when locking a car which is normally at home in a built up area... 1. https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/answers/when-is-it-illegal-to-use-your-horn https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/answers/when-is-it-illegal-t...