What is up with honking your
horn these days? When someone cuts me off or a
pedestrian runs in front of me, my first reaction isn't to honk but to
avoid damaging my car by stopping or swerving. I mean, how do
people honk in these situations? That is the last thing I think
about doing. By the time I think "I should have honked my horn" I
have already driven way past that person.
Do you ever regret not honking your horn?
I get honked at every now and then, I am the honkee. And just for once I want to be guy on
the other end who gets to be the honker and has a good reason to do so. But
again, it isn't until 5 minutes later that I think, "I should have honked my
horn!"
Really the only acceptable time to use your horn
is when you are stuck behind a car that still has not noticed that the light
has turned green. Then you are faced with a choice, do you give them the
short honk to give the driver a reality check, or do you do the long "I'm an
asshole horn blast" to let them know they pissed you off. I prefer the short
honk.
The other thing that cars need is the anti-honk.
When someone honks at you and you know they have no justification for their
honk you can just give them the anti-honk.
That is the other
thing, some cars honk and some beep. Most of the time the tone of the
horn is directly proportional to the size of the car. Small car - beep;
large truck - HONK. Have you ever heard a 4 wheel drive V-8 suspension
lifted BigFoot look alike that beeps? That just doesn't exist.
For once I would like to drive around town in a
little car, like the Honda Civic or a Mini, with a huge horn blaster in it and see what
kind of reaction I get.