[FenderBender]

Vroombaby, that would be interesting to hear around my town since people cut others off all the time. I am pretty sure it is against the law to have obscenities coming out of your car horn though.

[Ares]

Yeah, it annoys me as much as it annoys other drivers. That's why I always try not to honk it unless I have to. What about putting a "Honk if you are hor*y" sticker on your car?

[kentkars]

I hate to get too geographical here, but being from the west I've always felt horn honking was more of an east coast thing. I know that is hardly the case any longer. But, I'm from Los Angeles, and horn honking was fairly uncommon here for many years, surprising as that may sound given the amount of traffic. The bottom-line here is that excessive horn honking for almost any reason is just bad manners.

[NeedNewWheels]

Originally Posted by kentkars

But, I'm from Los Angeles, and horn honking was fairly uncommon here for many years, surprising as that may sound given the amount of traffic. The bottom-line here is that excessive horn honking for almost any reason is just bad manners.

I'm from LA too and found the same to be true. I just moved to Alabama and man, people love to lay on the horns here. I think it's because they don't know real traffic around here!

I will occasionally tap the horn if somebody is going to back up into me or something like that. It's a rare occurrence for me. I try to be understanding if somebody pulls out in front of me or isn't going after the light and I don't honk unless it's become a big problem (I can see them reading something on the phone and they haven't gone for a while or something). Mostly not to be rude, just to draw their attention to the road, where it should be.