When's the last time you honked your horn at someone?

[Laconian]

Just this morning in fact.  Some clod in a honda was apparently taking a snooze when the light turned green.  As I usually do I counted to three and then tapped the horn to wake them up and get them moving.

Ah yes. Even worse is when you look at the rear view mirror and notice you are seeing reflections of their eyelids more often than the eyes themselves - people taking every fucking spare moment to fuck with their cellphone instead of concentrating on the task at hand. 90% of the attention is spent on the phone, with occasional glances up to the road to make sure the car isn't in imminent obvious danger. HONKKKKKKKKKKKK

[VTEC_Inside]

I use mine fairly regularly as I seem to encounter no shortage of people that don't know wtf they are doing.

Last time was Friday on the way home.

At first I thought the guy in front of me didn't notice the green light so I gave a little tap, then he stopped in the middle of the left turn, then I laid on it.

We were both in the left of two dedicated left turn lanes. This left turn is EXTREMELY wide as a lot of trucks use it. Best I could figure he was trying to give the truck to our right room or something. I had enough room to pass him on the left, and keep going.... 

[FoMoJo]

So, just the other morning my wife and I were driving up through town to the fitness centre and this silly woman was backing out of her driveway.  I half sensed she wasn't going to stop and I could've slowed down, but it really irks me that people do stupid things while driving and others have to defend against them.  If I had slowed down, she likely wouldn't even had known how stupid she was being.  Anyways, I wanted to teach her a lesson so I kept going and, as I got almost to the driveway, I blasted the horn.  The stupid bitch didn't even slow down and I had to swerve almost off the road to avoid hitting her; I'm still not sure if she even saw me. 

In the meantime, my wife almost went nuts and was saying things I haven't heard a woman say in a long time that she would do to this woman.  When I got up to the stop sign, just to reinforce how displeased I was with this woman almost crashing into me, I stopped for an extended period of time and stared back at her through my mirrors; she really didn't even seem to notice.  However, my wife was still so agitated I thought I'd better start moving again in case she jumped out the door, hauled the woman out of her car and beat the shit out of her.  In the end it made me laugh.

[Northlands]

Yesterday. At a cell phone texter at a green light.

I probably use my horn several times a week. Mostly for people who stop in merging lanes on freeways. 

[VTEC_Inside]

My gf honked at some other bitch just yesterday too. We were driving along about to go through an intersection on a green (not even remotely yellow) and this bitch turns right off the side road directly in front of us...

After about a couple seconds of horn and heavy braking, my gf finally made the lane change to the left to go around her. This bitch was flipping us off like we had done something.

[VTEC_Inside]

So, just the other morning my wife and I were driving up through town to the fitness centre and this silly woman was backing out of her driveway.  I half sensed she wasn't going to stop and I could've slowed down, but it really irks me that people do stupid things while driving and others have to defend against them.  If I had slowed down, she likely wouldn't even had known how stupid she was being.  Anyways, I wanted to teach her a lesson so I kept going and, as I got almost to the driveway, I blasted the horn.  The stupid bitch didn't even slow down and I had to swerve almost off the road to avoid hitting her; I'm still not sure if she even saw me. 

I can relate to this so much its not even funny.

One of the things I have to keep reminding myself though is that as much as you try, in 98% of the cases, the moron will never know what they were doing wrong, never notice your attempt to signal them, and never change.

They aren't doing it explicitly to piss you off, they are just stupid.

Again, I keep telling myself that... It barely works, but I try...

[CALL_911]

Honda has to make the most ear-shattering, face-melting horn in existence.  They aren't as loud as a Union Pacific the the particular pitch pierces mind and soul.

YES.

Our TL's old horn was, by far, the loudest horn I've ever heard. Hell, the TSX's is almost as loud.

[Laconian]

Our Accord has a mediocre horn Maybe they're saving the good stuff for Acura.

[Northlands]

Our Accord has a mediocre horn Maybe they're saving the good stuff for Acura.

Hop in a civic and blast one of those horns. They hurt my ears.

[chevyguy06]

Yesterday. Some bitch in a Silverado pulled directly out in front of me while on her cell phone.

[93JC]

Those things are very long and it would be easy to miss a car next to you IF you don't know how to use mirrors properly.
Those vans have GREAT sideview mirrors!!

I just saw a Sienna almost take out a Tercel. Fortunately the Tercel's horn was operational and the driver was well versed in how to operate it.

[The Phantom]

Hop in a civic and blast one of those horns. They hurt my ears.

They just sound funny!  I'm glad the Altima is built over here and has a non-Japanese horn.

[The Phantom]

My gf honked at some other bitch just yesterday too. We were driving along about to go through an intersection on a green (not even remotely yellow) and this bitch turns right off the side road directly in front of us...

After about a couple seconds of horn and heavy braking, my gf finally made the lane change to the left to go around her. This bitch was flipping us off like we had done something.

I love when the party "in the wrong" thinks he's right and the other is wrong.

[Secret Chimp]

I usually honk at people sitting at a green light. I get by horn at the ready when parts of the local crazy-ass highway system merge together and people have to cross three lanes to continue where they're going, but so far nobody's tried to merge into me.

[280Z Turbo]

I don't remember. It's very infrequent.

The Z doesn't even have the horns installed (had to make room for the intercooler).

[BimmerM3]

I don't even remember the last time I used my horn.

[Secret Chimp]

Our Accord has a mediocre horn Maybe they're saving the good stuff for Acura.

A pair of hi/lo FIAMM Freeway Blasters is a good Miata upgrade that costs about $25. It has a really loud American Iron sound to it.

I don't even remember the last time I used my horn.

I think you accidentally hit it a few times on the Cherohala :P

[BimmerM3]

I think you accidentally hit it a few times on the Cherohala :P

No, those were just my squeaky tires.

[NomisR]

I usually honk at people when they try to change lanes into me without looking.  I lay on it when they continue to do so but when that happens, usually they don't even notice me on the horn.  And when I swirve to avoid them and flick them off when i'm next to them, they're still oblivious to what happened. 

And I've honked on the horn at a few people over the weekend because they were driving like they were drunk, they can't stay in their own lane when driving straight and swirved into me when I was passing them.  I should've called the cops and reported drunk driving but they were just old. 

[Raza]

Friday.  Some guy was trying to merge (left lane merge) in front of me, when the road was clear for ten lengths behind me.  We were side by side and I was already going 75.  I honked at him to make sure he knew I was there so he didn't plow into my side. 

I honk on average 3 times per week.  It was more before, but now I mostly drive highway, so I just don't need to anymore.  Usually, my honking is to wake up people dozing at lights, sometimes it's for people that look like they're about to jump out in front of me at stopsigns or something (i.e. they have a stop and I do not, but they look like they're going to roll it and try to get in front of me when they don't have enough room) or if they actually do.

[Colonel Cadillac]

I used my horn twice yesterday.  Once to honk at a buddy who was driving the other way, and once to honk at some dude wearing Saint's gear dancing all by himself on a street corner.

I did lots of Saints honking!


I love my horn. Considering the responses in this thread, perhaps I should slow my usage...

[GoCougs]

I use my horn at least every other day; and it's almost always related to cell phones:

1.) Left lane camper who if texting or blabbing on the phone gets a toot as I shoot by;
2.) Someone lallygagging (texting) as a stoplight turns green.

I am unrepentant in the use of my horn.

[Rupert]

Who's surprised?

[Byteme]

Had to lay on the horn this morning when a guy in an electrical contractor's company van decided to try to defy the laws of physics and have the van occupy the same physical space as my car (he changed lanes without looking).  When I sounded the horn he whipped back into his lane and for a minute I thought he was going to lay the van on it's side.

[AutobahnSHO]

This bitch was flipping us off like we had done something.

I hate that.

Who's surprised?

Not it!

Had to lay on the horn this morning when a guy in an electrical contractor's company van decided to try to defy the laws of physics and have the van occupy the same physical space as my car (he changed lanes without looking).  When I sounded the horn he whipped back into his lane and for a minute I thought he was going to lay the van on it's side.

NJ Turnpike a few years ago, chickey (on a cellphone) in small white Toyota just starts moving into my lane as I was passing from the left. I tapped the horn.

She WHIPS the wheel to the right, in my rearview she
1- veered right,
2- over-corrected left across 2 lanes + a breakdown lane and might have tagged the concrete center divider,
3- before coming back right..

Traffic was pretty heavy but it looked like she stopped it all up

[Byteme]

I hate that.

Not it!

NJ Turnpike a few years ago, chickey (on a cellphone) in small white Toyota just starts moving into my lane as I was passing from the left. I tapped the horn.

She WHIPS the wheel to the right, in my rearview she
1- veered right,
2- over-corrected left across 2 lanes + a breakdown lane and might have tagged the concrete center divider,
3- before coming back right..

Traffic was pretty heavy but it looked like she stopped it all up

I actually felt for the guy that almost nailed me this morning.  He wasn't on the cell phone, looked like he was paying attention.  He just made a mistake.  We all do from time to time.  You can tell when they make an honest mistake,  They always go about 5 miles an hour slower than they were going before and don't change lanes until there is no one within a hunderd yards.


I pretty much give a quick glance at those I pass and those who pass me on the freeway.  I'd estimate about 40-50% are either on the phone, playing with some electronic device or reading something.

I'd love to have a device that disconnects a nearby cell phone when I push a button.  I'd wear the thing out.  Only trouble is if I did it to someone driving a Toyota their car might take off and rear end the person in front of them.    

[AutobahnSHO]

I'd love to have a device that disconnects a nearby cell phone when I push a button.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-
Wouldn't be that hard, really, just a scanner for frequencies of certain ranges, and a jammer...
Would be totally illegal from an FCC standpoint, but still....   

[NomisR]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-
Wouldn't be that hard, really, just a scanner for frequencies of certain ranges, and a jammer...
Would be totally illegal from an FCC standpoint, but still....   

I have a feeling that this would be significantly worse than for them to continue to talk on their phone because knowing some of these people, they would start looking at their phone and playing with it to see what's wrong rather than paying attention to the road.

[Byteme]

I have a feeling that this would be significantly worse than for them to continue to talk on their phone because knowing some of these people, they would start looking at their phone and playing with it to see what's wrong rather than paying attention to the road.

Yeah, you are right. maybe a device that would cause their phone to suddenly heat to about 400F might be better.   

[AutobahnSHO]

I have a feeling that this would be significantly worse than for them to continue to talk on their phone because knowing some of these people, they would start looking at their phone and playing with it to see what's wrong rather than paying attention to the road.

True dat.