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Originally Posted by Old Yeller
From my travels, everywhere but North America realizes this. Hell in the Middle East and SE Asia horns are used as a "hey everyone I'm driving, don't hit me" device.
Some guy in an old pick up truck wasn't turning on a turn signal so I gave a short triple beep at him in what I thought was a "polite" reminder that green means go and at the next light he screamed at me until he was red in the face.
It was so absurd that all I could do was laugh and I think that got him even more angry.... it was ridiculous.
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The honking situation is made worse though by people only ever honking because they're angry. Most honks aren't the informative asian-variety toots of information of cars nearby. They're blaring exclaimations of a pissed off guy late for work. For every person that gets mad for being honked at there's another guy honking because he's mad.