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[foxgrrl]

Dear automobile drivers of NYC and DC:

What are you honking at?

Sincierly,
Julia

Comments

[adularia.livejournal.com]

I swear drivers in NYC honk when the light turns green by way of conveying their excitement. It doesn't actually matter if the people ahead of them are moving.

[aekiy.livejournal.com]

I've had people honk when the opposing traffic's light turns red, before the light even changes to green!

[foxgrrl]

Hey, I'm in DC (near Tacoma metro) right now. Would you like to meet up?

[anaisdjuna.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* :-)

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

oh, nothing. my elbow just slipped while trying to light my cigarette while talking on the phone and changing the radio station simultaneously...

[anaisdjuna.livejournal.com]

Damn! I dropped my eyeliner pencil!!!!

[anaisdjuna.livejournal.com]

I brought your question before an actual NY'er and he said:

"We're not honking at anything. It's our upbringing. We get nervous if we don't hear car horns because we think people aren't paying attention."

So I guess E-smiles nailed it with the geese.

[tarathene.livejournal.com]

It's likely something similar to bicycle bells in China as well. People navigate partially based on which portions of the world horns are being honked in, for pedestrians to not be hit when moving across the streets, and for drivers to simply know where the other cars are because no one is actually watching the roads.

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

They're practicing their headbutts and testing their airbag systems. Nothing to worry about.

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

But when she opened the door, she realized why the other drivers had been honking. For there, on the door handle...WAS A HOOK!

[tiggerfox.livejournal.com]

I have heard that it is a second language to drivers in NYC.. others say it is a form of political expression. It has also been described as a medical condition. It is also illegal unless there is imminent danger!

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers are fighting back against horn-honking taxi drivers, asking that cabs be modified with lights that identify horn-honkers so that offenders can be prosecuted more easily.

Car horn-honking is an offense in New York, except in the case of imminent danger, and is punishable with a $350 fine. Enforcement is complicated, however, as police must see the driver hitting his horn to issue a ticket, one backer of horn reform said.

I think it is just all the crazy impatient people in NYC.

[tlttlotd.livejournal.com]

It's the closest thing to communication that drivers have while on the road around here.

[quorpencetta.livejournal.com]

How long are you in Rockville? We should hang out! IM me at quorpencetta@yahoo or aim

[harlkyn.livejournal.com]

It's probably your "Honk If You Think I'm Sexy" bumper sticker ^.^