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[quote=Anonymous]I honked at someone yesterday because they didn't follow the lane shift as we went through an intersection and cut me off in my lane. It didn't do any good (it was too late) but it made me feel better and I also think it helps to alert all drivers to an issue like that. I was in a center lane and the person who cut me off forced me to stop suddenly in the middle of the intersection, so honking also alerted oncoming traffic to my presence, and especially any left-turning cars coming from the opposite direction who would not expect me to be stopping.

I used to honk more and when people did really egregious things I'd lay on my horn. I used to live in California and the traffic was so aggressively bad and I definitely had some road rage that I channeled by honking. But since moving to the east coast I've gotten a lot calmer, largely because I don't drive as often, but also because I'm older and understand that honking a lot adds to traffic noise and aggression and can be a nuisance to the people who live and work nearby. I never thought about stuff like that when I was younger.

But I still think sometimes you have to honk your horn. It's a safety device. So many people are totally oblivious as they travel through traffic, and if a horn will yank them into reality so that they will pay attention to where they are going, so be it. I will even honk at a pedestrian or cyclist on occasion as a way of alerting them to a dangerous situation. It's simply the fastest way to force someone to look up or to stop.[/quote]

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