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AIBU?

To sound my horn when I get cut up on the road?

65 replies

huddlelikepenguins · 12/04/2013 20:11

Interested to hear when you feel it necessary to sound your horn, as I seem to be using it increasingly frequently

I once heard there are 3 levels of road rage:

Sound your horn when someone cuts you up and you sound your horn to prevent an accident or warn someone that it was dangerous

Sound your horn when you have to brake sharply (is scary and wastes petrol)

Sound your horn when you have to brake at all (slows you down and wastes petrol if you keep having to do this)

I'm definitely at level 2!

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Beaverfeaver · 12/04/2013 22:54

Oh and to add: the tile goes, if you have time to beep the horn when an incident occurs, the incident wasn't bad enough to warrant to use of the horn.

In actual critical situations, you would be far more likely to be just enough avoiding said incident rather than beeping

ComposHat · 12/04/2013 22:57

What happened to airhorns in cars that played jaunty tunes? They were all the rage in Barried up Capris during the early 80s, along with louvred rear windows and his and hers sun strips.

Madratlady · 12/04/2013 23:03

The last time I honked was at 2 cyclists riding next to each other in front of me and ignoring me driving behind them. Cyclists have to ride single file so they were BU!

I do honk if people do stupid or dangerous things as well.

IAmNotAMindReader · 13/04/2013 00:23

I used my horn when sat kerbside in my car waiting for it to demist before setting off and some numpty reversed into me and started to push the car down the road. I thought the presence of lights and the fact that it had suddenly got an awful lot harder to reverse may have been enough of a clue though.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 13/04/2013 01:07

Beaverfeaver - that's an interesting point. I was almost involved in a head on collision with a tanker today with my 4 year old in the car. It was overtaking two cars and a bike on narrow, blind bend. He was completely in my lane and there really wasn't anywhere to go. Why on Earth he thought he could overtake I have no idea. He really did deserve the horn blasting but I was too busy braking and trying to steer as far over as I could to avoid him. Bastard - consider yourself blasted.

Startail · 13/04/2013 01:18

I lent on mine because a prat tried to over take me after I'd already started pulling out round a bus.

FranKatzenjammer · 13/04/2013 01:24

Nuhich, the OP means that being forced to brake wastes petrol. Use of the horn does not waste petrol as far as I know...

saintmerryweather · 13/04/2013 07:09

Madratlady - you were bvu, cyclists are perfectly well within their rights to ride 2 abreast, and they do it to keep themselves safe from impatient drivers. same with horse riders

yellowhousewithareddoor · 13/04/2013 07:27

I'm a bit judgey of people who feel the need to beep their horn each time they are in the car. Its a bit 'king of the road'. I had a friend I really didn't like being in a car with when I was in London (is it more of a London thing? Lots of pent up stress?) who would swear at anyone not letting her do whatever she wanted on the road'

Now I'm out of London its a lot more civilized. I do remember large roundabouts on the way to Kew in particular being full of horn-beepers. Not particularly at me - more it seemed anyone who ever wished to change land or just exist in front of the drivers. You'd hear it all the time.

Out here in the sticks I've used my horn once after some kids were playing chicken.

SignoraStronza · 13/04/2013 07:44

Last time I used mine was new years eve, driving through the town centre. Loads of drunken people ambling in and out of road and one in particular didn't notice me/wouldn't get out of the way. He was about to drop his trousers when I beeped him. He moved.

And yes, I know I should not have used it after 11pm in a town centre, but it was either that, or see his arse.

LottieJenkins · 13/04/2013 07:47

whats4teamum That really made me giggle!! I could imagine Victor Meldrew doing that and Margaret hiding!!!

alemci · 13/04/2013 11:01

Beaver I do that as well if I venture into the Hertfordshire windy lanes as they are blind and at least then someone knows you are approaching.

mybelovedmonster · 13/04/2013 11:17

I thought that cyclists should ride single file - isn't it in the highway code? Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.

SirChenjin · 13/04/2013 11:21

Rules for cyclists (59-82) from the Gov.UK website states:

"never ride more than two abreast, and ride in single file on narrow or busy roads and when riding round bends"

mybelovedmonster · 13/04/2013 11:22

Ah ok, thanks.

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