To think it’s unkind to hoot at someone stuck on a box junction?

Yes you are 😁
Take the hoot.
(Most people have similar experience of misjudging box junctions) roundabouts at some point in their life) I'm not judging you from a moral high ground.

I would put it out of your mind op. It's done, no one was hurt. You know you were in the wrong and won't do it again so no harm done. I hope your results are ok, and your dad recovers well.

We've all done it! Sometimes the traffic is moving as you enter the box junction and then just stops suddenly and you're stuck. I do get annoyed when I can't turn right because the box junction is blocked, but hooting isn't going to magically make them move if there's nowhere to move to!

It was a stupid thing to do and you should expect people to hoot at you, but it's done now - put it to the back of your mind as soon as you exit the box!

I did it last week - middle of Manchester - went through a green light into a huge line of traffic at the next light - I (wrongly) thought the light would change and also I could just clear the box - I couldn't as car in front let loads of pedestrians cross.

Felt bad for the car behind who went after me and ended up stranded on the tram line - with a tram coming!

Fully expecting a fine - which I will pay as I was a plonker - but YANBU - beeping horns don't magically open a space up!

I once got a ticket for it. I hasn't even realised that I'd done and told dh that they must have made a mistake till he pointed out that the letter had a photo of what was clearly me in my car standing clearly on a box junction...

People love to hoot when you've made the slightest of mistakes. Try and see the bright side of it. You made some people's day better by giving them an outlet for all their anger and frustration. If it wasn't you they'd have sworn at a pigeon crapping on their car.

I think drivers who hoot for anything other than to warn other drivers of their presence are the total arses. People are so impatient and intolerant. It just makes daily life so much more unpleasant than it needs to be, for both the target and the person getting themselves into a silly and unnecessary stew.

I got caught in one because someone suddenly cut in front of me into my lane.

There was plenty of space when I entered the box, until knob head in the wrong lane cut me up and then left a massive space between him and the car in front (and ignored my beeps to pull forward).

The lights changed and I was stuck, I squeezed forward as much as I couldn’t and I wasn’t massively in the way, but still everyone was hooting. They would have seen what happened anyway.

I also broke down once at a junction, doing my best to get out of the way, but still several people seemed to feel the need to hoot at me. Knobs!