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Re:A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads by irrational on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @12:13PM (#17910086)
"see horn use as hostility" Of course they do. When people in cars honk at other people in cars, the majority of time it is a sign of hostility. They've been conditioned to perceive the use of a horn as a sign of hostility.
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Re:A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads by jshmrsn on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @12:25PM (#17910206)
In the US. In some places (I know personally China), drivers frequently use their horns simply to tell other drivers that they exist when they are passing. A downside is incredibly noisy roadways.
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Re:A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads by stronglikedan on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:57PM (#17912276)
It's only a sign of hostility if used as such. If I need to remind you to look up from your phone becuase a light has turned green, then a quick "doot" or "doot doot" isn't typically considered hostile. If someone does consider that hostile, then as the parent said, they're probably an angry person regardless, so it's still not the horn that's hostile.
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Re:A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads by celticninja on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @01:29PM (#17910921)
Cars need to 2 horns:

A) excuse me/I'm here/the light has changed

B) you are a fucking idiot

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Re:A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads by rabidrat on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:06PM (#17911857)
A) dit B) dah
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Re:A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads by BurningFrog on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @12:48PM (#17910464)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_OK_Please
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