Wednesday, December 19, 2007
HORNS
Driving around Memphis I hear lots of horn honking. Most of the horn honking that I hear is unnecessary; the honking is only for the purpose of showing displeasure of someone pulling out in front of you, etc. By honking for that reason the purpose of the horn is lost. Car companies did not install horns for drivers to show anger to another driver. Rather, horns should be used to let a car know that they are there so they shouldn't back up and things of that nature. But since horns will not stop being used in that way, I have a suggestion for car companies. Multiple horns. One horn could be one that communicates "come on out" as someone is waiting to pull out in traffic. Another horn could be "don't back up I am here". One horn could communicate "hey, I know you". This would save a lot of confusion and immediate defensiveness when a horn is blown.
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In Honduras, they use horns constantly to announce every time they are coming up to an intersection where people coming from the other street might not see them. It's used much less maliciously than here. Here a horn is about like a four letter word.
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