Reply #414: drivers do it to me all the time

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and my Pavlov reaction is to flip them the bird. Except they are usually friends of mine, and they cannot seem to understand that a car horn only has one message "get the fu$% out of my way". It does not matter if you tap it, or lay on it, that only changes the volume. FU is FU whether it is whispered or screamed. Then they say 'but I just tapped twice' so I would ask them, 'if I flip you the bird really fast, twice, does that mean hello?'

Most drivers do not get it though, because their experience is only as pedestrians or drivers. When you are standing on a sidewalk and a car honks at you, you are going to have a different reaction than you will on the street. Same thing if you are in another car. In a car you are not threatened by all the other cars which are so much faster and heavier than you. You don't have to look behind you before you make a left turn. It is very rare for somebody to pass you in your car and then turn right in front of you. Even if they do you have the option of blasting your horn at them or slamming into them and hurting them as much as they hurt you.