You know, I never understood people who honk.  Other than the occasional toot to let someone know you’re there when they look like they’re about to merge into you, I don’t see much of a reason to use that feature.  Yet, I see people who hold down their horn like madmen just because they’re driven crazy with road rage.  I see people who honk at you to get out of their way when sometimes it’s impossible and other times you weren’t going in their way anyway.  It seems that they need an outlet for their anger, which is all too easily incited.

Perhaps horns should be designed to be loud enough to make the same impact they do now, but somehow sound friendlier.  The blaring ones these days are annoying enough to make anyone hearing it grumpy.  Why do they need to sound so upset?  Sure they’re meant to be a warning, but warnings can be a loud enough volume without having to sound like someone’s yelling or screaming at you in a bad way.  I wish drivers weren’t so “trigger-happy” when using their horns.  It puts everyone in a foul mood and makes for worse driving.  Certainly not setting the right tone there.

Maybe it’s just because of the drivers in LA.  You’ve gotta be pretty aggressive to get around in this city, so perhaps that has put everyone in a poor mood, stressing them out.  Whatever the case, the driving experience would be a whole lot better if drivers refrained from using their horns so much.  That’s like walking around with a megaphone, blaring it at someone whenever they do something that ticks you off the slightest.  I feel that horns should be used sparingly, if at all, and better driving would be a better way of preventing the need to use it.  Save it for the time you actually need it for your safety, and not for whenever you feel like it.