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elchrist
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 Posted: 04 Feb 2004 06:04 PM Post subject: Honk That Horn |
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Driving home today I had the radio off and was listening to traffic. Noticing that entering Calexico is becoming a nightmare to enter right after clock out time because of the bottlenecks at each of the main city entry points, I began to pay attention to the horns.
A lot of people have their own distinct method of honking their car horn. Many attempt to play a quick tune and some just pound a couple times on their steering wheel. I have recently favored continuously holding down the horn until the offending vehicle is out of site. This, I've learned, is truly annoying to people.
So all this honking got me thinking. What do certain honks stand for? Is there even a meaning behind a distinctive honk or is it all out of habit? |
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Americano
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| Posted: 04 Feb 2004 06:33 PM Post subject: |
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I usually just hold the horn down.
I've come to learn that 2 quick blasts is used as a greeting or let someone know that you are there to pick them up.
If you try to play the all to well known tune on your horn it means you are a Chicalon. |
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mof
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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| Posted: 04 Feb 2004 08:14 PM Post subject: |
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| Ame-ricano wrote: | I usually just hold the horn down.
I've come to learn that 2 quick blasts is used as a greeting or let someone know that you are there to pick them up.
If you try to play the all to well known tune on your horn it means you are a Chicalon. |
I'm 27 years old and I've never honked at anyone. What does that mean? |
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Americano
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| Posted: 04 Feb 2004 08:38 PM Post subject: |
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| mof wrote: | | Ame-ricano wrote: | I usually just hold the horn down.
I've come to learn that 2 quick blasts is used as a greeting or let someone know that you are there to pick them up.
If you try to play the all to well known tune on your horn it means you are a Chicalon. |
I'm 27 years old and I've never honked at anyone. What does that mean? |
Than you have never truely driven.
I have an extended warranty on my horn.  |
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watts
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Location: Latitude: 37° 47' North; Longitude: 122° 13' West
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Could there be a relationship between someones country of origin or culture and their claxon?
In Mexico City I noticed that stop lights and stop signs were there for adornment. Nobody stopped at a stop sign and when the driver approached the intersection he/she merely honked to let people know, "Hey, I'm here and I'm not going to stop". It was the quick two-step kind of honk. |
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elchrist
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| Posted: 06 Feb 2004 11:11 PM Post subject: |
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| watts wrote: | Could there be a relationship between someones country of origin or culture and their claxon?
In Mexico City I noticed that stop lights and stop signs were there for adornment. Nobody stopped at a stop sign and when the driver approached the intersection he/she merely honked to let people know, "Hey, I'm here and I'm not going to stop". It was the quick two-step kind of honk. |
Definitely in Mexico.
I recall years ago in Culiacan when my cousin was driving us around that we'd hit every intersection downtown and he'd rapidly tap the horn a couple times to do the same.
In Thailand, where there is a high concentration of motorcyclists, motorists would use their horn to inform them that they were about to be passed. When this happened, the rider (usually along with their family of +2) would move towards the left shoulder out of courtesy. |
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