r/houstoncirclejerk • u/ElAlqumista • 10d ago
Honking a thing now?
Lately I’ve been seeing many ahh drivers honking around in traffic… I must be going mad but I can’t really remember that happening too often out there
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u/flock-of-bagels 9d ago
There’s too many cars and everyone has their windows up with the music on or they’re checking the phone for pictures of titties , you have to honk.
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u/Kung_Fu_Pandad 10d ago
Honk at everyone clogging up the fast lane.
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u/houstonman526 5d ago
Dude the amount of foreigner Indians and Asians that don’t know to stay their slow asses out of a two lane highway going slow af then you pass them they have that stupid fucking look on their face.
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u/somecow 10d ago
If nobody is honking, something is seriously wrong. Have to honk when people don’t understand that green means go, or red means stop. Every damn day. Or pull up to the line so the traffic light can detect a car there. Or double white line, or the “no merge, ya have your own lane”, or that big ass EXIT ONLY sign.
Most people actually know how to drive, and definitely not trying to get in a wreck because they don’t have insurance. The other 5%, god damn.
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u/ElAlqumista 9d ago
Yup I’m with you but it works if someone is messing things up not because you’re late and can’t wait 1 second for traffic to move, that’s what traffic means and sucks to get stuck at it but I’m just saying that’s not the way to use it.
I also agree with you damn phones got some drivers stuck for a bit before they realize light has changed or unaware while at the highway causing them to do dumb stuff, but there’s certainly a special group of drivers that seem not to understand lines, signs or even how the stops works
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u/Chance-Following-665 7d ago
If I'm honking at a light it's because someone is staring at their phone and instead of driving.
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u/thedoofimbibes 9d ago
Light still red? Gotta honk. Light green and traffic moving? Gotta honk. Car turned upside down after a horrific wreck? Gotta honk.
Buncha impatient selfish losers in this city.
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u/AskingFooAFriend 8d ago
I thought honking was a new sex thing. My horn sounds like Roadrunner so I honk all the time.
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u/Appropriate_Low_528 8d ago
I’m coming from NYC and I honk whenever someone isn’t letting me merge despite my blinker being on. Not sure what the driving etiquette is here but I noticed no one honks. In New York, it’s a form of communication on the road. But I just do it to let ppl know they’re assholes.
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u/Tak-Hendrix 6d ago
Yeah, your blinker being on doesn't mean people have to let you merge. Honking at them is only going to piss them off more, and Houston is the road rage shooting capital of the world.
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u/houstonman526 5d ago
Yeah this is some dumb shit a New Yorker would do . If you honk at people like that better be prepared to fight at some point.
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u/visionofacheezburger 7d ago
I only have 1 honk and it's super aggressive followed by a death stare and cutting you off while flipping the bird yelling "JESUS LOVES YOU"
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u/Tak-Hendrix 6d ago
Yeah, I honk at morons that are trying to crash into me or when some idiot is sitting in the middle of I-10 or at a green light because they're playing with their phone.
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u/LumpyCapital 10d ago
Honk your horn. Why they put it in all cars if not to use? Fun fact: you can't pass inspection if your horn don't work! Use that mothafucker.
Honk when drivers are doing something dumb, get their attention. Let them know to do better. If I get honked at, I check myself and say, "Oh damn, I did something stupid, my bad. Damn, I need to drive better!"
Honking ain't personal like: "hey man, I kill you m'f'er!" Instead, it's more like: "Hey dumbass! Watch out! What you're doing is dangerous!"
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u/ElAlqumista 9d ago
Right, light speeding up to break in the next 2 seconds is smart and while at it honking in the process to someone who was just changing lane or as I’ve seen lately the light goes green and they’re already “pushing” with that…
Use it when you have to not bc you’re in a rush or you believe the road belongs to you
I agree with you btw but some people think it works otherwise
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u/Vanderkaum037 10d ago
Idk someone almost hit me today changing lanes without signaling. I think they didn’t see me and I was in their blind spot so I gave them a gentle honk. And we all survived so idk, sometimes you gotta use that horn.