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Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - pullgees
I have come to the conclusion that some counties are more honkers bonkers than others. Since moving to Somerset I've noticed the locals keep beeping for no real reason. Visiting a relative or friend it's beep! beep!. Passing a friend in the road it's beep beep beep! Sometimes when I look out of my window to see what all the beeping is about and can see no apparent reason, which draws me to the conclusion they just like to test their horns to see if they are still working.
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - frazerjp
Maybe they test them before entering the single track roads? Just a guess.
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - fredthefifth
Agreed, where are you in Somerset? I'm on the outskirts of Yeovil on the A359 and it happens so much sometimes that I'm sure some of them beep when the pass the house of somebody they know!!

Also, like you say after visiting, they shout bye at each other so loud they must be deaf and then beep several times as they drive off.

And another thing ...... when a car pulls up outside to pick somebody up it seems to require a beep of several seconds. Surely it would have been an opportunity to illegally use the mobile on approaching. Sorry getting cynical.

And this isn't just near me, it seems to be endemic!

FTF
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - piston power
You need some loud air horns that play " Dixie" now that will wake up the neighbours.!
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - Harleyman
You need some loud air horns that play " Dixie" now that will wake up
the neighbours.!


No chance. play "Dixie" in Somerset and they'll think it IS the neighbours!
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - pullgees
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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 14/12/2009 at 00:40

Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - Altea Ego
You not seen the sign on the A303? "HONK if you hate Yeovil"

Been there for years.
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - 1400ted
Private hire round here, ( nowhere near Yokelvil ) Just lazy, won't get their fat bums off the seat and knock on the door. Like Calcutta High Street on a Saturday night ! Had a few ' words ' in the past.
Black cabs don't need to honk, you can hear the tappets up the road !

Ted
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - graham woods

Any-one been to goa, India. They are totally horn mad 24/7.
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - SteelSpark
Any-one been to goa India. They are totally horn mad 24/7.


Not been to Goa, but have spent some time in Mumbai and it is the same, a constant cacophony of horns - completely bewildering when you first hear it.

Now, they do seem to use their horns for what is arguably their intended purpose, to alert our road users to your presence, rather than to rebuke them. However, they are so keen to do so that, at least to a casual observer, nobody can tell who is alerting who anyway.

Edited by SteelSpark on 14/12/2009 at 00:25

Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - drbe
Private hire round here ( nowhere near Yokelvil ) Just lazy won't get their fat
bums off the seat and knock on the door. >>


Report them. To the licensing authority and the police if necessary.

It is an offence to sound the horn whilst stationery. Probably also conflicts with the terms of their private hire licence.
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - L'escargot
I was in a taxi once when we passed a group of demonstrators who had banners saying "Honk if you support our cause". The taxi driver said to me "Woe betide anyone who honks in my taxi."
;-)

Edited by L'escargot on 14/12/2009 at 07:24

Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - tiredeyes
well if its a bmw driver, they would have had the delete option on indicators :-)
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - LikedDrivingOnce
well if its a bmw driver they would have had the delete option on indicators
:-)

Now! Now! Enough of this old-fashioned prejudice.

I'll have you know that BMW's contain the cream of Britain.
(Rich, thick, and full of clots)
Honking horn What else did they get for christmas? - apm
Better than a system in use in parts of S London.

We were visiting last night. A bike (SV650 I think) arrived to pick someone up from a house up the road. Very obnoxiously loud pipe.

The rider stops outside a house, and proceeds to do 10 or 15 backfires, until their pillion comes out.

Antisocial at best, but does sound quite like a firearm. Could lead to serious unpleasantness, methinks.

BW,

Alex.