Question: Why do people honk at you when you're backing out of your driveway?

[w4x]

I've had this happen a couple times in the past few months always in the morning in broad daylight and can't really understand why people bother do it.

I mean, you'd think everyone would be an expert at checking for cars on the road you live on especially if your backing out of your driveway what, like 3-5 times a day? It's not like I live on a major street or anything, just a side street within a residential block.

I've never honked anyone backing out of their own driveway or have seen any accidents from people backing out of their own driveways. Plus if they have the time to honk at you, you'd think they would also be able to stop or speed up. Perhaps they're tying to be pricks or they think everyone's as bad a driver as themselves? Your thoughts?

[Geologic]

You gotta understand, there are dumbasses everywhere. The only safe way to drive is to assume everyone is a complete moron on the road. They honk at you for their own saftey to let you know that there is a car coming, just in case.

I can understand how it's annoying but some people are like that, they like to make an effort to be overly safe.

[HighFlyer]

That's because the drivers in our area don't LOOK before backing their car out onto the street. The biggest offenders are the SUV drivers.

[Kickus_assius]

Office Space?

[FastFokker]

I never honk, but I probably should start.. it doesn't do any harm to honk.. but it can prevent an accident and considering how terrible insurance rates are these days, nobody wants an accident.

I *ALWAYS* back into parking spots because backing out is just difficult and dangerous.

I think I will start giving a little tap of the horn just as a friendly notification that I'm coming, so stop backing up.

[Nyte]

Maybe you live near this guy?

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...d.php?t=230261

[CodecX81]

the car horn is the most abused part of the car.. I hate people who honk when the lights JUST turned green.. Or even better, honk when the opposite light has turned red, so both lights are red... they honk for...? To make the light green? To make you run the red?

(Looking at you, Woodbridgers ...)

Regardless, its one of those things that makes me want to install little blades that slip out the back and cause their tires to slash for being ignorant

[urameatball]

It's a communication thing,

If you're backing out and you see a car coming, but you still to slowly back out to the end of your driveway before stopping, you'll get a honk. If you're still moving, the other car doesn't know if you see him or not, hence the honking.

Otherwise, if you see the car and immediately stop backing up, the other car will know that you see him and he probably won't honk (probably).

[waitin4BOOST]

I honk when coming around a blind corner. ie. parking garages.
Some people speed through garages like a slalom course.

~Force of habit

[teknoluv]

The only safe way to drive is to assume everyone is a complete moron on the road.

Agree. On the road, I take everyone else as a dangerous driver. Don't even expect them to know how to drive, or read the sign, because most don't.

[m77m7]

When you back out of your driveway, don't back out to the very end of it. Being predictable when driving (in general) is the best thing you can do.

The assumption that you're gonna stop at the very end is the same assumption that you don't see them coming and will end up hitting them.

[deep]

I always assume everyone else is an utter moron, and just for good measure, I assume I am one too. Complacency is the root cause of a lot of accidents. I have only had one two-car accident (when I was 18) and I was completely at fault because I just assumed my trip would be the same one I made 4 times a day, every day.

Just because you do something often, don't assume it's easy or old hat, especially when a few thousand pounds of accelerating steel (ok, maybe plastic) are involved.

[Amuthini]

better safe than sorry.

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[thelefteyeguy]

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