Mike Jeffreys (jeffreys_m_j@bt-web.bt.co.uk) writes:
> Is it better to vent one's anger with forceful right handed gestures out
> of the window, or with slightly naff left handed ones. Is this why the car
> horn is not used as much in the UK as it is in the rest of Europe - or wot?
Sigh... the reason we British don't honk at everyone else is simply because we
have slightly better manners than everyone else. Uncle's Alvis came equipped
with two horns: one normal horn for warning errant American tourists, the other
a much quieter one for warning bicyclists that an extremely quiet car was
coming up behind them. :-)
Actually I have noticed that Minneapolis/St. Paul is also a honking-deficient
area for motoring...
-- Andy
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