Is it appropriate to honk?

[MushyMushy]

Slightly off topic, but have you ever noticed how car horns have different personalities to them? My husband and I joke how his car horn sounds mean no matter how short of a beep you try to make! Other ones just *sound* friendlier than others. I wish they had 2 horn options, a friendly, happy sound that would be for saying 'hi' to someone you know, politely telling people to watch out (as in this case), etc. and a jarring, mean sounding beep to really get your point across when needed!

So true! My husband always laughs at my car (a Hyundai Tucson) because it has this wimpy little "meep." His car, a Pontiac Grand Am, has a nice solid HONK.

I love the idea of 2 horn options. It reminds me of my dad's antique car. His horn developed a short in it, so every time you'd try to honk it, you'd get a good jolt. My mom bought him a different horn one year as a Christmas gift, but you had to pull a cord from under the dashboard. You had a choice between getting a good shock or some really cool Aaa-oo-gah types of beeps with the cord. Good times, good times. My kids really missed out in life by not getting a big shock when they beeped the horn!

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Politely, mind you. One little 'beep!" as the guy in front of me went around them. The did move out of the road and one of the teens gave me a 'what are you doing?" kind of look.

As soon as I moved past them, they got back in the middle of the road, not even on their skateboards but WALKING three across so they spanned the width of the road.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Gee- don't we all have nasty attitudes towards skateboarders? They aren't all rotten you know.

It's really tough to skateboard on a sidewalk. That's why they choose the road. They can't really hear cars coming very well-skateboards are pretty noisy when you are on one.

I usually give a friendly toot with a smile or a wave, don't get any attitude back.

True, they probably shouldn't be in the road if they can't hear. Same goes for all the kids playing street hockey. Same goes for kids on bicycles. They don't hear you until you are right on them.

Let's not make skateboarders out to be evil. They're just kids having fun.

That's what I'd do. Just a little heads up. Incoming traffic. Danger Will Robinson.