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Aren't gridlocks noisy due to honks?

• renewiltord 6mo ago
  The ones in SF’s FiDi are, but the highway ones seem quiet. Beats me why.
• manarth 6mo ago
  My experience of travel suggests to me that honking is cultural: what's normal for Mumbai doesn't happen in London. In the UK, the horn might be used to "wake up" a driver in front - e.g. the traffic light has gone green, the driver in front isn't paying attention, so the car behind might sound a short honk to alert the driver in front that the light has changed. There's also the annoyed "you cut in front of me" / "you did something dangerous" long blaring honk. Those are the two main accepted uses of the horn in the UK, so there isn't much honking in UK traffic jams.