[kthejoker2]

I find the vaaaast majority of honking is driven by impatience not any actual practical consideration (alerting others to your presence, trying to get someone's attention.)

Honking to provoke someone into taking risks you don't have to incur the consequences of yourself is mild sociopathy.

[jrockway]

My favorite is watching a chain of cars honk at a red light. Some day, when I become the mayor of New York City, I will install sound-detecting traffic signals. If you honk at a red light, it stays red for an additional 10 seconds. The city will descend into chaos, and I will greatly enjoy watching it.

[cgriswald]

> Honking to provoke someone into taking risks you don't have to incur the consequences of yourself is mild sociopathy.

I agree. The fact that the risk is theirs and that they are obviously not confident drivers is exactly why I don't honk. I neither want that on my conscience nor want to be secondary damage when they pull out at the wrong time and cars and debris go flying.

[jandrese]

Most of the time I honk it is because someone is playing on their phone and have not noticed that the light turned green 5 seconds ago.

[dwighttk]

I have a friend who uses his phone at red lights and never goes until someone honks at him. Just leaves it up to them to watch for the light change.

[antidesitter]

You should encourage your friend to change their behavior.