DAE wish there was an apologetic car horn for when you cut someone off etc?

culacino · 4 months

I imagined a sort of neon 'sorry' light that could be flashed.

technoskittles · 4 months

I can say right now that horrible dipshit drivers would abuse it, thinking it's okay because they said "sorry".

toolongdontread · 4 months

A wave often conveys, "sorry."

lucidguru · 4 months

I need a LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING horn.

vainamo- · 4 months

I want it to play Sad Trombone.

rockeh · 4 months

Is flashing your hazard lights not a thing where you're from? It seems to be the standard way to say "thanks for letting me cut you off" in Europe, generally answered by a flash of the high beams.

of_the_caves · 4 months

Truck driver here. To thank another driver for letting us over we do a quick flash of our hazard lights.

crod242 · 4 months

I think there should be one which sounds like a muted trumpet going "wah wa-aah" for similar situations but where your apology isn't really sincere.

0xfded · 4 months

As a Canadian, yes, constantly.

f2k10Marinetti · 4 months

"ahem ahem - honk honk - ahem ahem"

CaptianRipass · 4 months

You're Canadian right?

MrWink · 4 months

People would just use it as an excuse for being a dick in traffic.

no-tec · 4 months

I visited S. Africa recently, and it seemed to be very common for slower cars to pull onto the shoulder to let faster cars pass them. Our tour van passed people often and the driver would always turn on his hazards for a few seconds to thank the drivers behind him. He said it was the norm to do that there. Not exactly what OP described, but a step in the right direction.

In addition: I always wished for a U-turn signal.

MatthewEdward · 4 months

Roads in Canada would never have a moments peace.

i_like_oxymorons · 4 months

Let me guess, you are Canadian?

Kijamon · 4 months

I do, I also wish there was some sort of "I don't know where I am, I'm new here, I need time and space to react" flashing lights.

No worse driving experience than being in a busy city and a car cuts up your inside to stop you getting into the lane you shortly thereafter discover you need to be in

dirtydela · 4 months

I wish there was a car horn that was polite enough to say "The light is green; go."

ironcoffin · 4 months

Or you can just drive properly and not cut people off.

Boogie_Woogie · 4 months

No, but I wish there was a way to type messages to other drivers

RightOnRed · 4 months

Or at the very least, a brown light you can put on when you're racing home to shit? I would totally move over or whatever maneuver would help in that situation.

respjrat · 4 months

i heard some story on the radio years ago about some plan to put adjustable eyebrows over the headlights on cars in japan. i still want eyebrows.

wmil · 4 months

Are you from /r/canada?

webwipe · 4 months

"In other news, Canada has now officially become the noisiest, most considerate country on the planet."

mishla · 3 months

I'd like to use the Sad Trombone, but I don't think it would go down well.

antiformio · 3 months

I don´t know if this is true, or ive been trolled by an Egyptian tour guide. I visited Egypt in 2003, and the traffic was chaotic, and few respect the law in Cairo´s traffic. I noticed that the bus driver had some weird honk combinations, and i catched 3 or 4 most used patherns. I asked the tour guide about that and he sayd that they all mean something. "get out of my way", "sorry" and a one or two more offensive ones. Im pretty sure i was trolled, but then again would some Egyptian fellow redditor clarify this issue? (sorry for my engrish.)

Skrappyross · 3 months

I want 3 horn types. A "sorry" one, a "hey wake up buddy" one and a "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING" one.

feeblemuffin · 4 months

looks like other people do, yes.

JonnyGoodfellow · 4 months

I want to invent 2 aftermarket lights that you place in he rear window, at opposite corners. The lights... let's say one purple and one orange would represent sorry and the other one thank you. They are controlled by switches inside the cockpit and whenever needed you just say 'sorry' or 'thank you'. It would be extremely cheap and a great solution to the wave which some people might take as being flipped off. I just have a lot of time on my hands.

FlightOfStairs · 4 months

There's always this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/car/d138/

CountNoAccount · 4 months

There's such a fine line between an "apologetic" sound and a "haha I just cut you off" sound.

cos · 4 months

I've often wished for an apology signal in driving, but I thought in terms of light signals rather than horns. Then I rented a car on a trip to Italy, and in the Campagna region at least, they have quite the car horn language! They're so expressive with minute differences in horn duration and volume, to communicate things like "watch out if you're on the other side of that corner and can't see me" (a really really common need!), thank you, and sorry.

MrFunnycat · 4 months

In Soviet Russia, flashing your hazard lights a couple of times constitutes gratitude or an apology.

slipperyfist · 4 months

All the time. I also wish there was a separate color for hazard lights. I see cars parked along the side of the road, and if you can only see one of the lights it looks like they have their turn signal on to come back into traffic.

throaway_acer · 4 months

It could sound like the doors in hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5MzPRa47ck&t=1m40s

[deleted] · 4 months

I was about to comment that you stole my karma...until I checked and I actually made my similar comment an hour after you did. Well done, OP.

focusing · 4 months

In asia, its common to flash your four way lights (the one where the left and right turn signal go off at the same time) as a way to say 'sorry'

Ag-E · 4 months

We always flashed our hazard lights for two clicks around here.

Flash brights = 'dude I'm waiting on you to go. Do something', alert people of police ahead, or tell them their lights are off.
Flash hazards (twice) = "sorry, I'm a hazard and I know it"
Flash brakes (twice) = "thanks" such as in someone who let you pass them.

v12spd · 4 months

Maybe a horn that goes "womp womp", like a sad trombone.

CreeDorofl · 4 months

I imagine it would sound like this. :)

8i8utterfly · 4 months

Use this instead!

puggydug · 4 months

I want a car horn that makes this noise

baboosion · 4 months

Do or do not. There is no sorry.

kingster20 · 4 months

I like to say thank you to my dad's GPS.

thedudejp · 4 months

As a Honda owner I feel like my horn is already too empathetic.

ChickenPotPi · 4 months

I remember some article that wished for this as a button that could alert the other driver. Something could be incorporated into cars that have gps or so and alert the drive that they are sorry.

myotheralt · 4 months

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

GoSTaRnE · 4 months

I've always wanted a friendly "Hey, I'm not being a pushy arse or anything; but just letting you know the lights green" horn.

ThePiderman · 4 months

Or a honk that says "Way to go!" or something.. So many oppertunities, but it's butt-fukc-impossible

dreamsofbetterdays · 4 months

Thats why I have a PA system , tell them how I really feel ;)

bokbok · 4 months

Put a PA system on your car. It's pretty simple.

ROBOT-DINOSAUR-NINJA · 4 months

I imagine the sound would be the losing sound from "the price is right"

"dum dum da dummm bwaoooom"

Ragnrok · 4 months

Can there also be a sarcastic one for when you cut someone off and wanna be a dick? It could go "wah wah waaaaaaaaah"

mr_mistoffelees · 4 months

I always feel awful if I forget to turn my brights down at night when I pass someone

fafaforza · 4 months

It's called your hand. Raise it up with all fingers extended. Either your right hand over te center console, or your left hand outside the window.

kawaiipiranha · 4 months

I hate car horns. They are just so mean sounding...

tobiariah · 4 months

It could sound like "waa-waa-waaaa... ".

Golhec · 4 months

Mouthing sorry and the usual hand lifted off the steering wheel usually will suffice.

duchovny · 4 months

ohsnipsnap · 4 months

We could start one. How about if you cut someone off and you feel sorry, you salute them. That's a pretty universal sign of respect, and if someone does it you could identify them as a redditor and all will be forgiven.

Nathim · 4 months

I've thought about the same thing but for hand symbols/gestures instead of a car horn.

unapologeticcunt · 4 months

No, fuck everyone except me

yujbot · 4 months

In Japan, they flash the hazard lights for a couple of seconds.

DaddyPenguin · 4 months

I think it would sound like a Fog Horn except it would say SORRR-RRRYY.

edit: it helps if you say it along with the sound effect.

MadCervantes · 4 months

I've said this so many times. Or at least a "polite" horn. Using a horn is like typing in all caps. It's a one note kind of tone.

HigHIdrA · 4 months

Make a SAP about this.

Haliclystus · 4 months

Adam?

Tron-Gorf · 4 months

I need an apologetic horn for when I accidentally honk.

SeaTwertle · 4 months

I just wish there was a sign I could put on the back of my car that said "Turn off your brights". I flash my brakes and it just makes them think they're tailgating me to they move back. Worse.

Calamitosity · 4 months

Man, I've wanted this so hard for years now.

stinkyp00t · 4 months

Nah. Fuck that guy.

madgeezer128 · 4 months

http://sadtrombone.com ???

molkhal · 4 months

Just give a "micro-honk" or flash your signaling light once. That's what we do here.

I-am-not-in-Guam · 4 months

I seriously want to change my horn to the sound of screeching tires and maybe even a loud crunch. That would be way more effective than a horn.

SilverEpoch2 · 4 months

"Hey-Hey Buddy I'm Really Sor-ry!"

(to the Dukes of Hazzard horn)

nikolau5 · 4 months

I use my warning flashers after something like that, and flashing highbeams to someone in oncoming traffic after you pass a cop... safe driving!!

LtMattL · 4 months

Relevant

fiddler764 · 4 months

womp womp

imfuckingawesome · 4 months

'MY BAD. MY BAD.'

allowableearth · 4 months

Nah, I have mirrors and a turn signal, so I'm good.

yellowkirby · 4 months

This could be a multi-million dollar idea. I would definitely buy a contraption that could shout out multiple phrases loudly enough for other cars to hear them.

DJWhamo · 4 months

I wish there was an "alternative" horn to let the guy in front of you know you don't mean him, but the guy in front, or two cars ahead of him.

buttersauce · 4 months

I saw a thing once with lights on the back of your car through the back windshield. One says "thank you" and the other says "sorry"

theduckman16 · 4 months

I was just thinking about having a secondary horn that yelled, "Horray!" whenever someone merged properly.

WeldingMouse · 4 months

It should be Clay Davis' SHIEEEEEET from The Wire.

BallparkBoy · 4 months

Or a "Thank You" Honk, or a "Friendly notice that the light is green"

Tig_Ole_Bitties · 4 months

in Korea, a few seconds of putting on your "caution flashers" is their way to saying i'm sorry/thanks for letting me in.

Doebino · 4 months

Go to Jamaica. Trust me. There are ALL different kinds of honks there. People drive crazy but at the same time they are polite.

Najmad · 4 months

DO NOT INVENT.

loungemouse · 4 months

All the time! I really would like a horn with tones for various occasions, such as "Hey, I'm not angry or trying to be mean, but just giving a little honk to let you know the light has turned green!" I don't notice occasionally that a light has turned because I get distracted and always assume people who honk at me are angry, but never really am when I'm doing the honking.

Also, u-turn turn signals.

thyrza · 4 months

YES- I have discussed this with a few people- I have always hated that there is a horn to warn people or to be rude but nothing to say "Excuse me". It would cut down on the road rage I am sure....maybe a Jack in the Box like bobble head on your antenna that broadcasts an apology or various other polite things? heheheh.

nickx37 · 4 months

Mine.

agentOso · 3 months

Just don't drive like an asshole, then you don't have to worry about it.

imakitty · 3 months

I've always though cars could use forward and aft facing emoticon emitters to give you more body language of sorts

VWSpeedRacer · 3 months

http://www.instantsfun.es/drama

jonas303 · 3 months

I feel like this thread is a giant mosh pit of socially awkward penguins.

aspiramedia · 3 months

In the UK the correct procedure is to hold your hand up to say sorry, then the offended person should hold their hand up to also say sorry.

timdiggerm · 3 months

No, I want a "Dumbass you a driving in the rain with your lights off. Turn them on before you fucking kill someone!" horn/sign/universal-law

TheChosenOne013 · 3 months

I can't tell you how many times I wish there was a "THERE ARE DEER AHEAD" horn. I live in an area with a LOT of deer, so when I pass a whole bunch and see a car driving in the other direction, I just hope for the best.

EDIT: Damn autocorrect.

Epoh · 3 months

I think car companies didnt put one in because most people are pricks. Not to many good guy gregs out there.

shubrick · 3 months

Not exactly, but I think having more options to communicate would reduce road rage. At least have three or four different horn honks, a soft polite one to say "hey, the light just turned green" , etc.

I mention road rage because I think if you were to not be able to talk, or just be able to use 1 sound to communicate, you rage pretty quick, sort of like people in a car.

trchili · 3 months

No, what I really want is a horn that can set off the airbags in the car tailgating me.

Timberbeast · 3 months

I've also wished we had acceleration and brake lights on the front and rear of cars like we already have brake lights on the back. So that while we are sitting at an intersection, we could see if that car coming down the road was speeding up or slowing down.

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