Cars Need Two Horns
We live in an age of distractions. When I first learned to drive (1962), the only thing that could divert my focus away from the road ahead would be that pretty young coed walking to the city pool.
But nowadays distracted driving is the leading cause of fatal car accidents, even more than drunk driving.
Less dangerously, drivers are distracted with texting and web-surfing or making calls when waiting for a light to change. When I am behind such drivers I politely wait a few seconds and then tap out a short toot of my horn, fearing that a full blast may startle them into accelerating too fast, or egg them into retaliating with an even slower passage through the intersection, or worse, it may goad them into a fit of road rage.
Tapping the usual car horn lightly does not always give off the same reliable short stream of heads-up warning.
It would be nice if car manufacturers made two horns: a ghetto blaster for emergencies such as OMG! IF YOU DON'T SWERVE YOU WILL KILL US ALL BEEEEEP! and a gentle Excuse me dear sir or madam, but I believe the light may have changed beep.
