Hmm. What's With the Honking???

[Deborajen]

Same here on getting honked at a lot more lately. Usually it's the quick blast right when the car gets right up beside me. The car can be either passing from behind or going the other way, but it's almost always a male driver.

For some reason, a lot of men seem to think it's wildly hilarious to make a woman jump - which of course I do. -

Deb

[cosc]

Finally I can vent a little frustration about rude drivers. Vehicles that honk at me are coming from behind. It is usually a 1 or 2 seconds before they pass. Yesterday I was going up a long hill and watching my rear view mirror to see if a slow semi would give me space. No one was coming from the front so I figured -no problem. You guessed it, he didn't scoot over a inch and honked while passing. Good thing our prevailing crosswind wasn't blowing.

[Geonz]

I had a man/boy bark at me yesterday. Okay, he barked "Yes!" but the whole point was to make me jump. I'm afraid taht, without thinking, I barked "A..." right back... but happily my poor judgement didn't escalate things. I prefer not to stoop to their level...
Still, 'round here, the nicer ones are far more common.