When I lived in Beirut, the hardest thing for me to get used to was the way people behaved when driving a car. It was as though the horn was an acceptable substitute for the brakes. A colleague of mine explained, "Everyone drives as though the street was a gift from his father." It turns out, though, that a lot of the horn use was very short taps letting pedestrians know that there was a car behind them (people walked in the road often because of very narrow or obstructed sidewalks), or to warn people that a car was coming when approaching a blind intersection (narrow roads, no traffic lights). The first couple of months there I was really jumpy, I heard horns and always thought I was going to be hit by a cab. Eventually I came to appreciate it and understand it as a courtesy of sorts. Now I'm back in Brooklyn biking around and I get annoyed that cars DON'T give me a tap or two before passing me.

On the other hand, Beirut is the only place that I've ever been honked at as a pedestrian by guy driving on the sidewalk telling me to get the hell out of his way.

It's true that 95% of honks are after the fact but there are a few cases where it's useful. Maybe you hit a patch of ice and lose all control, maybe the person in front of is slow to move on a green light, maybe you need to signal your presence to your friend that you're picking up, etc.

Sorry, Louis. Honking is often legitimate. For instance, when the person just ahead of you in the next lane decides to change into your lane and obviously doesn't know you are there. Maybe you're in their blind spot, maybe they didn't check their mirrors, maybe they're on their cell and oblivious to the world. The point is that the honk lets them know you are there and saves you from dangerously swerving or slamming on the brakes.

But i probably most frequently use the horn to honk at stupid animals that are gonna get hit. Neighborhood dogs and cats. Idiotic deer. Or other would-be roadkill...

>> ^youdiejoe:

I can see the meme coming with Dukes Of Hazard theme music and the General Lee horn honk as he launches into the air. In fact.... give me a few minutes.


that is literally the first thing i thought of. same as the lady launching over the DFW toll station... this video needs the General Lee horn.

I can see the meme coming with Dukes Of Hazard theme music and the General Lee horn honk as he launches into the air. In fact.... give me a few minutes.

OUCH! The kid survived, had some sort of something sitting on his shoulder that morning.

I can see the meme coming though...with Dukes Of Hazard theme music and the General Lee horn honk as he launches into the air.

>> ^bamdrew:

... hmm, I always imagined they had security cameras at Best Buy.

... also,... Conan is awesome.


They do, however, I won't go into full details on how the security works, but there's usually the guy who greets you on the way in. He's got a monitor infront of him with all the cameras in the store on a 4-split screen. They can put whichever camera they want into one of those slots and are able to control its movement so it can watch up and down isles.. Sometimes if someone went out of view, they'd call a code, been ages, can't remember what it is, but it's to make all the employees go to hot spots, and in our store, blow a clown "Honk Honk" horn.

The horns were placed in strategic areas the camera couldn't see well, so it would essentially sound "fun" while at the same time get employees to cover areas where something was potentially going on. However, they'd sometimes slip up, especially in the CD dept. because since they're the cheapest item in the store, they're not high on priority.

Once anyone, but for continuing the story, we'll use me, found a wrapper of a movie or CD, you take it to the front of the store to the "greeter" and they log the time as to go over that part of the cam footage later, and try to catch the person should they come in again.

However, my manager didn't care about watching the footage, and just used those kinds of excuses to keep the less qualified person on instead of me.

Dude seemed actually annoyed that a car had the temerity to honk at him at the end.

upvote because at 55 seconds the train going through town honked its horn and completed the video.

>> ^Deano:

I've seen Sexy Beast but what on earth is Ben Kingsley saying at 8:14?
"You're the problem - you're the fucking problem you fucking Dr. White (tampon) honking (big) jam rag (tampon) hunking (big) spunk bubble (condom)."

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>> ^Ryjkyj:

That's total bullshit. Cops are allowed to do things during the course of their job that the average citizen is not.
Try pulling someone over with your car today. Really yell at them and honk your horn like crazy and see if they pull over. Then, when they don't, perform a nice PIT maneuver with your car. After all, cops are allowed to do it right? So shouldn't you?
Or how about this: Try carrying around a loaded, fully-automatic assault rifle. If anyone screws with you, tell them that SWAT team members are allowed to carry them, so you should be allowed to as well. Sound like crazy talk? It is.
How is this for a double-standard: if a cop sees someone committing a crime, they are required by law to stop it. Whereas you, a normal citizen, is not required by law to do anything. Is that unfair? Or is that because stopping criminals is part of a cop's job description?
Cops are allowed to do things that normal citizens are not. They can put up barricades. They can direct traffic. They can use "police only" radio channels.
It seems to me like this is equivalent to walking into a hospital and saying, "I'd like to perform some brain surgery, and if you don't let me, you're holding me and the actual brain surgeon up to different standards!" But they're not holding you up to different standards at all. Almost anyone can go to school to become a brain surgeon. But the school part is a requirement to actually practicing the work.
In the same way, almost anyone can go to a police academy or other training school and become a cop. So it's not a double-standard, it's two separate roles that individuals play in a society. Roles that are established by that same society. It's not that complicated.
Again, if the cop was using an illegal space to park in while he went and got a tic-tac or something, I could see the argument. But this isn't even an argument. It's crazy talk.


Cops are allowed to do break the law only in the case of an emergency.

A citizen is not afforded the lawful power to stop someone from moving freely on the street, or in the commission of a misdemeanor, or felony.

When was the last time you saw Special Weapons and Tactics carrying around fully automatic weapons on a beat, or a QRT for that matter? No, they cannot just walk around with their fully automatic weapons while patrolling. That argument is bogus. Force proportion. A peace officer does not need an M-4 to perform a traffic stop.

Cops are allowed the erect barricades only in case of emergency. Traffic redirection is case of emergency or special occasion, funerals and the like. In some cases officers have the legal authority to setup checkpoints for license and registration checks. That's been argued that they cannot do that because it hinders freedom of movement, and the police didn't have a legal reason to stop. Other than to check if someone committed an offense.

You will find that police only radio channels are often encrypted, because the public can listen to them, and hijack them. Which is illegal and those laws are enforced by the FCC.

Your argument above has many sections I would say are crazy talk. The video producer's argument is simply stating if a officer who is at rest and is illegally parked he or she is violating the same law he or she is sworn to uphold. There is a reason that area is illegal to park in; fire hydrants, bus-stops, bicycle path, or whatever reason the municipality decided citizens can't park there. What is the officer doing? The exact same thing a citizen would be doing, except he has a different hat on.

This has been argued over and over. The only time an officer can lawfully break the law is in case of emergency. It's the same case when an officer is speeding without his or her lights and sirens active. The only time anything ever gets done to stop unlawful activity is when someone raises the red flags, otherwise it will continue.

Whether the producer's a douche or not is beside the base argument of this video.

That's total bullshit. Cops are allowed to do things during the course of their job that the average citizen is not.

Try pulling someone over with your car today. Really yell at them and honk your horn like crazy and see if they pull over. Then, when they don't, perform a nice PIT maneuver with your car. After all, cops are allowed to do it right? So shouldn't you?

Or how about this: Try carrying around a loaded, fully-automatic assault rifle. If anyone screws with you, tell them that SWAT team members are allowed to carry them, so you should be allowed to as well. Sound like crazy talk? It is.

How is this for a double-standard: if a cop sees someone committing a crime, they are required by law to stop it. Whereas you, a normal citizen, is not required by law to do anything. Is that unfair? Or is that because stopping criminals is part of a cop's job description?

Cops are allowed to do things that normal citizens are not. They can put up barricades. They can direct traffic. They can use "police only" radio channels.

It seems to me like this is equivalent to walking into a hospital and saying, "I'd like to perform some brain surgery, and if you don't let me, you're holding me and the actual brain surgeon up to different standards!" But they're not holding you up to different standards at all. Almost anyone can go to school to become a brain surgeon. But the school part is a requirement to actually practicing the work.

In the same way, almost anyone can go to a police academy or other training school and become a cop. So it's not a double-standard, it's two separate roles that individuals play in a society. Roles that are established by that same society. It's not that complicated.

Again, if the cop was using an illegal space to park in while he went and got a tic-tac or something, I could see the argument. But this isn't even an argument. It's crazy talk.