Unfortunately, we are only supposed to use our fun and convenient noisemaker (our horn) when absolutely necessary. We’ll have to get our kicks in some other way.

Use your horn when trying to alert or warn another driver of your presence, such as when they are backing up and may not have seen you. It is also acceptable to use your horn when you are going goose hunting and wish to imitate a mating call.

It’s easy to let your temper get the better of you when someone does something stupid (or when you’ve done something stupid but want to blame someone else to make it easier on your ego), but you must refrain from honking out of anger or to “teach someone a lesson.” Aside from the brief moment of stress relief, no good can come of this. You may tick off the wrong person, and then you could be in real trouble. Your horn won’t have your back when some maniac leaps from his car and comes at you with a bayonet. (You don’t know. Maybe he does Civil War reenactments. We’re sticking with “bayonet.”)