(Focus horns - gotcha. Thanks!)
I was expecting a comment like this one, and my response is that I've also considered not using the brakes to save fuel and pad wear and I never drive at night if I can avoid it, to save bulb life. Similarly I stay at home during rain, fog, snow and winds of anything over 10 mph. HOWEVER, in real life driving conditions (and it is these in which I dwell, with 20-30,000 miles of work driving per year), the three horn functions (tap, mid tone and long toot) have their uses, do they not? I never use the horn as a greeting, rebuke or expression of impatience: if it's too late to use it before x y or z happens, then it's no use using it at all, and if another driver is brain dead, Trumpet Voluntary isn't going to re-wire his neural pathways. I seem to remember many years ago French cars like the Citroen CX having "town and country" horns (shallow press of the button for a light tone and heavier press for a more robust warning) - a good compromise, but long since abandoned like so many good ideas in the automotive world.
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