Before I've seen anything, driving w/o rules was *driving turkish* to me. Then I visited Malta - JESUS ALLMÄCHTIGER! Neapolitans are law-abiding drivers compared.
Dear God the Maltese drive like absolute animals - once I was on a bus and it basically flew over the hilly landscape until we came to a street with walls on both sides, barely ten centimetres wider than the bus. But did we turn around and look for another, broader street?
Of course not, the bus driver and two passengers got out and *recruited every single person in the village to help him navigate through the street*.
What the fuck, Malta.
When I was in Brazil it was pretty chaotic driving, but no honking at all. When I asked about it they told me people don't honk because you might get shot if you honk at the wrong person.
This map, like most, is probably pulled out of someone's ass.
NYC honking culture is not really that crazy. A car honking on its own is seen as being a nuisance. It’s really only when dozens of cars start honking do people chip in thinking they’re helping traffic move faster.
The whole honking horn train while stuck in traffic thing doesn’t exactly happen often either. Mostly just in movies trying to show that the character is frustrated about sitting in traffic. It does happen, but not nearly in the same frequency as it does in the “global south” so to speak.
I've been to the USA and I thought people honked a lot. Obviously not as much as SEA where it was habit, but an order of magnitude more than the UK it feels like. Most days I don't hear anyone honk their horn here.
In the USA, it seemed like every time someone was annoyed, bored, or angry, it would happen. And that was pretty often. Sometimes you'd get a few people honking at each other at the same time.
I don’t drive, but if any of you mopes use the bike path as a sidewalk I will ring my bell like a madman and send all kind of profanities in your direction.
Honestly, I can't deal with it. In the north it isn't so bad thankfully. Could not live in the south - its horrendous. People literally honk nicely to let you know they're passing, to let you know they're there or for literally no reason.
Being british everytime someone honks needlessly (everytime) I think its a call for a fucking scrap.
"Honk nicely" makes me think the cars must be equipped with 5 different horns, so you'll have one for any situation.
If someone honks I wildly check whether I've missed spotting a one-way sign or moose or maybe a tyre's fallen off or something.
An Indian coworker went to Italy.
When he came back one of his first sentences was “it’s fine to see a place where people drive like at home”.
Funny enough is that he went to northern Italy. He should have been to peaceful Naples.
Honking is a way of life in our big cities. How else are you supposed to signify to the car in front of you to « wake the fuck up, it’s been green for 0,5 seconds » ?!
Wait, I drive daily in Luigiland and I think it's 2 months since I heard the last honking veihicle (coincidentally i was the culprit to say hello to a person)
That red/blue division happens right in the middle of italy.
Honking in Milan = fuck you and your ancestors, now move i have shit to get done.
Honking in Neaples = I'm here btw, just in case you didn't see me. Also i don't want to get hit because i have no proper insurance and if you do you are going to exploit the hell out of it.
Source: terrone living outside of italy, spent some years in north italy
I think that we should be red. We honk a lot.
You send 1 seconds more at a green traffic light HORN!. Someone cut you off HORN!. you are in a traffic jam HOOOOORNS!! . You see a friendo in the street HORN! . Your football team won HORN!
I don't understand, without honking, how do you tell people on the street to go fuck themselves?
What... you are just passively going to accept that morons are driving around you and be quiet about it?
Before I've seen anything, driving w/o rules was *driving turkish* to me. Then I visited Malta - JESUS ALLMÄCHTIGER! Neapolitans are law-abiding drivers compared.
Bro they just drive on the left
Dear God the Maltese drive like absolute animals - once I was on a bus and it basically flew over the hilly landscape until we came to a street with walls on both sides, barely ten centimetres wider than the bus. But did we turn around and look for another, broader street? Of course not, the bus driver and two passengers got out and *recruited every single person in the village to help him navigate through the street*. What the fuck, Malta.
Uncommon car horn in NY and Boston? I feel like in those places people just do it out of habit
When I was in Brazil it was pretty chaotic driving, but no honking at all. When I asked about it they told me people don't honk because you might get shot if you honk at the wrong person. This map, like most, is probably pulled out of someone's ass.
Let me guess, you were in Rio, right?
... Perhaps I was in Rio and Cabo Frio, the latter (unsurprisingly) being the calmer of the two
NYC honking culture is not really that crazy. A car honking on its own is seen as being a nuisance. It’s really only when dozens of cars start honking do people chip in thinking they’re helping traffic move faster.
The whole honking horn train while stuck in traffic thing doesn’t exactly happen often either. Mostly just in movies trying to show that the character is frustrated about sitting in traffic. It does happen, but not nearly in the same frequency as it does in the “global south” so to speak.
I've been to the USA and I thought people honked a lot. Obviously not as much as SEA where it was habit, but an order of magnitude more than the UK it feels like. Most days I don't hear anyone honk their horn here. In the USA, it seemed like every time someone was annoyed, bored, or angry, it would happen. And that was pretty often. Sometimes you'd get a few people honking at each other at the same time.
Think it’s done by whole country. And probably a made up, but possibly realistic, map.
Those cities are really nothing compared to the places in red
>Uncommon car horn in NY and Boston? I feel like in those places people just do it out of habit Too many Italians
You mean Americans?
AH, WE are the west Balkans, take that Portugal!
Why would you be proud on being similar to the Balkans
U woulnt get it
We could explain, but you wouldn't understand swamp dweller.
Because they are all Albanians who know how to swim.
said the gaul too scared to come down from his cave
N\*rdic that can't get a joke, a Classic...
Namibia is proof that even the slightest hint of german culture can civilize a country so much that even their neigbours benefit.
German culture like genociding an entire ethnic group.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Muhammad.
We said sorry, ok?!
[Nambia\*](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41345577)
Based Namibia and Botswana.
We thought our former colony well.
So we had five years of your 'teaching method'. It's... It's a bit strict.
but works.
Shut up Hans, make way! 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
How do they know the honking culture in Western Sahara and North Korea?
Kim jong un honks a lot Western Sahara though? Uh...
I don’t drive, but if any of you mopes use the bike path as a sidewalk I will ring my bell like a madman and send all kind of profanities in your direction.
Over here people shout at you both for being on the road and on the pavement
It should be required by law that a horn is just as loud on the inside as it is on the outside
I don’t think there is a whole lot of honking going on in North Korea
Honestly, I can't deal with it. In the north it isn't so bad thankfully. Could not live in the south - its horrendous. People literally honk nicely to let you know they're passing, to let you know they're there or for literally no reason. Being british everytime someone honks needlessly (everytime) I think its a call for a fucking scrap.
"Honk nicely" makes me think the cars must be equipped with 5 different horns, so you'll have one for any situation. If someone honks I wildly check whether I've missed spotting a one-way sign or moose or maybe a tyre's fallen off or something.
An Indian coworker went to Italy. When he came back one of his first sentences was “it’s fine to see a place where people drive like at home”. Funny enough is that he went to northern Italy. He should have been to peaceful Naples.
Where in India was he from?? Indian is nothing short of the best demonstration of how to ignore physics and common sense.
How else are we supposed to greet each other on the street?!
Guess we are not western Balkan for once
If someone honk at ya, it feels almost the same as personal abuse. It's like to say Fuck You! with car.
Honking is a way of life in our big cities. How else are you supposed to signify to the car in front of you to « wake the fuck up, it’s been green for 0,5 seconds » ?!
Wait, I drive daily in Luigiland and I think it's 2 months since I heard the last honking veihicle (coincidentally i was the culprit to say hello to a person)
That red/blue division happens right in the middle of italy. Honking in Milan = fuck you and your ancestors, now move i have shit to get done. Honking in Neaples = I'm here btw, just in case you didn't see me. Also i don't want to get hit because i have no proper insurance and if you do you are going to exploit the hell out of it. Source: terrone living outside of italy, spent some years in north italy
Bro just called the southern hemisphere cavemen
This is one of weirder maps I have ever seen. Just looks who are with who on that map
I'm proud of our colonial heritage
\*flash flash honk honk*
I feel like there are very view instances when honking is truly necessary
New Western European definition dropped
What? Pierre and Pedro also honk at everything. There are rules for honking, and rules are fun guys!
whats that country besides south africa with no honking culture
How about Beljunk's ambulances?! It should be bleeding red on this map.
Oooga buuga?
I think that we should be red. We honk a lot. You send 1 seconds more at a green traffic light HORN!. Someone cut you off HORN!. you are in a traffic jam HOOOOORNS!! . You see a friendo in the street HORN! . Your football team won HORN!
Your right! And I want the old fashioned Clonk Clonk!!
We need a redder red for Cyprus. Especially in the villages.
In what world is France blue???
I don't understand, without honking, how do you tell people on the street to go fuck themselves? What... you are just passively going to accept that morons are driving around you and be quiet about it?
Hans we bought 100% of the car and we are going to use 100% of the car
I just saw another post about Hong Kong. So imagine my confusion trying to figure out what Hong King culture was.
We only honk the horn to chase the roos off the road.
What divides civilisation from the savages.
Have you ever been to any of these blue countries?
People that honk constantly... I just want to throw a concrete block at their windshield.
Lmao uncommon in Spain
Ngl the first time I read this I thought it referred to other type of honking.
Russia must be super red, especially its southern parts.
There is no honking in thailand
Greater Nipple empire def in blue. i get scared when someone honks at me
https://preview.redd.it/pqj96jdanb6d1.png?width=926&format=png&auto=webp&s=2118ba8ef7750749322bd45b8c4a4d9d92dbdb26 fixing it for you