The automobile horn is designed for emergency use; it warns other cars of lane encroachment, or pedestrians of your presence, etc. It is NOT intended to be used in gridlocked traffic to convey your frustration and/or annoyance at the drivers in front of you.
Yet, in any urban environment you will be overwhelmed with a cacophony of bleating horns, not saying, "Look Out!" but rather "What's the hold up?" or "Come on! The light changed to green! Who cares if the lady pushing a stroller hasn't cleared the intersection! Move it!" There is simply too much horn abuse in this country.
Therefore, I propose the installation of a device in automobiles which will sense if the horn is used while the car is not making any forward progress, like gridlocked urban traffic, and if so, will deploy the driver's airbag. Right?
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