A closer look
New York City officially outlawed all non-emergency car honking with a threat of a massive three hundred and fifty dollar fine, a rule that is aggressively and universally ignored by every single driver in the metropolis. The law clearly states that your horn may only be used to warn of imminent danger, not to express profound existential rage that the delivery truck in front of you has been double-parked for ten seconds. Despite the threat of municipal fines and dozens of sternly worded signs, hitting the horn remains the primary method of interpersonal communication for Manhattan cab drivers. It serves as a beautiful daily reminder that putting a law on the books means absolutely nothing if an entire population collectively decides they are just going to be incredibly loud and angry anyway
