some sort of light signal to accompany the horn?

[nolen]

When I was driving in to work this morning and stopped at an intersection, someone started blowing their horn. I and the other drivers close to me looked around but couldn't figure out who was doing it or why. The way the cars are soundproofed now makes it really hard to hear directionally and nothing obvious was going on.

I was wondering if there might be a way to make some sort of visible signal to go along with the horn so that you could tell which car was making the noise instead of having to guess. It would make it easier to figure out what the problem was and what to do to fix it (or who the jerk is in some cases). Not sure if this is a workable idea or not - I just thought it might be helpful if there is a safe way to do it.

 

[Scoutsie]

When I was driving in to work this morning and stopped at an intersection, someone started blowing their horn. I and the other drivers close to me looked around but couldn't figure out who was doing it or why. The way the cars are soundproofed now makes it really hard to hear directionally and nothing obvious was going on.

I was wondering if there might be a way to make some sort of visible signal to go along with the horn so that you could tell which car was making the noise instead of having to guess. It would make it easier to figure out what the problem was and what to do to fix it (or who the jerk is in some cases). Not sure if this is a workable idea or not - I just thought it might be helpful if there is a safe way to do it.

I’ve been wanting to have some way to communicate things like “your headlights are off” recently without flashing my high beams and tapping gently on my horn because it doesn’t seem to work. I’ve missed the message when it’s been given to me, too. I agree, I wish there was a way to safely inform drivers that they need to do something without it turning into a road rage incident or a missed opportunity.