Beep! Beep!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1c4QZGQw5o

Thanks George. I was hoping someone would get that reference.

Darn tootin'. And darn Clapham.

I don't particularly mind the hooter/tooter/horn - rude whichever way you say it - as long as it's not aggressive. In some countries it isn't meant that way.

I learned to drive in London in 1991, when the traffic was already bad. Because of this, I find quieter places, even the north, more stressful. London drivers, for all their faults, have very fast reactions, so you can take risks and nip in and out.

Another "Beep! Beep!" (for your American cousins):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVzICvaJ0FE

You needn't watch past 1:05, but if you do, it'll make you a Better Person.  I'ts a Chuck Jones "Roadrunner" cartoon (from 1958), unfortunately cut off about 4:30.

I have a modest suggestion to automobile manufacturers around the world: stop putting those irritating devices in cars.  Life would be so much simpler.

As it is, you're not supposed to beep your tooter (or is it toot your beeper?) until after someone has crashed into you.

And on the subject of Road Runner I just found this. I do like Chris Spedding.