Horn Happy BMW Drivers

Horn Happy BMW Drivers

 

I don’t know what the reputation of Beemer drivers is your side of the pond, but over here they’re largely seen as brash and pushy: it’s the guys in a skinny wheeled 320d that will tailgate you in a rush to get past, even when you’re driving a car that’s demonstrably faster than theirs. And don’t even get me started on school run mums in their X6 with Tarquin and Annabelle on board.
Well it seems as if our suspicions are grounded in fact. A survey conducted by Onepoll for thewebuyanycar.com  website, of 2000 motorists revealed that 53 percent of BMW  drivers admit to using their horn at least once on every trip, nearly three times the national average of 18 percent.
At the other end of the scale, Nissan  drivers are the least likely to use their horn with 95 percent saying they never do or only as intended.
Other horn abusing drivers include: Jaguar  (45 percent), Fiats  (43 percent, although in Italy I suspect that figure is closer to 100 percent), Audis  (39 percent) and, surprisingly, given their wooly sock and sandal image, Saab drivers at 29 percent.
The UK’s Highway Code says that drivers should only use the horn if the car is moving to warn other road users of their presence, nor should it be sounded aggressively or in a built-up area between 11.30 pm and 7.00 am unless a fellow road user is posing a danger