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During my Black Friday shopping exodus, I repeatedly witnessed one of my biggest driving pet peeves ever:

People who hold up traffic by waiting for the parking spot closest to a store's entrance.

Now, Slate has this article addressing another popular annoyance on the road.

The horn.

The writer renders the horn pretty much useless, noting that it's gone from an essential safety device to a mere accessory for aggression. An excerpt:

In theory, the horn is a safety device; it might rightly be called the world's first "collision-avoidance system." But exactly how many collisions it serves to avoid has never been clear. From its earliest days, some observers wondered whether the horn wasn't actually facilitating certain road mishaps by shifting the burden of evasion from the honker to the honkee.

While I'm sure the horn prevents a small share of mishaps, I also agree that it can be incredibly annoying under other circumstances.

Say, the guy who honks relentlessly if you don't move forward the second a light turns green.

Thoughts?