Post #2540507

2026-02-23 13:33 UTC

PSA for all the non-runners out there (and, apparently, some runners too): If you’re driving in your car and see a friend of yours running on the sidewalk, please 🛑 DO NOT HONK 🛑 at them, UNLESS they are actively in danger or doing something dangerous. Car honks hit our nervous systems HARD—for good reason!—but if you’re only trying to say “hi” to us, we’re gonna be *pissed off*. Shoot them a text later saying you saw them and they looked strong. We love that 💙

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@littlemiao@babka.social 2026-02-23 16:48

@magsol@quinnwitz.house A thousand times this! I get this as a pedestrian. I hate it so much. Part of the time it is people harassing me, but then I get people telling me they saw me walking but couldn’t get my attention. If a car honks at me my first instinct is to flip it off, which I recognize isn’t safe because angering a driver isn’t in my best interest. Ugh. Just thinking about it makes me :blobcatknife:

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@regordane@mastodon.me.uk 2026-02-23 17:05

@magsol@quinnwitz.house This applies if you see a friend walking, too. If they recognise you then, sure smile and wave. But if you are driving, never assume that anyone on foot can see your face through the windscreen (mostly we can't). Horns are alarming. That's what they're for. They're not for greeting people.

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@tripleman@mastodon.social 2026-02-23 20:50

@magsol@quinnwitz.house Car horns are for emergency situations. Period.

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