do you beep the minute the light turns red

Hi Sweetchariot, I don't actually beep myself but the more Greek I get the more I am likely to adopt the habit. Traffic lights here are really really irritating. They literally allow no more than four to five cars through before they change again. So I can understand when someone beeps if the car in front is idling instead of speeding through. Here it happens all the time at lights, it's just a way of life and beeping isn't considered to be offensive. It is also used continually when two cars pass each other and know the other driver, and often by the car overtaking you just to let you know in case you were too busy drinking coffee and chatting on your mobile to have noticed. It is also continual when someone has double parked and blocked you in. However beeping is considered rude if two cars have stopped to chat to each other and thus block the road, relax, they'll be done eventually, just don't do it at traffic lights. And remember no beeping in villages during siesta hour.

my husband waits a few seconds before he beeps but the people around here don't pay attention to the lights because they are on the phone or reading a book or putting on makeup so we have to sit through a green lite because people are not paying attention so when others beep it gets there attention .

its fine we need 2 listen for earning money!!!

Nope, I hardly ever horn unless I'm about to get into an accident. But, I come across those nuts too who horns as soon as the light turns red. It is THE MOST annoying thing, and I'm sure it irritates a lot of people also besides us. They have no other reason to do that besides: 1.) They have short patience 2.) They are bored 3.) They never had any discipline when they learned how to drive 4.) They are ignorant