Am I right or wrong?

If you did it like once, I think there is nothing wrong, it was just a way of telling the owner of the car that he was getting too close. I will probably get annoyed if you honk for me consistently without any reason. I think the guy was just in fight mood.

i wouldn't worry about it wongchoiyee, there would, after all be no point whatsoever in honking your horn after he had hit you. just throw it away and forget about it. but even if you were wrong, which you weren't, but even if you were wrong, it is still a trivial incident and not worth worrying about, and you just did the best you could in the situation. this man's aggressive response has obviously upset you, i would suggest that the reason he overreacted was because he knew he was in the wrong but wanted to blame you because he couldn't handle being wrong, so he aggressively attacked you, which is not very nice.

But, you know that the city is usually banned honk unless you find yourself in front of an imminent danger. Seems evident in your story that you've rang the horn, because you had a situation of perceived risk impact, so in my opinion you did the right thing and then you're right. If you had not rang and you'd hit the other car, the situation could have had the worst result

Oh I really find this interesting because I just finished attending driving school and is currently doing further training with the help of my uncle. Somehow, I can't blame you for your actions because it was probably a reflex act because you clearly thought it was going to hit your car. However, your mom is also right because what if the driver knew what he was doing and probably found it offensive that you pressed your horns on him. Nevertheless, I can somehow assume that this guy has a temper lol, because he easily got mad. I mean, it's just something small and shouldn't be made into a bigger issue. Lastly, if I was the driver and saw that it was a lady who honked on me, I would probably just gave you a smile or even apologize because I made your nervous :).

Hi there wong choi yee, I think as a driver for a very long time now i think you did the right thing by honking , no point in warning another person if the damage is already done that would be stupid and i think the guy that got angry with you is so i advise don't mind him probably learned driving a water buffalo.

If the guy made a mistake, then you have every right to point it out. People on the roads don't pay attention to what they are doing, and this is a hazard to others. If someone does this to me, I am going to honk. That way maybe you can jolt them to pay attention to their driving!

I don't see that there was any reason for you to honk, even if he did hit you. If he hit you you would see if there is any damage and then get his details for the insurance claim. One of the good things about driving a 4WD is that you have excellent visibility because you are up higher. Sure, he gave you a fright but that was no reason to honk him. You probably annoyed him which made him react and ask you that.

Hi! If I were you I would have probably blew the horn, too. Even if the other car didn't hit me, I would signal the horn just to let the driver know to take it easy so that he can avoid hitting my car. If the driver gets down his vehicle and asked me why I blew my horn, then I would tell him that respectfully.

I always give a small warning honk to people who are backing up too near my car. I have only one life: no need to use it just because I did not press a horn.. A 4-wheel car is not as if a bicycle was going in reverse. I agree with you.

You did what I would have done. I would have honked the horn when someone got really close to me because it serves as a warning that you are there. If you wait until after they've hit you, then it is doing no good at all to honk the horn because at that point in time the only thing that you are doing when you are honking the horn is venting your frustrations. There are many times that I can think of when I've honked the horn to warn someone that I'm there.

What? Wrong! What your mom told you is wrong. Wait until this guy hit your car then you can honk? What kind of statement is that? You should honk him a couple of times, and let him know that he not only park your spot, he also almost cause an unnecessary accident. That is what I view of it. He should apologize in front of you, and not be rude.

Thanks for sharing, i think you did nothing wrong my friend

Nope. If others hit us then we do honk, it will extremely be too late! We didn't want anything to hit us, right? So we did honk to warn them. It's simple as that. And that's my opinion.

I think you did honk to warn. Nothing wrong with it. Get over it and let those agressive (wrong) car drivers be for what they are. I assume this guy was just shocked himself since he nearly hit your car.

Sounds like you didn't do anything wrong.

I would have done the same thing...i look at it as kind of a warning in case they don't see you...I had a car a couple of weeks ago try to change into my lane - into me so I hit the horn so he didn't crash into me.

I think you just did the right thing by honking. For me, it is just a warning for him so as not to hit you. If you honk at him when he had already hit your car then what's the point? And another thing is that you did not answer him back - if you did I am guessing there will be more troubles.

if you had not honked, there was every tendency you might have been hit. so you were not wrong

I dont think that you were in the wrong at all. I would have done the same thing if i saw him about to hit me. I would want someone to do the same for me if i was about to hit them because that is a warning honk so that they now that they are about to hit something and keeps them out of having to pay any tickets or paying for any damages.

Hi~ Actually, I don't think that you were wrong. You just honk for warning. There is nothing to worry about.