The menace called honking: drivers’ mindset and attitude desperately need change!

  image courtesy GEICO Dr. Shefali Batra pegs the root cause of the honking mayhem at the idea that one thinks that he or she honks at a vehicle, and not at a person… Tens of years of social and personality research have repeatedly linked honking of the horn with aggression. Added to this is the inherent thought of honking at the vehicle and perceiving the driver as a mere tool that manoeuvres it. This is equivalent to dehumanisation of the victim - a state wherein the honker sees any obstruction in their path as a hurdle that needs to […]