Listen to the Horns

Based on the video, encounters with angry motorists laying on their horns cannot be entirely prevented, but riders who frequently face angry honking should self-reflect and evaluate their own riding and positioning. It is also important to distinguish between aggressive honking and short, friendly, or celebratory taps on the horn from drivers, which are harmless. If an incident or injury occurs on the road, riders must take immediate steps to protect themselves by filing an official police report, documenting all details of the event, taking photographs, and contacting an attorney. The team at Jeffrey Glassman Injury Lawyers provides assistance, highlighting that their legal professionals are riders themselves who understand these situations firsthand and offer strong support to injured riders.

Richard Fries:

Listen to the horns. Look, folks, there's nothing worse than a driver who's laying on the horn. And there's no way for me to prevent you encountering an angry motorist who's like that. But think to yourself, if every time you ride there's angry car horns, you might want to look in the mirror as to how you're riding, where you're riding. A friendly tap on the horn, no problem. A celebratory tap of the horn coming the other way, great. But if every time you ride or the people with whom you ride draws angry motorists and a lot of horns, look at what you're doing. But if you do have an incident or suffer an injury, make sure you file a report with the police. Document everything, take pictures, and contact an attorney. At Jeffrey Glassman [music] Injury Lawyers, we ride. We get it. We've been there.

We're on your side.

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