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  • For the last 20yrs everyone has had a fucking mobile phone, so why not call.

    Because they don't have a handsfree thing and don't want to break the law?

    Not that most uses of car horns are lawful anyway.

  • Is it illegal to use your phone when parked in a car?

    And on the hands free - their current car definitely would have come with it. Idk about their old Mazda 3, 50/50 is my guess. Plus phones have speakers.

    It's just easier to tap a horn than have the inconvenience of a brief wait or to dial a number. And they haven't considered that hooting outside one house is actually hooting outside 14 other people's homes who may not like it.

  • Is it illegal to use your phone when parked in a car?

    Probably, it is a bit of a grey area. For example it is illegal to unlock your phone and pay for your drive through McDonald's. You are probably breaking the law if the engine is running (/on for EVs and cars with stop/start).

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