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No Constitutional Right To Honk Your Car Horn, Court Says
Reason | April 17, 2023 | Elizabeth Nolan Brown

A federal appeals court says honking isn’t First Amendment–protected activity. There’s no constitutional right to honk your car horn, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

The case involves Susan Porter, who repeatedly honked her car horn while driving past protesters in California in 2017. A deputy with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office issued Porter a ticket, saying she had violated a state law against misuse of car horns.

California isn’t alone in restricting expressive honking. 

8 Comments

  1. North of the border we don’t put up with excessive honking…Canadian geese try that…Boom…granted I had to get it into the car rather quickly and that family trying to have a picnic in the same park will never be the same..judging from the shocked looks them must have been vegans…

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      US Sun | 20 Apr 2023 | Olivia Burke

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