Honking Dogs

I saw it happen again the other night. A dog runs across a busy street and I hear the blaring of a car horn. Which raises the question, why? Did the driver think the horn was going to deter the dog from running across? I'm thinking it would just confuse the dog, kind of like "deer in headlight". Did you think the dog went to doggie "street crossing school" and knows that you are to cross only at the light with the WALK sign? Perhaps you thought the dog had read the state's driving rules and regulations handbook.

I can guess that the driver didn't. Otherwise he would know that speed limits on city streets are posted for a reason, brakes stop cars and horns do not. Next time apply your brake first! Save the horn for the idiot who sits at the light long after it has turned green... or was that you also?