I honk, therefore I am

When Romanian friends of his visited him in Belgium, the Brussels correspondent for the paper România Liberă Dan Alexe once more appreciated how much more important the car is in Eastern Europe than in the West: "At home you have to bring your kids to school in a Jeep. And then once you're there you either have to park half on the pavement or with one wheel on the tram line until the kids have finally got out, regardless of how many cars or trams you block. ... Why ride a bike through the city like some poor clod - like a 'loser' - when it's so enjoyable to honk your way through the strees with the music blasting as if you were in a James Bond film, or as if the street was no more than the backdrop to a video game. In our world you've got to have a car ... and you've got to honk while you're driving it. I honk, therefore I am."

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