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Unless there is thick fog they can just see you with their eyes.

There's security arguments for having it (i.e. confirming locking/detecting jamming) but pretending people cannot see you or otherwise hear you, but can hear a single honk isn't a realistic set of seemingly contradictory circumstances.



I have a 2006 Accord that got a lot of things like this just right.

First press: locks car and flashes hazards, with no sound.

Second press within a couple of seconds: honks horn.

If no flash and no sound: a door is open and it's refusing to lock.

Most of the time I don't annoy anyone, but when I lose it in a car park I can get it to honk at me. Why is this so hard for other manufacturers?




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