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In Spain you would have to wait for 5-10 seconds without moving for anyone to honk. At least where I live. People just don't usually get angry about it. I don't expect anyone to stare at the red light like it's a race track. Maybe someone is adjusting the radio, maybe they are putting on sunglasses. I mean, I don't care, I can arrive 5 seconds later. 99% of drivers here think the same.
I once worked with a British guy here. He drove me somewhere couple of times and he would always complain at how long Spanish drivers take to start when light changes. He crashed and totaled his car soon after. Slipped on a slightly wet asphalt and went out of the road. For me it's typical that the worse drivers are the impatient ones. Just relax, it's not a race.
So I can appreciate all of this. It is not a race. I can wait 5 seconds. I think I'll give a toot at 5 seconds, because 5 seconds is legit a lot of time to not be looking where you're supposed to be. And I have lights in my town that go green for 15-20s, before going red again for 45-60s. So when you eat up 25-33% of the green signal, it's kinda rude, and so a double toot, to me, is more than appropriate.
I think that if people are getting offended by the green light time other driver are eating up it means that driving has way too high priority in their life. I mean, I get it, but it's kind of sad.