actually, eating and changing the station while driving is called "driving while distracted" and it , too, is illegal.

Actually, in Oregon, there is no "violation" called "driving while distracted"; that is a colloquial phrase for the violation called "unlawful cell phone use". "Unlawful cell phone use" varies from state to state, but in most states does not cover using the iPod in a stereo, using the navigation tool, having it on speaker but still in your hand (as long as its not "to your ear") and it does not ban cell phone use by cops. Eating, changing the radio station, and talking to a person in your car ARE not covered by a specific law. You can still be ticketed but only if you are deemed "unsafe" (I.e. swerving all over the road, driving too fast or too slow, ignoring traffic control devices, etc.) which are covered by other laws entirely.

Yeah, not everybody has nerves of steel when it comes to random honking. The woman should not have been on the phone but there are better ways of handling it than scaring a "dangerous" driver. Besides, OP didn't even say she was weaving or make any indication that she was dangerous other than being on the phone. So there was no reason to show that he was disgusted by honking the horn and scaring not only someone who is "distracted" and the other drivers around them.

You do realize you're an idiot, right? Proper show of disgust: Pull off the road, call the local non-emergency police line and report a dangerous driver at the intersection of where and youareat. Laugh as they get a ticket. Improper method of showing your disgust: Honk the horn scaring her and countless other drivers. Wreck a car, endanger lives needlessly, still not actually teach anybody anything. Except not to be a honking douchenozzle.

How is the person not supposed to take of offense to you blatantly and specifically insulting them? Who were you intending to offend, the person to their left? You comment is thoughtless, careless, and counter-intuitive. I take offense and It wasn't directed at me.