We have a difficult situation with traffic.

[Anna232]

This is my opinion about the main problem in my city. I think some sentences are a very direct translation. I left them as they are because I wanted to know if they still could be used in English. I divided the short paragraph into sentences. I think they can be easily read now.

1. We have a difficult situation with traffic.
2. Tourists are shocked by (the) Georgian driving style. (I think "the" should be included).
3. Cars are always hooting. Or "the drivers are always hooting?"
4. The Georgian driving style is very dangeous.
5. I was involved in a car accident once.

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

Tourists are often shocked by the Georgian driving style.

And:

There is a lot of horn honking.

Or:

Drivers are constantly honking their horns.

 

[Anna232]

Try:

Tourists are often shocked by the Georgian driving style.

And:

There is a lot of horn honking.

Or:

Drivers are constantly honking their horns.

The other sentences are correct, aren't they? Why is "hooting" wrong?

 

[Tarheel]

Car horns honk. Or beep. However, I've never heard of one hooting. (People can and do hoot.)

I only commented ones I thought needed changing.

 

[5jj]

Hoot is fine in BrE:

Hoot -[intransitive, transitive] (British English) if a car horn hoots or you hoot or hoot the horn, the horn makes a loud noise

hoot verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of hoot verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

 

[Tarheel]

It doesn't mention that definition (an automobile sound) in Merriam Webster

 

[jutfrank]

The verb 'hoot' for a modern car horn doesn't feel very right to me. I can imagine an old train but not a new car. I'd even prefer 'toot' over 'hoot', though 'honk' is much better.