For years, motorists have ignored a city law banning them from honking their horns except in emergencies.

Besides, the argument went, one of the steadiest habits in the land of steady habits was that motorists simply ignored the 55-mile-an-hour-limit.

A MAN saw his wife and two daughters killed when a teenage motorist ignored a red traffic light, a jury heard yesterday.

But motorists should not ignore their tickets, he says, because many states keep computerized records of unpaid tickets.

"Of those, 41 could have been prevented if motorists had not ignored the traffic signal," he said.

At traffic lights around the city, with the notable exception of an intersection guarded by American tanks, motorists ignored newly functional red lights.

Many motorists ignore bus-lane markings anyway, while few traffic lights fast-gate buses.

However, many motorists will ignore the crossing and continue driving even if pedestrians are crossing it.

A city can post extra signs all over advertising the speed limit, and still motorists ignore it.

(In practice, many motorists ignore these rules, especially when traffic is light.)