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#31 (**permalink**) 16 Oct 2007, 01:06 am

Scott in SoCal wrote:
> <josh@phred.org> said in rec.autos.driving:
>
>> In article <46d5a9e9$0$17198$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net>,
>> nospam@nospam.com says...
>>>> How much would it cost to get a louder horn, and is
>>>> that even legal in the US?
>>> Get a train air horn: http://www.hornblasters.com/
>> Do check your local laws first, at first glance, I believe many of their
>> products would be illegal for use on public roads in many jurisdictions.
>
> Trains use them on public roads every day,

You have trains running around your public roads? Glad I don't live in
your neighborhood.

#32 (**permalink**) 16 Oct 2007, 09:01 am

Tony Harding <ToHard@nowhere.org> said in rec.autos.driving:

>Scott in SoCal wrote:
>> <josh@phred.org> said in rec.autos.driving:
>>
>>> In article <46d5a9e9$0$17198$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net>,
>>> nospam@nospam.com says...
>>>>> How much would it cost to get a louder horn, and is
>>>>> that even legal in the US?
>>>> Get a train air horn: http://www.hornblasters.com/
>>> Do check your local laws first, at first glance, I believe many of their
>>> products would be illegal for use on public roads in many jurisdictions.
>>
>> Trains use them on public roads every day,
>
>You have trains running around your public roads?

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#33 (**permalink**) 17 Oct 2007, 11:53 pm

Scott in SoCal wrote:
> Tony Harding <ToHard@nowhere.org> said in rec.autos.driving:
>
>> Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>> <josh@phred.org> said in rec.autos.driving:
>>>
>>>> In article <46d5a9e9$0$17198$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net>,
>>>> nospam@nospam.com says...
>>>>>> How much would it cost to get a louder horn, and is
>>>>>> that even legal in the US?
>>>>> Get a train air horn: http://www.hornblasters.com/
>>>> Do check your local laws first, at first glance, I believe many of their
>>>> products would be illegal for use on public roads in many jurisdictions.
>>> Trains use them on public roads every day,
>> You have trains running around your public roads?
>
> http://www.pentrex.com/streetdvd.html

But on tracks.

#34 (**permalink**) 18 Oct 2007, 07:54 am

Tony Harding <ToHard@nowhere.org> said in rec.autos.driving:

>Scott in SoCal wrote:
>> Tony Harding <ToHard@nowhere.org> said in rec.autos.driving:
>>
>>> Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>>> <josh@phred.org> said in rec.autos.driving:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <46d5a9e9$0$17198$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net>,
>>>>> nospam@nospam.com says...
>>>>>>> How much would it cost to get a louder horn, and is
>>>>>>> that even legal in the US?
>>>>>> Get a train air horn: http://www.hornblasters.com/
>>>>> Do check your local laws first, at first glance, I believe many of their
>>>>> products would be illegal for use on public roads in many jurisdictions.
>>>> Trains use them on public roads every day,
>>> You have trains running around your public roads?
>>
>> http://www.pentrex.com/streetdvd.html
>
>But on tracks.

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#35 (**permalink**) 18 Oct 2007, 02:37 pm

NB wrote:
> This ****ing idiot almost hit me today when she totally wasn't paying
> any attention and changed into my lane just as I was driving past
> her. I honked at her, but gotta say that my horn volume didn't seem
> all that loud. How much would it cost to get a louder horn, and is
> that even legal in the US?
>

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Some Hondas have two horns already. All we know about yours is your
probable location (USA). You can probably add a second horn if one of
yours is dead, but bumper removal is needed on most models (unknown).

'Curly'

#36 (**permalink**) 18 Oct 2007, 02:42 pm

Bert Hyman wrote:

> You could certainly get a louder horn, and it might even be legal,
> but in the long run you're better off using your reaction time the
> way you did, to get out of the way of idiots, rather than blowing
> your horn and hoping that they do the right thing in response.
>
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A lawyer once told me to always honk your horn if you're about to be in
an accident, since the testimony of bystanders would indicate you were
awake, but other driver was (clearly) oblivious, so I do !

'Curly'

#37 (**permalink**) 18 Oct 2007, 02:52 pm

On Aug 30, 7:50 am, Grumpy AuContraire <Gru...@ExtraGrumpyville.com>
wrote:
> Studemania wrote:
> > On Aug 29, 10:05 am, NB <nobuy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>This ****ing idiot almost hit me today when she totally wasn't paying
> >>any attention and changed into my lane just as I was driving past
> >>her. I honked at her, but gotta say that my horn volume didn't seem
> >>all that loud. How much would it cost to get a louder horn, and is
> >>that even legal in the US?
>
>
What is the dB rating on the first generation CRV?

#38 (**permalink**) 18 Oct 2007, 08:33 pm

josh@phred.org wrote:
> In article <46d5a9e9$0$17198$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net>,
> nospam@nospam.com says...
>>> How much would it cost to get a louder horn, and is
>>> that even legal in the US?
>> Get a train air horn: http://www.hornblasters.com/
>
> Do check your local laws first, at first glance, I believe many of their
> products would be illegal for use on public roads in many jurisdictions.

But please don't drive around blasting innocent folks like the jackasses
on the site. That's just insanely rude. It's all a big yuk-yuk to go
around scaring the shit out of people - until you get stuck in traffic
at the next light, and the pissed off pedestrians try to drag your
obnoxious ass out of the car. Wait a second while I grab a brick....

#39 (**permalink**) 18 Oct 2007, 11:14 pm

Greg Campbell wrote:
> But please don't drive around blasting innocent folks like the jackasses
> on the site. That's just insanely rude. It's all a big yuk-yuk to go
> around scaring the shit out of people - until you get stuck in traffic
> at the next light, and the pissed off pedestrians try to drag your
> obnoxious ass out of the car. Wait a second while I grab a brick....

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Truck drivers always seem to have a tire iron or hammer handy for such
situations. Honda generally keeps the tire iron will stowed. I'll bet
that has prevented a few nasty beatings :-)

'Curly'

#40 (**permalink**) 20 Oct 2007, 12:41 am

Bucky wrote:
> On Aug 29, 10:21 am, Bert Hyman <b...@iphouse.com> wrote:
>> You could certainly get a louder horn, and it might even be legal,
>> but in the long run you're better off using your reaction time the
>> way you did, to get out of the way of idiots, rather than blowing
>> your horn and hoping that they do the right thing in response.
>
> I agree. Bad drivers are bad drivers, and with a louder horn, there's
> a greater chance that they might respond to it, but I wouldn't count
> on it.

Good point, plus a point near & dear to me, you might be in a
residential area and the loud horn could wake up someone's baby, an
elderly person, someone who works nights, etc., something I wish the
bozos around here would remember once in a while (I live near a busy
intersection and some drivers just lean on their horns during morning &
evening rush hours). Oooo, what I'd give for a handy tire iron
sometimes!

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