I think the main market for these horns is guys who feel a strong need to compensate for a ahem “physical deficiency.”
Of course, I personally have no need for such horns. [(-D]
My main worry would be the weight - those things must be heavy, surely? A vehicle airhorn is one thing but those are a lot smaller than a loco horn. While I’m sorely tempted to add a vehicle-type airhorn I wouldn’t fit a train one. Rule over here is that such things are 100% legal (within the usual regs - if you sound it at 3am in a built up area you can expect trouble, but using it to wake up the idiot trying to ram you is ok) but they have to be wired via an extra switch and can’t be used in place of the standard horn (which must still be in place and in full working order)
Regarding the stereos, I always laugh when I see a “streetracer” with a stereo that doubles the weight of their car. Clearly they’ve not made the connection between their half-ton of extra weight and the fact that they can be outrun by a stock TDI Land Rover…
What is wrong with this picture? I can have loud train horns on my car but God help me if I even think about putting neon lights around my license plates or under the car. New York State is the one who needs to get a life.
As for loud stereos, I have one of them, but nobody seems to complain about the Beetles or the Beach Boys or the Doors for whatever reason.
Just curious. What is the thinking behind making neon lights under a car, etc, illegal in NY?
one word. irresponsible. maybe two-irresponsible -idiotic.
Looks cool.
I installed vehicle type air horns on my 1950 Plymouth, as my standard two horn set up just didn’t get anyone’s attention. The air horns sure do, and they’ve saved my neck on more than on occasion.
Using them to scare old folks? Boy, they better never try that here in Tennessee! Old folks in these parts carry guns, and that would be the end of THAT vehicle.[(-D]
Regard! Michaelson
In other words - real music! [:D]
What usually thoroughly tickles me about the young fellows (I can’t say as I’ve ever seen a girl with said sound system really cranking) with the big, bad stereos in their cars is how the body panels rattle when the bass kicks in. It rarely sounds encouraging, and often suggests that they may arrive at their destination with less parts on the car than when they left…
And we wonder why they can’t hear train horns…
Blowing those horns in an urban setting is twisted and mean.
These horns are meant to be heard from hundreds of feet away.
This is too much for the auditory system to handle.
Andrew F.
man some of you guys need to get a life. go find something important to get all righteously indignant about like the global aids epidemic or angelina jolie’s african water birth.
Hmm…
Two things in this thread are now on my mind.
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Distrubing the peace is disturbing the peace. All the hoopla and posturing in the previous two pages is summed up right there. The louder the sound the more expensive the citation IMHO. Make sense?
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Stories of cops either breaking things or forcing people to break things. Now I’m all for law enforcement doing a thorough job but this smacks of horrendously unprofessional behavior. The fact that it’s seemingly commonplace is apalling. I have just lost SERIOUS faith in the PD community.
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In Alabama, any noisemaking device that is used to startle, surprise, or shock other drivers is a ticketable offense. A train air horn has that effect, and yes, I’d write a ticket for it.
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Any cop that has the time (or the energy) to impound an entire vehicle, or the moxy to go and destroy personal property… well, I surely would love to have judges like they have on my side when the illegal search and seizure suits come up (and they will).
Erik
Supposedly people can confuse them with emergency vehicles. I have no idea how or why. In addition plastic coveres over the plates are illegal too bvecause the make the plate appear as a bright blur to red-light cameras. Personally I think red-light cameras should be installed on grade crossings to catch those who go around the gates.
Ahh come one now. Ive wanted an air horn for a long time, and when i get a truck, you bet ill probably put them on there. But, Im not gonna be an idiot with them “oh, lets scare that old fart in the Buick” type crap. First of all, thats just plain mean, and disrespectful, and like stated earlier , they could have a heart attack. 2nd of all, I wouldnt go blowing them in an urban invironment.
Alec
“Or the time Menendez blew his horns at the railroad crossing next to the shop: 'All these cars slammed on their brakes because they thought a train was coming. Their wheels were locking up and everything.”’
I have always thought of having a train horn on my car, parking it on some abandoned track just a little way from a railroad crossing, at night, then turning on the headlights and blasting the horn while driving toward them when somebody goes over the crossing. That would be funny to do to my enemies…make them think they’re about to be hit by a train. Of course, I would only do that to those who deserve it. Use of such horns in crowded places can very well give old timers a heart attack. As for using horns in out-of-the-way places…if it sounds beautiful, let the sweet tunes fill teh air.
yeah-a real laugh riot-only do it to those who deserve it? No further comment necessary.