Getting Away with Murder

A horn is a warning device, something to get someones attention. Good example is when someone trys to move over into your lane and doesn't know you are there.


On my 92 pickup I had installed a set of train horns with an air compressor. Forget the brand of horns now but they were brass and rated at 152dB @ 10feet away. They were not something sold at an autostore but 100% real three trumpet train horns and I had them hidden under the bed of the truck and wired into the steering wheel button.

After seeing how people reacted to them I decided to grow up and get rid of them. I was in my early 20s when I did that.
 
What do I get away with?

Driving slower than the majority of traffic; 45 in 55-65. We don't have a speed LIMIT in Oregon, the signs are marked speed.so drivers just keep up with the flow.

I get to pump my own gas into the Model A at least. We aren't allowed to pump fuel into our vehicles in Oregon. When I pull up to the pump the attendant sets up the machinery and looks the other way while I fill up. I can't do that im my other car.

When I stop at a four way intersection other drivers motion for me to pull away first even though it is their turn. Do they just want to watch the Model A drive by?

Almost being the cause of an accident now and again. Sometimes other drivers become so visually fixed on my car that they forget that they are in a moving vehicle. I have seen some drivers come close to running into the ditch staring at my car too long.

I'm sure I can think of other things or situations.
 
Jeff/Illinois said:
MrTube, I was at a car show this summer where some guy had a fairly nice looking '62 Impala with the hood popped open to look at the motor. A man and his VERY young son walked over to look at the car.

The owner, sitting behind the car in a lawn chair, hit a remote device that sounded these horns off into the man's ears as he bent over the fender to view the engine bay. It scared the crap out of him and the little boy.

The spectator gave the owner a real dirty look, the little boy held his hands over his ears and started crying, it was so loud it HURT your ears, and the car owner just sat there and laughed.

I thought to myself 'what a white- trash piece of sh-- that guy is'
for that un-called for stunt. Very tacky. It would have been funnier if the spectator had spun around with an object in his startlement and smacked the guy's fender. He deserved it.
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Jeff, that fool opened himself up to a lawsuit. Young peoples' ears are more sensitive to large noises, particularly behind the earlobe, and both the boy and the father could have received permanent hearing damage from that crap. He might still be sued, and if so I hope the plaintiffs prevail.
 
700rpm said:
Jeff, that fool opened himself up to a lawsuit. Young peoples' ears are more sensitive to large noises, particularly behind the earlobe, and both the boy and the father could have received permanent hearing damage from that crap. He might still be sued, and if so I hope the plaintiffs prevail.
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I would also tend to agree. When I had my train horns I had to be VERY careful to make sure no one was walking down the side of the road. I don't know wha was in the impala, but the horns I had would burst ear drums. Problem was even people in cars would get scared and of course react accordinly. Some friends of mine did a test and we found if you were following me in a car 4 cars behind you still felt the floor of the car vibrate from the horns. I also had a switch which disabled the train horns and only allowed the factory horn to blow. I ALWAYS had this in use while in public areas or state inspection.


Probably the only good that came from the horns themselves, were people I knew often wanted me to blow the horns for their kids, at a safe distance of course. Usually 200 feet away it was a comfortable volume and people laughed. However the fact it scared people rather then get their attention on the road was bad, occasionally I would get ice in the solenoid and they either wouldnt work (bad) or would stick on for 12+ seconds.

At the young age of 31 these days I realize toys like this really don't belong on the road. But a working horn IS required for safey.
 
Hmmmm, different up here driving a Model A. There are some that will run you off the road for going so slow.
To me, safety for me and my paasengers first and obey the laws best I can and pay extra attention to the road in all directions.
 
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