[Vwdiesel] Horn troubles

[Scott Kair]

>>98% of the time I use mine (or would if that particular one WOULD work)
> is to beep at someone I know.  Not to honk in traffic.  :)



> I used mine the other day to warn a daydreaming dog that he was crossing
the road in front of me. Saved me telling the owner that I ran over his dog,
and who knows what on repairs.<

    One of the times the city brought in the insurance carrier's Safety Man
for a lecture, the subject of horns came up.  The company's take was that
the time it takes to find and hit the horn can be better used for hazard
avoidance.  The exception was for animals.  Another point was that
aggressive use of horns can be considered evidence of "road rage."
    Thirty years ago, when I moved to NYC, they had just passed an
anti-noise ordinance that prohibited unnecessary use of automobile horns.  I
pulled onto an off-ramp, where traffic was stalled.  It turned out that a
cop was third in line at the light, and when the first guy didn't move fast
enough when the light changed, the second guy hit his horn.  The cop flipped
on his lights and wrote the second guy a  ticket.  When people behind
started honking at the delay, the partner just walked down the line writing
tickets.
    Fortunately, I hadn't finished unpacking yet...
    Scott Kair