Orangetxguy |
02-23-2008 01:58 PM |
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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
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Originally Posted by Darin Younce
Well I found the horn, it is sanwiched between the radiator and grill. The thing is I had the hood tilted when looking , and it was rainy so I didn't get a good look under the front. I have power to the horn , I took my horn off of my old chevy 1/2 ton and it worked . The plug in is different so I will find a horn at a auto parts store hopefully. I was told by my old instructor that I could be cited ,possibly put OOS for not having it working. I tend to disagree because I believe in sec 393.81 the safety manual only says I need "a" horn , blah, blah, blah, anyway I will fix it anyway to be sure.
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Unfortunately, whether you get sited for the lack of a city horn, is usually up to the discresion of each individual officer. Some local ordinance noise limits make air horns to loud to use...which is silly beyond comparison.
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Now Golf..you went and chopped my statement up...which changes the maening of the statement.
A citation during a DOT inspection, for an inoperable city horn, is totally up to the discression of the inspecting officer. And I am serious about the city opdinance about use of the airhorn. While you and I both know that using the airhorn is the absolute best horn to use during an emergency...John and Sally Doe, living in Suburbia could care less that we know it. All they care about is that their neighborhood is quiet, and to that end John and Sally Doe's, nationwide, petition their city councils to eliminate such noises.
I know this makes no sense, but then, I received a noise ordinance ticket in August of 1998, from a Police Officer whom worked for the city of Bellevue WA. I had to use my air horn, while making a right hand turn, and saw a group of kids come running out of the city park that was on that corner. The officer was across the street, did not see the kids running towards the street, and only heard the horn. A Judge threw it out, only because I took the time to go to court.
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