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Loud Horns; was Nuisance Loads

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(snip) > For some reason the prior owner had installed two air horns under the

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hood and they were extremely powerful. When traversing the mountain roads

in

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France and Northern Italy we would use this horn frequently when

approaching

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blind curves.
> When we rounded the curve we would frequently find oncoming traffic > stopped and huddled as close to the roadside as they could get! They were > expecting some mammoth oncoming truck to appear but it was only us in the

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When I was teaching for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, we told students that there are two types of horns: (1) Puny ones (typical motorcycle horn) that someone hears ... ignores ... and continues on their way; and, (2) Loud (usually air) horns that someone hears ... immediately stops what they're doing (or doesn't pull away from that STOP sign) ... and wonders where the "truck" is .

I installed a pair of Fiamm electric horns on my last motorcycle that were louder than motorcycle-sized air horns. And I used them sparingly 'cause I didn't want to p*ss off too many cage (car) drivers. And I gave up motorcycling beFORE I had a crash. I do miss it, though, and wish there was a magic wand to make it safer.

While I appreciate our CC's air horns, I do use 'em selectively, relying on defensive driving techniques instead, and reserving the air horns for special occasions . I don't want people to hate us RVers even more than they sometimes do.

Do any of you have "regular" horns in addition to the air horns, by the way? We don't, and that surprises me. In fact, I was concerned that our coach might not pass NJ state inspection 'cause of that, but it was no problem.

Dick (& Geri) Campagna
'98 36' Intrigue #10571
Mfr: 11/97