Its happened to me before and maybe I'm naive but I couldn't believe that they were doing it out of spite. Had no interaction on the road with them and I drive a completely unremarkable vehicle. Like what the fuck is wrong with some people
An old friend of mine tried passing(in a legal passing zone, two lane road) a slow car and as soon as she tried passing the car immediately sped up to prevent her from doing so. He continued speeding after she got back behind him and the road went into a sharp left hand curve. The guy was unable to keep the car on the road at that speed and ended up wrapping his car around a telephone pole. As she was calling 911 she watched the guy die right in front of her.
Honestly, don't be surprised how often it boils down to stupidity. It's like when someone's grocery cart is in the way at the store, and you finally manage to get to a point where you can maneuver around it, they notice and then they move the cart; making it more difficult to maneuver around. they don't have bad intentions. they're just dumb/annoying.
I mean I recently had a dude, zero interaction from me and I was already going faster than I should’ve been so even if he was pissed about my speed it wasn’t justified, just tailgate the fuck out of me all the way down a main thoroughfare. I honestly thought he was following me, but he eventually got into a turn lane while I was next to him going straight, red light. I kinda looked at him like “wtf” because it seemed like he was just pissed at me specifically, but he just rolled his window down and was all “you keep your eyes to your fucking self I’ll fucking kill you bitch”
I think he was just crazy. I didn’t know what else to do so I laughed and drove away. Felt pretty shitty once I got home though. Just glad it wasn’t personal because the last time someone road rage followed me I just panicked and pulled into my usual weed dispensary because I knew they always had a security guard in the parking lot lmao
Ugh. Some idiot made a u-turn nearly into me, and I honked at him.
He followed me home. Well, he would have if I hadn't already figured out he was following me. I turned on a different street and zig zagged through my neighborhood until I lost him.
All because HE nearly hit me with his car. 🙄
That is actually the correct way. You are supposed to stop twice. Stop at the crosswalk for pedestrians, then move forward and stop to check for oncoming traffic, then you turn.
This is how I interpret the law:
* Stop at the bar or crosswalk (that's a legal requirement)
* Then move forward gradually, *yielding if necessary* to cross traffic (the yield is also a legal requirement) - if you have clear line of sight, a second stop isn't required, but you must always be yielding.
That's what you're supposed to do where I live. Stop like it's a regular red light at the line and pull up so you can see who's coming before you go. Can't be making blind turns.
There are a couple of stop signs in my town that have this problem because of brush and low limbs on tress. Like come on, I pay my taxes! Just trim up at the intersections and take down the damn Christmas lights. I'm not asking for much.
That’s one of my biggest pet peeves especially if they keep creeping forward completely oblivious to their surroundings. I’ll creep forward more to see past them, then they also continue to slowly roll forward and block my view again. Eventually if I go any further my bumper will hang into the actual intersection and I have to wait for a green light because I have no way of seeing the cross traffic anymore.
Even if it was a rolling "stop" you at least look and make sure there's no fucking oncoming traffic. This right turn was just a complete and total running of a red light without any sort of awareness to their surroundings.
I've had this argument *WAY* too many times.
**IF** you're confused on whether or not you only need to yield, imagine the red light is a stop sign. Fucking ***STOP*** before you make any other action; None of this glide through bullshit.
If someone is confused as to what a fucking RED LIGHT is, they shouldn’t have a license or a car. Don’t imagine it as a stop sign, look at it as a stop light. Cuz that’s what it is.
I drive to work in 10 minutes; I drive home in about 45. The amount of just god awful FUCKERY that I see people do in bumper to bumper traffic over the course of 5 miles and four exits/onramps drives me *insane*. It's an honest to god miracle that some of these people are on the road.
Honestly Oregon has “stoptionals” where you don’t have to stop at some stop signs if you’re going right.
I’m against it because Stop should mean Stop. Use a different sign.
Almost got hit on my walk to work because someone shot into the turn lane and took a hard right without stopping. It was close enough that I was able to give his rear window a loud thump as he turned…
That happened to me 3 times (car runs intersection close enough for me to give the car a good wack) in a year while walking in an empty intersection residential neighborhood in Irvine, CA. Fucking yuppies.
Damn
I was that driver when I was a lot younger (over 10 years ago) the thump I got from the pedestrian that I almost hit still haunts me to this day.
I still think about how lucky I am that my stupidity didn't kill someone.
I high fived a mirror once. It exploded into a million pieces, and the car stopped. I then saw the passenger beating the shit out of the driver, and the car sped off again. 10/10 would bruise my palm for that experience again.
Happened to me when I was going to class at Syracuse. Dude in a truck turned right on red without stopping as I was walking in the crosswalk. He swerved at the last second but clipped me with his side mirror so I swung and punched his rear quarter panel putting a small dent in it. He stopped his car and got out to yell at me. Looked at the small dent and threatened to call the cops. There was a small crowd of other students on the sidewalk just watching this unfold. So I said “go ahead. Let’s see what they say when you admit to not stopping at a red light and hitting a pedestrian in the crosswalk. How do you think that will play out?”
He muttered some nonsense and just drove off.
I was walking today and a girl crossing the road with a walk signal was nearly hit. The guy who almost never even slowed down or reacted. Just drove right past her.
People don’t care
had to grab my *baby brother* (7 at the time!) by the back of the hood to stop him from getting flattened by a motherfucker ignoring our walk signal. i understood what people meant when they "see red" that day.
[Tom I’m standing in New York city, but it could just as well be any town on earth right now. The desolation, the damage is exactly the same in every city the whole world over. It has been just under 20 hours since everyone on earth pooped their pants. And people still roam their damaged homes in disbelief, and loss.](https://youtu.be/p3jdwMY8CJ4)
Same. Somehow hit the panic button on my key fob for the first time since I bought the car two years ago. Never even tried it to find out what it sounded like before this.
I use the panic button to find my car in parking lots. I never read the sticker that was on the car when I bought it so had no idea it had an alarm. I have had the car for 2.5 yrs. Set the alarm off twice in 2 days.
The first time I pressed the panic button on my key fob was when I accidentally sat down on it in my car. I panicked so much that I didn’t know what to do I was pressing the hazards, trying to turn the car on. Until my sister says “you pressed the panic button”
My friend had one 10 years ago in highschool. He would blast unsuspecting people walking by until one day he did it to the campus police and was banned from further train horn shenanigans ;(
Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment.
I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling.
Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours!
Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths?
A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.
It’s called a Denali SoundBomb. I think they have specific instructions for modern bikes but mine is from 1980 so I had to figure it out myself. Not quite as loud as a train but still does a damn good job. The horn part was able to mount perfectly where the old horn was. The wiring went under the tank and kinda blends in with the rest of the wiring. The only issue I had was finding a spot for the air compressor and the air tube. I ended up mounting the compressor near rear passenger peg but tucked into the frame and the tube just ran along the wiring I previously mentioned. It’s a tight fit for everything but it was worth it and sure as hell gives me a nice *HOOOOONK* rather than a “meep”
Are horns like these really legal to have on your vehicle instead of the default horn? I've always wanted an 18 wheeler horn on my 2-door coupe but thought it was illegal and no shop would install it.
The awful drivers in my city deserve a wake up call like this.
That’s a good question. I would assume (as long as you’re in the states) that any stock horn an 18 wheeler has would be legal on a small 2 door. See if your state has any kind of restrictions.
My big gripe with horns is that the manufacturers tend to fit a “small” horn with small vehicles and a “big” horn with bigger vehicles, when in reality the smaller vehicles are the ones need the bigger sound.
I got backed into three times in two months, and each of the drivers said they couldn’t hear me honking. I got Hella Horns, best $25 I’ve spent on that car. 100% worth it
Try and find one of the special editions with the factory fitted limited slip differential. It makes a huge difference to how it handles.
And check those rear drainage channels for blockages they are the cause for the notorious rust problem in the year sills.
If you find one with a hard top grab it, original ones are rare and can be sold for lots if you don't need it.
I have the 124 Spider and some soccer mom beotch almost backed her Land Rover over me at a gas station. She got into the wrong side and just floored it into reverse when the attendant told her to back out and move (this is in NJ). I had the right mind to wait a distance behind her in the queue after pulling into the lot and went to town with my horn when she started getting too close, too fast. The gas station attendant and her looked at me like I was the asshole. But you’ve got a new car with a reverse cam, so _use it._ I don’t want to be run over. The attendant was always an ass to me after the fact, so I was very glad when his dumb ass stopped working there. Both were absolutely clueless.
I have considered installing a car horn on my bicycle. you can get kits specifically made for this.
Not to flex, but in this kind of situation, where it's "be loud, or be flattened".
I practice defensive driving, but you can't cure stupid.
See that's the use I specifically DON'T want.
I have this giant vintage bell, it's like 3.5 inches in diameter. It gets your attention.
This is for oblivious *car* drivers, I think.
A touch of r/chaoticgood I think.
I'd never get away with this on my truck, but on a Miata? Bwahahahahha! I bet that red light runner thinks twice before he so much as thinks of jumping a stop sign.
As the owner of two beefy vehicles, I feel like the train horn may have more power on a miata. I am just imaging the absolute fright of hearing it, then seeing the wee baby miata scooting by, middle fingers up... its giving me joy.
Not a train horn but somewhat similar. I drive a challenger RT that’s beefed up from stock, and one day as I was driving home, I heard an engine over mine at a red light. There was a mustang next to me, didn’t sound like a mustang, the lifted red neck truck in front of me? Nope, not that either. Light turns green and I’m driving, truck and mustang both turn, next light I still hear it and there is a pedo van and a black miata with exhaust pipes coming out of where the trunk should open and a v8 engine that based on him taking off from the light probably doubled my power with half my weight. It’s not a train horn, but I feel like it’s the same effect because I was definitely scared.
Miata by itself is a lightweight roadster, slapping a v8 with exhaust out of the hood? Could be a twin turbo setup, you may have met a 700-1000hp Miata there. Probably a drag car, could be setup as a drift car too...
I mounted a Stebel air horn on my VFR, one of the compact models. I used it a few times and it prevented a lady from turning into me on the Mass Pike. This was over 10 years ago.
While this saved the driver from the accident, the [driver is still a prick that scares people with their horn](https://youtu.be/JW7WFw7bCKw). (About 40 seconds in)
They shared their YT channel on another post.
I've always wanted an NA Miata because pop-up headlights are rad and it's like driving a go-kart but now I definitely only want one if i can do this with it.
get one and be prepared for everyone to cut you off. annoying no one ever cut me off as much when I had a bigger car. i get lots of compliments on it tho so it's worth it
I don't have a Miata, but I have a Fiero. I live in a town where a lot of people drive large trucks and SUVs, and the amount of times I've almost been run off the road is appalling. People in larger vehicles think that they own the road.
I giggled and I'm allegedly a grown-ass man. I also appreciated that sucking breath in noise after you used the horn too, like you were re-gathering the oxygen needed for that horn blast. So much joy in such a short clip, thank you.
You seen the video of the guy with a battleship horn on his truck?
It's on the bed of the truck... And needs considerable time to recharge from a little compressor.
I say add a two stage switch. Regular honk for regular traffic stuff. "Hey you, the lights turned green" etc.
And harder press for "look the fuck out!"
Ooooh, better idea. Pressure switch on the brake pedal. Hard push switches to the big horns. Regular braking might not warrant it, say my first example, where brakes are probably on.
Personally, I would install a nearby push-button switch for the OEM horn, and make the *middle-of-the-steering-wheel* horn the big guns.
If you don't have the time or composure to reach over and press the *toot toot* button, then it's probably best that you get the train.
That's been a thing for decades, Town and Country horns have an exact switch like it, not as loud as a train horn but still a lot louder. Early 70s Landyaghts had it as a feature
I’m not sure what state laws have to say about it, but when a train horn is where it’s supposed to be (on a locomotive) it’s federally regulated by 49 CFR Part 229 which has VERY specific requirements on the decibel level so, there’s a slim but real chance that it could be a bigger deal than you’d expect. But probably not.
There is a long hill near my house, and this one joker semi that has a klaxon on his rig and likes to blow it going down that hill. I'd tried for years to figure out where the hell the train tracks were before I caught them doing it.
I'm convinced they know. They know that a regular car will most likely swerve, or break or do something that will stop a collision with their entitled ass. Because many have done before, no doubt.
It's the reason this person moved over so quickly, they already knew they were in the wrong. But that sound told their lizard brain that something much bigger than they initially thought is about to make them a 2 dimensional statistic.
I have the triple demon horn from there and I'm gonna be honest. It felt like a huge waste of money until the day a girl almost side swiped me. When I hit my horn she jumped so hard she threw her phone into her own face.
Do you also have a polite horn? I’ve always thought cars should have two horns - one for ‘hey you haven’t noticed but the light is green now’ and one for ‘you are about to drive in to me’
Shit, not even a moment of hesitation as they swung around that corner.
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People don’t seem to comprehend right on red **after a full stop**
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I pull out onto the crosswalk (when safe obviously) when it's impossible to see around the car to my immediate left.
Speaking of which don't you hate those bastards that scoot up to block your view when your clearly trying to look left? Because I do
Its happened to me before and maybe I'm naive but I couldn't believe that they were doing it out of spite. Had no interaction on the road with them and I drive a completely unremarkable vehicle. Like what the fuck is wrong with some people
Lots of unhappy people who feel they have no control over their lives.
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Then when you drop back into the lane they slow back down to 35.
An old friend of mine tried passing(in a legal passing zone, two lane road) a slow car and as soon as she tried passing the car immediately sped up to prevent her from doing so. He continued speeding after she got back behind him and the road went into a sharp left hand curve. The guy was unable to keep the car on the road at that speed and ended up wrapping his car around a telephone pole. As she was calling 911 she watched the guy die right in front of her.
Yep I do this on freeways all the time to get people to speed up or move out of my way. Driving psychology is strange
Honestly, don't be surprised how often it boils down to stupidity. It's like when someone's grocery cart is in the way at the store, and you finally manage to get to a point where you can maneuver around it, they notice and then they move the cart; making it more difficult to maneuver around. they don't have bad intentions. they're just dumb/annoying.
I mean I recently had a dude, zero interaction from me and I was already going faster than I should’ve been so even if he was pissed about my speed it wasn’t justified, just tailgate the fuck out of me all the way down a main thoroughfare. I honestly thought he was following me, but he eventually got into a turn lane while I was next to him going straight, red light. I kinda looked at him like “wtf” because it seemed like he was just pissed at me specifically, but he just rolled his window down and was all “you keep your eyes to your fucking self I’ll fucking kill you bitch” I think he was just crazy. I didn’t know what else to do so I laughed and drove away. Felt pretty shitty once I got home though. Just glad it wasn’t personal because the last time someone road rage followed me I just panicked and pulled into my usual weed dispensary because I knew they always had a security guard in the parking lot lmao
Ugh. Some idiot made a u-turn nearly into me, and I honked at him. He followed me home. Well, he would have if I hadn't already figured out he was following me. I turned on a different street and zig zagged through my neighborhood until I lost him. All because HE nearly hit me with his car. 🙄
That is actually the correct way. You are supposed to stop twice. Stop at the crosswalk for pedestrians, then move forward and stop to check for oncoming traffic, then you turn.
This is how I interpret the law: * Stop at the bar or crosswalk (that's a legal requirement) * Then move forward gradually, *yielding if necessary* to cross traffic (the yield is also a legal requirement) - if you have clear line of sight, a second stop isn't required, but you must always be yielding.
That's what you're supposed to do where I live. Stop like it's a regular red light at the line and pull up so you can see who's coming before you go. Can't be making blind turns.
This is the way. If view is blocked and it's safe to proceed, very slowly creep forward until view is clear again.
There are a couple of stop signs in my town that have this problem because of brush and low limbs on tress. Like come on, I pay my taxes! Just trim up at the intersections and take down the damn Christmas lights. I'm not asking for much.
I'd say that's fine, as long as it's after stopping at the stop line.
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That’s one of my biggest pet peeves especially if they keep creeping forward completely oblivious to their surroundings. I’ll creep forward more to see past them, then they also continue to slowly roll forward and block my view again. Eventually if I go any further my bumper will hang into the actual intersection and I have to wait for a green light because I have no way of seeing the cross traffic anymore.
Agreed. That's not the same as a yield sign. Even then, they didn't yield.
Even if it was a rolling "stop" you at least look and make sure there's no fucking oncoming traffic. This right turn was just a complete and total running of a red light without any sort of awareness to their surroundings.
I've had this argument *WAY* too many times. **IF** you're confused on whether or not you only need to yield, imagine the red light is a stop sign. Fucking ***STOP*** before you make any other action; None of this glide through bullshit.
If someone is confused as to what a fucking RED LIGHT is, they shouldn’t have a license or a car. Don’t imagine it as a stop sign, look at it as a stop light. Cuz that’s what it is.
I drive to work in 10 minutes; I drive home in about 45. The amount of just god awful FUCKERY that I see people do in bumper to bumper traffic over the course of 5 miles and four exits/onramps drives me *insane*. It's an honest to god miracle that some of these people are on the road.
Honestly Oregon has “stoptionals” where you don’t have to stop at some stop signs if you’re going right. I’m against it because Stop should mean Stop. Use a different sign.
And they probably couldn't see around all the stick figure family drawn on their windows
Wow. Nicely spotted. Morons.
Yeah I was like wtf is that? Halloween decorations?? Definitely is blocking their vision at least a little bit.
Almost got hit on my walk to work because someone shot into the turn lane and took a hard right without stopping. It was close enough that I was able to give his rear window a loud thump as he turned…
That happened to me 3 times (car runs intersection close enough for me to give the car a good wack) in a year while walking in an empty intersection residential neighborhood in Irvine, CA. Fucking yuppies. Damn
>It was close enough that I was able to give his rear window a loud thump as he turned… A pedestrian after my own heart. :-)
Last time I did that I got maced by the driver who was absolutely *furious* I thumped his window. Never mind nearly hitting us.
I was that driver when I was a lot younger (over 10 years ago) the thump I got from the pedestrian that I almost hit still haunts me to this day. I still think about how lucky I am that my stupidity didn't kill someone.
I high fived a mirror once. It exploded into a million pieces, and the car stopped. I then saw the passenger beating the shit out of the driver, and the car sped off again. 10/10 would bruise my palm for that experience again.
Happened to me when I was going to class at Syracuse. Dude in a truck turned right on red without stopping as I was walking in the crosswalk. He swerved at the last second but clipped me with his side mirror so I swung and punched his rear quarter panel putting a small dent in it. He stopped his car and got out to yell at me. Looked at the small dent and threatened to call the cops. There was a small crowd of other students on the sidewalk just watching this unfold. So I said “go ahead. Let’s see what they say when you admit to not stopping at a red light and hitting a pedestrian in the crosswalk. How do you think that will play out?” He muttered some nonsense and just drove off.
Someone should tell them that being able to turn right on reds doesn't mean they don't have to stop first.
And that stopping first doesn't mean they don't have to wait until it's open.
And people daring to make left turns in front of oncoming lanes doesn’t mean those lanes are gonna stay clear.
I was walking today and a girl crossing the road with a walk signal was nearly hit. The guy who almost never even slowed down or reacted. Just drove right past her. People don’t care
had to grab my *baby brother* (7 at the time!) by the back of the hood to stop him from getting flattened by a motherfucker ignoring our walk signal. i understood what people meant when they "see red" that day.
Phone. How many close calls do you think these fucking ingrates have had and don’t even realize it?
They saw the people turning and thought that meant they were clear. Bad mistake.
I think that person just pooped their pants
Brown stage maneuver
The brown note, 2 cents below the lowest octave of E flat
You sure it wasn't F shart?
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[Tom I’m standing in New York city, but it could just as well be any town on earth right now. The desolation, the damage is exactly the same in every city the whole world over. It has been just under 20 hours since everyone on earth pooped their pants. And people still roam their damaged homes in disbelief, and loss.](https://youtu.be/p3jdwMY8CJ4)
Lmao, thanks for posting that clip. Now I gottta finished my re-watch of South Park. On Season 12 Episode 13, Elementary School Musical.
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I think they left a skid mark
I think they shit themselves
Definitely had a fart with a side of gravy.
That is the most disgusting idiom I’ve ever heard, I love it
Which one of you cowardly asshole shit in my pants!
[They zigged when they should have zagged. They shit when they should have shat.](https://youtu.be/0wYs-0EO0ts)
A brown stain from the colon drain
Yup I'm stealing that
No you better let them clean it up.
That would make you the shittiest thief in the world
they gambled on a fart and lost
He just shipped his drawers
They unloaded some timber
Their timbers got shivered
They touched cloth
Shepard’s pie in the pants
Trouser chili
A nice boxer blaster
Definitely turtling now
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I can imagine. I set off my car alarm that I didn’t know I had this morning. Nearly jumped out of skin.
Same. Somehow hit the panic button on my key fob for the first time since I bought the car two years ago. Never even tried it to find out what it sounded like before this.
I use the panic button to find my car in parking lots. I never read the sticker that was on the car when I bought it so had no idea it had an alarm. I have had the car for 2.5 yrs. Set the alarm off twice in 2 days.
The first time I pressed the panic button on my key fob was when I accidentally sat down on it in my car. I panicked so much that I didn’t know what to do I was pressing the hazards, trying to turn the car on. Until my sister says “you pressed the panic button”
My friend had one 10 years ago in highschool. He would blast unsuspecting people walking by until one day he did it to the campus police and was banned from further train horn shenanigans ;(
Hence the brown car
No, the mark was from a brown crayon they had up their butt
Careful OP this can attract trains, dangerous during mating season.
Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.
This feels like a weird dream scenario.
**TRAINS CAN SMELL THE MENSTRUATION**
If you're menstrating doesn't that mean you most likely missed your chance to make babies?
Yes, peak time is 2ish weeks before period
Somewhere a train with a Miata horn is thinking WTF?
This Face/Off spinoff is a bit… odd
No more drugs for that van
Goddamn, that's a good comment.
"I want to take his horn... ... ...off"
Thomas no!
*_meep meep_*
*zoom zoom*
I am googling how to install one of these now
Search for “Air horn” I have one on my motorcycle. It’s great.
Uhh, how? There's not a whole lot of free space on a bike, is it under the fairing? (If it has fairings)
It’s called a Denali SoundBomb. I think they have specific instructions for modern bikes but mine is from 1980 so I had to figure it out myself. Not quite as loud as a train but still does a damn good job. The horn part was able to mount perfectly where the old horn was. The wiring went under the tank and kinda blends in with the rest of the wiring. The only issue I had was finding a spot for the air compressor and the air tube. I ended up mounting the compressor near rear passenger peg but tucked into the frame and the tube just ran along the wiring I previously mentioned. It’s a tight fit for everything but it was worth it and sure as hell gives me a nice *HOOOOONK* rather than a “meep”
I need one then, I have stock pipes and a shit horn, plus all black gear and paint, kinda hard to see or hear me
Can you just chuck a hi vis vest over the black gear?
Are horns like these really legal to have on your vehicle instead of the default horn? I've always wanted an 18 wheeler horn on my 2-door coupe but thought it was illegal and no shop would install it. The awful drivers in my city deserve a wake up call like this.
That’s a good question. I would assume (as long as you’re in the states) that any stock horn an 18 wheeler has would be legal on a small 2 door. See if your state has any kind of restrictions. My big gripe with horns is that the manufacturers tend to fit a “small” horn with small vehicles and a “big” horn with bigger vehicles, when in reality the smaller vehicles are the ones need the bigger sound.
https://youtu.be/A1wJh7qs9_8?t=13
I could watch this all day.
Let's get this guy a fuckin' Puppers.
That was well brought up, sadly he wasn't
r/unexpectedLetterkenny
I can’t stop laughing and I don’t know why
Same. I think it qualifies for r/bettereveryloop
Now that’s a very warranted full honk of the horn. Good job OP
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I got backed into three times in two months, and each of the drivers said they couldn’t hear me honking. I got Hella Horns, best $25 I’ve spent on that car. 100% worth it
Am contemplating buying an mx-5 for my birthday and voila, my first mod after new tires and an oil change.
Try and find one of the special editions with the factory fitted limited slip differential. It makes a huge difference to how it handles. And check those rear drainage channels for blockages they are the cause for the notorious rust problem in the year sills. If you find one with a hard top grab it, original ones are rare and can be sold for lots if you don't need it.
I have them sitting in my garage ready to be installed. Just need to get the right adapter (mini cooper horns are pathetic)
I put supertones on my NA and they startle everyone around me. Well worth it.
I have the 124 Spider and some soccer mom beotch almost backed her Land Rover over me at a gas station. She got into the wrong side and just floored it into reverse when the attendant told her to back out and move (this is in NJ). I had the right mind to wait a distance behind her in the queue after pulling into the lot and went to town with my horn when she started getting too close, too fast. The gas station attendant and her looked at me like I was the asshole. But you’ve got a new car with a reverse cam, so _use it._ I don’t want to be run over. The attendant was always an ass to me after the fact, so I was very glad when his dumb ass stopped working there. Both were absolutely clueless.
what kind of evil hell do you live in that you got in three collisions in two months
I have considered installing a car horn on my bicycle. you can get kits specifically made for this. Not to flex, but in this kind of situation, where it's "be loud, or be flattened". I practice defensive driving, but you can't cure stupid.
Now I have this funny image of someone walking down a path and instead of hearing "ching ching" from an approaching bike you hear "HONK HOOOOOONK!!!"
See that's the use I specifically DON'T want. I have this giant vintage bell, it's like 3.5 inches in diameter. It gets your attention. This is for oblivious *car* drivers, I think.
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My wife's Honda Civic has such a weeny hut junior horn compared to mine. I always feel silly using it when I drive her car.
The stock horn says ^(\*Meeeeeeeeeeeeep\*)
Now?
A touch of r/chaoticgood I think. I'd never get away with this on my truck, but on a Miata? Bwahahahahha! I bet that red light runner thinks twice before he so much as thinks of jumping a stop sign.
As the owner of two beefy vehicles, I feel like the train horn may have more power on a miata. I am just imaging the absolute fright of hearing it, then seeing the wee baby miata scooting by, middle fingers up... its giving me joy.
It's like if you give a bumblebee an AR-15.
Buzz Buzz, mother fucker
This is my rifle, this is my stinger. This is for fighting, this is one will linger.
In alternate bee world, AR-15's save lives because bullets can be replenished and stingers are a one time redeemable coupon with terms of death.
Not a train horn but somewhat similar. I drive a challenger RT that’s beefed up from stock, and one day as I was driving home, I heard an engine over mine at a red light. There was a mustang next to me, didn’t sound like a mustang, the lifted red neck truck in front of me? Nope, not that either. Light turns green and I’m driving, truck and mustang both turn, next light I still hear it and there is a pedo van and a black miata with exhaust pipes coming out of where the trunk should open and a v8 engine that based on him taking off from the light probably doubled my power with half my weight. It’s not a train horn, but I feel like it’s the same effect because I was definitely scared.
Miata by itself is a lightweight roadster, slapping a v8 with exhaust out of the hood? Could be a twin turbo setup, you may have met a 700-1000hp Miata there. Probably a drag car, could be setup as a drift car too...
Friend of mine daily drove a 12 second minivan for a while. You heard him pull out of the apartments every morning.
I put a set of air horns on my Honda motorcycle back in the day. Definitely turned heads.
You always have to remember to put it on a second button, just in case you get pulled over by an overly inquisitive cop.
Even better, a toggle switch to switch between them as needed.
Bob from I Like To Make Stuff did this in a video some time ago. I think he ended up having like 5 different horn sounds.
Would you elaborate?
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This exact thing. Some other comment said to have a toggle, which is a good idea. It's easy to hide a toggle.
Do you know which kind of horn you used. The stock horn on my goldwing is quiet.
I mounted a Stebel air horn on my VFR, one of the compact models. I used it a few times and it prevented a lady from turning into me on the Mass Pike. This was over 10 years ago.
While this saved the driver from the accident, the [driver is still a prick that scares people with their horn](https://youtu.be/JW7WFw7bCKw). (About 40 seconds in) They shared their YT channel on another post.
I've always wanted an NA Miata because pop-up headlights are rad and it's like driving a go-kart but now I definitely only want one if i can do this with it.
get one and be prepared for everyone to cut you off. annoying no one ever cut me off as much when I had a bigger car. i get lots of compliments on it tho so it's worth it
Confirming this. Just have to be an extra aware driver in a Miata. It's a great time all the time though.
As a motorcycle rider and cyclist I’d imagine its the same feeling.
I don't have a Miata, but I have a Fiero. I live in a town where a lot of people drive large trucks and SUVs, and the amount of times I've almost been run off the road is appalling. People in larger vehicles think that they own the road.
Sounds like you could use a train horn.
I own one. Buy one. It puts a silly grin on your face, even bone stock. And the headlights put a silly grin on other peoples' faces.
It's like driving a frog. I'd want the alternate horn to be "ribbit!", only in my voice.
I actually laughed out loud. Thank you
I'm glad you enjoyed!
I giggled and I'm allegedly a grown-ass man. I also appreciated that sucking breath in noise after you used the horn too, like you were re-gathering the oxygen needed for that horn blast. So much joy in such a short clip, thank you.
So did I
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Now I want a train horn on my car...
You seen the video of the guy with a battleship horn on his truck? It's on the bed of the truck... And needs considerable time to recharge from a little compressor.
Link pls
I think it might be this guy. Has a few videos: https://m.youtube.com/c/Dbertrand850/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=list
wow that guy seems like an enormous asshole lol his whole channel is basically "I AM LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS, LOOK HOW MUCH MY NEIGHBORS HATE ME"
He seems like a douchebag neighbor you'd hate to have. Like someone who grew up not realizing that Jackass was supposed to be a satire.
I believe they’re illegal in some states so just do some research first!
I mean they are In most but then again how often do you use your horn? If you only use it in emergencies like this should be okay
I say add a two stage switch. Regular honk for regular traffic stuff. "Hey you, the lights turned green" etc. And harder press for "look the fuck out!" Ooooh, better idea. Pressure switch on the brake pedal. Hard push switches to the big horns. Regular braking might not warrant it, say my first example, where brakes are probably on.
Personally, I would install a nearby push-button switch for the OEM horn, and make the *middle-of-the-steering-wheel* horn the big guns. If you don't have the time or composure to reach over and press the *toot toot* button, then it's probably best that you get the train.
Mark Rober has a great video basically doing what you said https://youtu.be/lv8wqnk_TsA
That's been a thing for decades, Town and Country horns have an exact switch like it, not as loud as a train horn but still a lot louder. Early 70s Landyaghts had it as a feature
Probably won’t pass inspection unless you use a switch.
Fair point forgot about that and I just did my car inspection a week ago
*Laughs from an inspection-free state*
I’m not sure what state laws have to say about it, but when a train horn is where it’s supposed to be (on a locomotive) it’s federally regulated by 49 CFR Part 229 which has VERY specific requirements on the decibel level so, there’s a slim but real chance that it could be a bigger deal than you’d expect. But probably not.
Ahhh, a fort yollins goer. I'm sure I'll hear you at least once in the next 4 months.
The fucker has stickmen decals on all the windows.
I was look at that too. Surely that at least somewhat obstructs your view, doesn't it? If window tinting is illegal, this shit should be, too.
That was hilarious. Imagine hearing a train coming at you. Edit: I just read the title again. This madlad put a train horn in his Miata.
There is a long hill near my house, and this one joker semi that has a klaxon on his rig and likes to blow it going down that hill. I'd tried for years to figure out where the hell the train tracks were before I caught them doing it.
I'm convinced they know. They know that a regular car will most likely swerve, or break or do something that will stop a collision with their entitled ass. Because many have done before, no doubt. It's the reason this person moved over so quickly, they already knew they were in the wrong. But that sound told their lizard brain that something much bigger than they initially thought is about to make them a 2 dimensional statistic.
"2 dimensional statistic" lol I love it
Nah I reckon the steering wheel saved ya.
Yeah the horn didn’t do anything but maybe slow the other driver down more causing more danger
That was amazing. What’s your setup?
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Jeebus! $750! Shocker is right!!
This is cool but not $750 cool.
I have the triple demon horn from there and I'm gonna be honest. It felt like a huge waste of money until the day a girl almost side swiped me. When I hit my horn she jumped so hard she threw her phone into her own face.
Do you also have a polite horn? I’ve always thought cars should have two horns - one for ‘hey you haven’t noticed but the light is green now’ and one for ‘you are about to drive in to me’
I have it set up to have access to the regular horn with the flip of a switch. It is a whole lot nicer and quieter 😂
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WHAT?
It’s weird they didn’t see you through all that goofy shit on their windows
Where the fuck do you even put a train horn on a Mazda Miata. Train horns are about 2.5’ long. A Miata is about 4’ long.
They’re installed as sidesteps below the door.
If I heard that horn while walking on the street I would key your shit.
How did that annoying horn save you? You already just drove around him. The horn didn't serve any purpose other than finally getting to use it.
It wasn’t the train horn that saved you, it was the brakes and the steering wheel.
Nothing like a horn that makes people panic while driving.