OMG I can't stop laughing.

Vette C6.r

I don't know if it's just me, but a guy at work told me to watch these videos and I can't stop laughing.

Something about a guy putting a train horn on his car that just cracks me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvdjOsvBXFU&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbKvHzCUKBA&feature=related

Enjoy

Vette C6.r

Make sure you turn the speaker volume up a bit.

Knucklehead

Thats funny..

inspiredsports

Funny stuff, but someone's gonna get hurt.

ben62670

That's pretty funny except I had a friend when I lived in Ft Lauderdale who did that. Embarrassing as all get out.

cheif pontiac

My Grandfather had a semi air horn on his pick up truck back in the 70's. We got some good jumps out of people in the K-mart parking lot.

Of course he got me a few times when he would come over to the house and I was out in the yard playing.

AudioGenics

freaking LOUD !

exalted512

There was a video like that where they ended up getting pulled over, officer went around to the front of the vehicle and they blasted it. Video went off before the officer even came back around...I wish we could've seen what happened after that!

My buddy had a jeep that had an on board air system for tools...and of course, train horns. We scared the **** outta people...haha. Nothing like driving between between (4) 4-story dorms separated by just enough space for a road and side walk and pulling the chain...hilarious.
-Cody

Vette C6.r

Man this just never gets old.

nguyendot

Have a guy here with one on his Fusion... You get ticketed for it. And firing one off under an underpass like that can cause hearing damage.

That said... my lawn mower has one for the hell of it

Face

I've seen these many times and they never get old.

audiobliss

I think that's about the jerkiest thing someone can do. Irritates the heck out of me to think someone would do that. Perhaps having a father with hearing issues makes me more sensitive to that, I dunno.

But at the same time I have to admit, I laughed a lot watching those videos. It was hilarious to see them jump so much, as if they were physically in danger.

Vette C6.r

I'm surprised so many people know of someone with one of them.

I looked them up, they are rather expensive.

ben62670

audiobliss wrote: »

I think that's about the jerkiest thing someone can do. Irritates the heck out of me to think someone would do that. Perhaps having a father with hearing issues makes me more sensitive to that, I dunno.

But at the same time I have to admit, I laughed a lot watching those videos. It was hilarious to see them jump so much, as if they were physically in danger.

Or someone with a heart condition....

disneyjoe7

There's something "Juvenile" about that.

audiobliss

ben62670 wrote: »

Or someone with a heart condition....

Well now we have both my parents covered!

Like I said, I thought watching their reactions was hilarious. It just really irks me to think about someone so drastically disturbing the peace in a way that could so easily adversely affect someone, rather it be ruin someone's evening (and next few days in my dad's case with his tinnitus), or something worse.

Vette C6.r

Really didn't mean to get this far into it.

Just thought it was funny from the point of view of the video taker.

Joe08867

I think it is funny as hell. sorry audiobliss if it offends but damn the guy holding the camera jumped a few times. That is just funny.

bobman1235

audiobliss wrote: »

It just really irks me to think about someone so drastically disturbing the peace in a way that could so easily adversely affect someone, rather it be ruin someone's evening (and next few days in my dad's case with his tinnitus), or something worse.

Oh c'mon, it's a half a second of noise. A good clap of thunder or a motorcycle going by would be just as bad (just not as surprising). If poor daddy's day would be ruined by that, he shouldn't be outside, at least not without earplugs.

Vette C6.r

If you look at the associated youtube videos there are tons of others on the topic.

shawn474

I was laughing out loud and actually watched no less than 10 more clips on the train horns, ferry horns, fog horns, etc. I would never put one on my truck but know a bunch of guys on the titan forum that have done it. It's all in good fun - don't really see a safety issue with it at all.

Vette C6.r

I didn't either. I just thought it was so funny, for the most part, harmless fun.

Ricardo

I don't understand. Why didn't Sal start this thread?

ryanjoachim

Vette C6.r wrote: »

...for the most part, harmless fun.

That's the problem with so many of these types of pranks...they have the ability to literally kill someone. Sure it isn't likely that someone with a bad heart will keel over and die, but it's not smart to take that chance.

When they're using the horn that close to people, there is also a good chance that they could cause damage to someone's hearing. A dangerous sound is anything that is 85 dB or higher. A normal person's voice is around 65dB. A fog horn starts at 100dB (on average), with some horns ranging from 125dB to 145dB.

I guess I just don't find it funny to take risks like that, no matter how small they might be.

bobman1235

ryanjoachim wrote: »

When they're using the horn that close to people, there is also a good chance that they could cause damage to someone's hearing.

No, there isn't. Barring HUGE trauma, hearing loss is incremental, not caused by a half a second of noise. There is next to NO chance it will damage anything, unless you're wearing your good panties when they get in a wad over stuff like this.

Seriously, some of you must just be the most joyless people on the planet. Can't you sit back and enjoy ANYTHING without worrying and fretting?

exalted512

I sat back once and tried to enjoy something. Almost killed me when I leaned back to far and the chair tipped over.

Needless to say, I don't use chairs anymore! Suggest you boys do the same. If I would've had a heart condition I would've died from fright.
-Cody

shawn474

Holy Smokes!?!?!?!?! You guys cannot be serious. Have you ever hid around a corner and jumped out to scare someone? Same rule applies to the train horn. You COULD have killed someone, in your rationale!?!?!?! Really?!? My God, take a step back and take it for what it is. Maybe a **** move and something that I probably wouldn't do, but notice that many of the people laugh when they figure out what's going wrong. I equate it to the uneven sidewalk that I trip over while walking through the city. People see me and I get mad that they laugh because I am embarassed about looking like a fool. Then I take a step back and laugh. Why? Because it's funny, even though I could have fallen and hit my head on the sidewalk and died from a brain hemorrhage.:rolleyes: Lighten up guys.

Joe08867

Wow, you guys scare me. How bad could your lives be that a practical joke or prank is over the top to you. If they were using squirt bottles full of bleach I can see being upset. It is just a loud horn. He blows the thing for like 1/2 second and you guys are talking about killing people.

I would laugh my arse off if it happened to me. And then I would sue them cause that is what we do in America. I would sue them for scaring me until I pooped and fake a heart attack and hearing loss. Whatya say

kawizx9r

Hilarious :biggrin:

ryanjoachim

These guys should be put on trial for mass attempted murder!!!! Right???!!!!

I'm an ****, it's true. Yes, they could have killed someone...it's a statistical fact.
It's also theoretically possible that the air waves from the horn could have ripped a hole in the fabric of space-time and killed us all!
Reckless ****.

shawn474

ryanjoachim wrote: »

Yes, they could have killed someone...it's a statistical fact.

If you take inventory on everything that could statistically kill you on a daily basis, you'd be in the rubber room in no time flat. You can get killed walking across the street, driving a car, flying a plane, and the list is endless. It's actually sad that the topic of death has come up in a thread started about someone honking a horn. Or maybe I am just too immature to see the light.