Comments on: Dealing With Car Horns

By: Lewis

Lewis — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:49:09 +0000

Hahaha! That’d get you noticed!

By: Rob M

Rob M — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:01:29 +0000

2. Ignore it. You have no horn to beep back, but that’s fine because it’s best just to ignore anyway.

Not true.

I cycle 8 miles to work which takes me through trafford park industrial estate and into the very heart of manchester city centre. The roads are poorly configured for cyclists to share the tarmac so I’ve decided to buy an air horn for a little over a tenner.

It fits onto the handlebars and gives a 115db blast to any road users who drive dangerously. It’s as loud as those on the trams. Now we can have a voice. Although it’s such a pity there are so many ticking time bombs driving around that some people cannot wait to become aggressive when they hear it.

By: Tacky

Tacky — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:54:26 +0000

I suspect these are the same in drivers who are generally spoiling for a fight and would happily get involved in any road rage incident. I don’t think it’s necessarily a problem with cyclists they are just nutters!

Best not to take it personally but it is difficult not to.

By: David

David — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:05:38 +0000

> 3. Wave
Only problem to be aware of is that an aggressive driver may be half expecting the cyclist to make a different kind of hand gesture! Make sure your wave can’t be misinterpreted.