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Are musical airhorns illegal to use?

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  • 01-03-2008 8:48pm
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    Run_to_da_hills
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    Are musical airhorns illegal to use? I dont hear much of them anymore. They were a big craze back in the 70ies and 80ies.


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    pa990
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    i think they died a death with the General Lee


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    Captain Slow IRL
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    They're more tasteless than illegal - there's a few gypp's around with them installed, at least you can hear them coming!


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    Del2005
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Are musical airhorns illegal to use? I dont hear much of them anymore. They were a big craze back in the 70ies and 80ies.

    Yes. Can't find legislation though. AFAIK horns can only emit a single tone not multiple tones


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    Max_Damage
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    Del2005 wrote: »
    Yes. Can't find legislation though. AFAIK horns can only emit a single tone not multiple tones

    Pfff, next they'll make cars illegal in this goddamn country. :rolleyes:


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    maidhc
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    Del2005 wrote: »
    Yes. Can't find legislation though. AFAIK horns can only emit a single tone not multiple tones

    Well that isn't right anyway, most cars have a dual tone horn.

    I suspect musical airhorns are no more illegal than Mr. Whippy.


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    Victor
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    Del2005 wrote: »
    Yes. Can't find legislation though. AFAIK horns can only emit a single tone not multiple tones
    Yep, many two-tone car alarms were illegal for years.


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    The Artist
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    lorries have em,why cant cars have em.I have them in my focus no probs so far:rolleyes:


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    Rovi
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    maidhc wrote: »
    I suspect musical airhorns are no more illegal than Mr. Whippy.
    That's reminded me of the Morecambe and Wise sketch where a police/ambulance siren goes tearing past outside the window; Eric (Morecambe) pulls back the curtain to look out and says: "He's not going to sell much ice cream going at that speed, is he?" :D


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    maidhc
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    Victor wrote: »
    Yep, many two-tone car alarms were illegal for years.

    ... but cars are fitted with them from new! e.g. The Toyota Avensis


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    The tax man
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    I want a set of these:D


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    Victor
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    maidhc wrote: »
    ... but cars are fitted with them from new! e.g. The Toyota Avensis
    "were illegal". Now no longer illegal.


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    G Luxel
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    what about those ice cream vans with the hideous sounds from a thrashed 70s tape recorder or does it sometimes sound like a mosque asking people to pray?


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    Jumpy
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    The driver theory test cds that you can buy have a question in them
    "When is it legal to use a musical horn?"

    The correct answer is "Never"


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    Atomic Pineapple
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    Jumpy wrote: »
    The driver theory test cds that you can buy have a question in them
    "When is it legal to use a musical horn?"

    The correct answer is "Never"

    yes was just going to say that.

    Musical horns are illegal, they sound crap anyway, why would you want a stupid sound coming from your car?


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    Rovi
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    I think there's some mixing up of 'dual tone' and 'alternating/variable tone' horns (aka: 'sirens') going on here.

    AFAIK, 'dual tone' refers to when two (or more) separate devices (air trumpets/electric horns/etc) are sounded together to produce a more 'musical' note than either of them on their own. This mix of high and low tones in the same 'note' is supposed to be audible over a greater range and at longer distances than single tone horns too.
    These have been legally fitted as standard to cars for decades.

    Musical horns (air or electrical) play a sequence of different notes (a 'tune', as it were :rolleyes:), which puts them into the same category as sirens, and they're viewed in the same way as blue flashing lights or 'misleading' signwriting on unauthorised vehicles.


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