[DMCForum] Re: Horn on center pad
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[DMCForum] Re: Horn on center pad



I'm going to be interested in reading this thread (also catching up 
after three months in H*LL!) after dealing with aged FL drivers. My 
horn works and I find it easy enough, but the old bat couldn't hear 
it and she ran me off the road anyway -- all while I was right in 
front of a cop! He stopped to see if I was alright and offered to 
stop and arrest the woman. I didn't think arrest was necessary since 
neither I nor the car were injured, but she didn't hear the horn or 
see me in the driver's mirror. Ever since then I've wanted to put 
something in that gets someone's attention when you sound it. Of 
course I've been told I can't, but things change, so I keep hoping.

 

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > Bob Zilla has something for this...
> 
> Well phooey!  I heard rumor about him doing it before, so I asked 
him and
> didn't get a definite answer.
> 
> My worst experience so far was I was driving an SUV trailering two 
boats
> (PWC's).  Some lady cut in front of me, and I had to brake hard to 
avoid
> being hit.  All the while I was slapping my cruise control!  I 
learned real
> quick that the misplaced DeLorean switch was teaching me bad 
habits.  It
> reminded me of a police training course I was in years ago.  While 
under
> stress, you behave as you have practiced.  The example the 
instructor gave
> was of an officer who died in a shoot out with his hand in his 
pocket full
> of empty brass shells.  In order to keep the gun range floor clean, 
he
> always put the spent shells in his pocket.  But that last time if 
he just
> dumped the shells on the floor and speed-loaded his revolver, he 
may not
> have been found dead on the floor with his hand in his pocket.  
Well, maybe
> I'm off on a tangent, but my point is clear.  The placement of the 
DeLorean
> horn switch makes for a dangerous habit.
> 
> Before I heard of Bob Zilla's project, I was (and still am unless 
Bob makes
> his available) considering ways to at least temporarily hang a 
coiled cord
> from the wheel's center pad.  It would look like crap, but would be 
much
> safer to drive.  I don't like the idea of using a battery and RF to 
activate
> the horn, but if that's what it takes then I'm ready for it.  So 
far the
> idea I like best is drilling a small hole down the center of the 
steering
> shaft to run a wire pair.  Further down the column the hole would 
make a
> turn and stick out the side where it would attach to some brass 
rings &
> brushes.
> 
> Hey Bob, you want me to test your prototype?  You know I'm good a 
finding
> fault with everything.  :-)
> 
> Walt


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