train horns
#31
01-20-2008, 02:28 PM
Originally Posted by gators241987
Suppose the same situation has happened, only instead of train horns, it was a normal car horn. Normal car horns cause people to look around and see what was going on, so we should do away with horns altogether then? Is it the horns fault, or the drivers?
Yeah... who cares how loud the horn is... it's a freakin' horn!
Wow... these law makers need to get a life.
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01-20-2008, 03:00 PM
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01-20-2008, 03:12 PM
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I agree, but the train horns are so loud that they draw the attention of all of the drivers for about a block. Alot of cities have ordinances about truckers using thier air horns within the city.
In Missouri they passed the law that a horn is for emergency use only, I have seen people get pulled over for honking at friends, or honking at the slow person to leave a stop light.
I will say that if you buy something that says "for off road use only" or "for show use only" and you use it as normal and get a ticket it's your own fault and don't complain. after all, you bought it. Whether it is a train horn or light up washer nozzles ect.
In Missouri they passed the law that a horn is for emergency use only, I have seen people get pulled over for honking at friends, or honking at the slow person to leave a stop light.
I will say that if you buy something that says "for off road use only" or "for show use only" and you use it as normal and get a ticket it's your own fault and don't complain. after all, you bought it. Whether it is a train horn or light up washer nozzles ect.
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01-20-2008, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by yamaharhino
I would love to keep them but unfortunately I am 16 and I still live under the roof of my parents and they do own the truck... So they are forcing me to take them off.
He couldnt believe that it was my truck and kept saying it was daddys truck and making me feel bad and stuff.
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01-20-2008, 03:43 PM
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01-20-2008, 03:55 PM
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01-20-2008, 04:12 PM
Originally Posted by ManualF150
Pulling someone over for not breaking the law is.
I don't mean to stir the pot... but...
I find laws funny. I mean they are seriously one-way streets.
An officer can pull me over for no good reason. Yet, I can't pull one over if they are speeding though a street with no lights or siren on.
Correct me if I'm wrong... but if a cop car doesn't have his lights or siren going off and is speeding, they are just like any other car on the street and has to follow the speed limit.
I don't mean to stir the pot... but...
I find laws funny. I mean they are seriously one-way streets.
An officer can pull me over for no good reason. Yet, I can't pull one over if they are speeding though a street with no lights or siren on.
Correct me if I'm wrong... but if a cop car doesn't have his lights or siren going off and is speeding, they are just like any other car on the street and has to follow the speed limit.
The reason you cannot pull over a police car is because you are not an officer of the court charged with enforcing traffic law. One law enforcement officer can, and has, pull over another.
And yes, in certain jurisdictions, and for certain agencies, an officer is allowed to violate traffic ordinances without the use of lights and sirens, so, to answer you directly, yes you are wrong.
#40
01-20-2008, 04:18 PM
Originally Posted by OnBelay
Well, to start with, there are in many jurisdictions a law against the use fo a car horn for anything other than a "Warning Device". In the OP's case, he was not warning anyone, and was ticketed, so I find it logical to deduct that the Law Enforcement Officer alleges the OP broke a law, and cited him for the infraction.
The reason you cannot pull over a police car is because you are not an officer of the court charged with enforcing traffic law. One law enforcement officer can, and has, pull over another.
And yes, in certain jurisdictions, and for certain agencies, an officer is allowed to violate traffic ordinances without the use of lights and sirens, so, to answer you directly, yes you are wrong.
The reason you cannot pull over a police car is because you are not an officer of the court charged with enforcing traffic law. One law enforcement officer can, and has, pull over another.
And yes, in certain jurisdictions, and for certain agencies, an officer is allowed to violate traffic ordinances without the use of lights and sirens, so, to answer you directly, yes you are wrong.
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