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When he tested it, the horn was heard at a restaurant up the highway in California 9.3 miles away. As the video above shows, the haunting and massive sound is a cross between a foghorn and the Tripods in 'War of the Worlds'. The driver -- surely the bane of any morning commuter -- seems to enjoy testing the horn in abandoned tunnels and on back highways. Fine with us, as long as we aren't assailed on Broadway during our lunch break. [From: TechEBlog]
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Subscribe to commentsBikini BobJul 18th 2009 7:53AM
Every time I go to California I drive my handicapped sister (who loves the mountains) up to Newcomb's Ranch Restaurant for lunch with the bikers. It's a gorgeous drive, the bikers are friendly to chat with, and the setting is marvelous (they were shooting a motion picture up there the last time we visited so we had to park at a lower lot and the crew ferried us back up to the restaurant to eat). Sure would love to hear this horn in person.
Kauai Kid
John SJul 18th 2009 8:12AM
There is a horn on the market, that sounds like a train horn. Several 18 wheelers have them.
BearJul 18th 2009 1:13PM
Yes!!! I have heard that and for a second you actually think there is a train on your tail !!!!
fastharryJul 18th 2009 8:17AM
well, that gives new meaning to 'honk if you're horny"
spdbmpJul 18th 2009 9:19AM
Personally, I believe that automobile (trucks too) horns should be just as loud on the INSIDE of the vehicle as they are on the OUTSIDE of the vehicle... it would prevent people from blaring their horn when they just don't get their way!
Bill HilserJul 18th 2009 9:22AM
My 1978 Dino Frerrari gt4 came with a double Maserati Air Horn system, and the two trumpets are REALLY LOUD! Louder than the 18-wheelers you see scooting down the highway and with a higher pitch.
It's my believe that the lower, faster, louder, and faster your car is . . . the LOUDER your air horns should be. Even if it's painted Italian Racing Red.
Watch out, here I come! -- Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba
sam & sneedJul 18th 2009 9:39AM
get me one them
s10stealthJul 18th 2009 9:49AM
I would love this for those who insist on using their cell phones while driving.
RussJul 18th 2009 9:55AM
Needs a bigger compressor. Sounds like it sometimes isn't getting enough air pressure or air volume.
deboJul 18th 2009 1:09PM
its probably the camera
classof75Jul 18th 2009 11:15AM
The sound for the flick of the car horn won't come through on my lap-top!! so her ei am watching a 'silent movie' of the worlds loudest car horn!! thanks OBAMA!!
DagiJul 22nd 2009 11:40PM
One would think that the strong vibration of the sound inside the tunnel would cause instability to the structure of the tunnel. I am not an Engineer, but having heard of so many bridges collapsing the past few years due to structural damage or weakness, I'm thinking the same could happen to a tunnel. jmho
Have a great day everyone!
pd39Jul 18th 2009 10:44AM
Can't wait for that idiot to lean on that horn next to some old man in heavy traffic and cause a heart attack so his foot can jamb down on the gas and really cause some damage.
HucklebarryusaJul 18th 2009 11:24AM
In every State of the Union there is a maximum decibel level permitted by law, the purpose behind having a WWll Navy destroyers horn in a Toyota Scion XB which takes up the entire rear seating area....is what? The air compressor that is needed to drive that thing has to be taking quite a toll off that little 4 cylinder engine...chewing up fuel like crazy. If this person were to use it with that rear hatch closed....his ear drums would be destroyed. ....Just what we all need, more noise....like there isn't enough noise already from kids with 1,500 decibel thumping speaker systems in these Toyota's. A fun little novelty item...until this person uses it out on the interstate and gets pinched by Law Enforcement....so what's the purpose. Walter Cronkite....Pleeeeease come back with real news reports!!!!!
kimmellbJul 18th 2009 12:25PM
This is what every motorcycle rider needs.
vgkflcJul 18th 2009 12:32PM
9 miles??? Yeah thats a waste
ben richardsJul 18th 2009 12:56PM
OUR STATE HAS A LOUD NOISE ORDINANCE, YET THE COPS HAVE THEIR WINDOWS UP AND TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND DON'T EVEN NOTICE. THE ORDINANCE EXEMPTS MOTORCYCLES, WHY? IF JAP BIKES CAN MUFFLE THEIR EXHAUST WHY CAN'T HARLEYS AND OTHER LOUD BIKES. A BIKER LIVES NEXT DOOR TO ME AND EACH TIME HE STARTS UP THAT P.O.S. IT SCARES THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE HE'S EXEMPT.
BearJul 18th 2009 1:14PM
That is hilarious!! And on that car--hahahaha
HarveyJul 18th 2009 1:30PM
That's just the point. Harleys don't come from the factory that loud. They have to be altered, illegally I might ad. I won't allow one in my RV park for that very reason. Why should the smallest vehicle on the road be the loudest? They have done it to themselves.
GaryJul 18th 2009 1:46PM
That's not a train horn. That's from a ship.