train horn legality?

[TurdFerguson]

how "legal" is it to purchase, install and use trainhorns on an automobile?

there are kits made for automobiles and i was browsing around about them and was maybe looking to buy a kit but i didnt want get myself into legal trouble.

obviously using them in a way that may cause people to have an accident would be bad.

 

[TJSwoboda]

Nothing says "the light's green" like 129 decibels...

I can't answer your question for sure, but I'd be surprised if something in the New Jersey motor vehicle code didn't cover it.

--T.J.

 

[FordSVTFan]

You need to check the noise ordinance and the regulations on the allowable horn decibels in NJ.

 

[Gringo185]

Nothing says "the light's green" like 129 decibels...

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Next time you race, say it'll be on the third honk. Hit it twice with the regular horn, and on the third hit the train horn. The other guy would freak.

 

[swoosh_stang]

or hit it twice with the train horn then with normal on the third and he might not even hear it.

 

[FordSVTFan]

N.J.S.A.39:3-69. Horns and audible warning devices

Every motor vehicle except a motor-drawn vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation, give audible warning with his horn but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.

 

[LostRacer]

no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle.

So thats basically at an officers discretion. Unreasonable can be determined differently by a variety of people.

 

[Common]

I also seen them go for about 1800 dollars..(hornblasters.com)...is it really worth laying down 2k for a horn?

EDIT; def worth it IMO, rofl at this fuggin video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2OJo_FTjysU

 

[jimljr145]

For the decibal output, I'd say the only "Legal" way to have one of these is to get a Red Light / Siren Permit. Then of course, you would need to be either a Chief, or Assistant Chief, of a Fire or Rescue Department.

 

[FordSVTFan]

So thats basically at an officers discretion. Unreasonable can be determined differently by a variety of people.

Not actually, unreasonable is a legal term. It infers the "reasonable person standard." Which is determined by whether a reasonable person in the same situation would find similarly. As with any citation it is simply an allegation, so the officer's discretion is a non factor, as the person charged can either admit their complicity and plead guilty or plead not guilty and defend their actions. That is all secondary to a potential noise ordinance violation.

 

[BLK03SVT10TH]

Holy crap! Check this one out.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TiWNw0A1Ijg&mode=related&search=

 

[03SonicSnake]

Holy crap! Check this one out.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TiWNw0A1Ijg&mode=related&search=

LMAO I can just see someone with that being impatient at a red light. Espcially the second one. That's freakin hilarious!! People would be looking around for a boat with no water nearby!!