Air Horn gestures from little Kids (Keep tradition alive)

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by peterbilt_2005, May 20, 2019.

If in a safe area, no driver to scare would you or have you pulled the air horn for a kid?

  1. heck ya every time even in traffic!

    47.6%
  2. just a couple of toots

    46.7%
  3. I fire up the train horns

    11.4%
  4. it's not safe unless needed

    1.0%
  5. air horn what's an air horn my truck doesn't have one.(sorry Volvo)

    1.0%
  6. I was arrested and jailed for noise ordinance

    3.8%
  7. it's unprofessional to use Air Horn

    1.9%
  8. ;

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  1. freebeertomorrow

    freebeertomorrow Heavy Load Member

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    yes, ill let er rip tater chip on that air horn every time. makes my day, hell it makes my week.

    my daughter only got 3 trucks to honk in a combined 1500 mile trip. she even rolled the window down because i told her it’s hard to see in a tinted window. to say the least i was/am disappointed. i75 thru ky and tn and then i65 thru tn, ky and in.

    also about the phone - her and i had talks about that and the joke now is - i force her to be social. after 3-4 hours of us being in a car together she starts drawing and writing short stories (on paper) haha. i’m so mean
     
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  3. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

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    Yesterday ebvening, this little boy barely big enough to be on a bicycle was pedaling wide open out in front of his mother and pumping his arm wildly at me, I was afraid he would chase me down and put a whuppin on me if I didn't honk, this kid was serious. lol
     
  4. Double Dime

    Double Dime Light Load Member

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    TOOT TOOT for the CHILDRENS
     
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  5. Fold_Moiler

    Fold_Moiler Road Train Member

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    Always.

    That’s why they put them on our trucks.
     
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  6. Double Dime

    Double Dime Light Load Member

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    I'm putting 3 more horns on mine with high/low tones to make the kids smile and piss off the non tooters,;)
     
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  7. meechyaboy

    meechyaboy Heavy Load Member

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    Driving down 57 headed to Kankakee saw a black Pete moving past me with some nice horns on it and the kid in the passenger seat gave me the sign lol had to toot it... was kinda wishing they’d returned the favor
     
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  8. WiggleWagon

    WiggleWagon Light Load Member

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    Use to run a Pete with a train horn......Loved the bugged out eyes and huge smiles when the kids did that air horn thing and they got the train horn. They were like :biggrin_2551::biggrin_2554::hello1::toothy8:.

    To be fair that was usually only out in the middle of nowehere roads where there is nothing and traffic was light.... The only thing better then that is when the WHOLE family rolls by doing it. That makes me :hello1::toothy8:
     
    Last edited: Jun 21, 2019
    Reason for edit: To make Cam Roberts happy.
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  9. Intothesunset

    Intothesunset Road Train Member

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    No reason for the EPA to complain about Air horns. Just the truck they were built with.
     
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  10. Cam Roberts

    Cam Roberts Road Train Member

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    you dont have to sugar coat it to appease the sensitive donny do-rights on here dude. you rang those train horns where ever you wanted. lets be serious.
    I own a 379 and have train horns. I use those in the city if kids want to hear the horns. Hell just the other day i had a tractor trailer pull over becuase i think he thought an emergency vehicle was coming through. I lmao. THe sensivtive guys on here are the ones i see going down the road having conversations on their handsfree headsets all day and playing on their cell phone. Yes any cell phone conversation is distracted driving. I do none of that.
     
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  11. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    I don't feel bad when I use it. You try getting a super tanker full of gasoline into a station when people are blocking your entry way. You #### right I blow the horn and it gets their attention every time.

    Oh, and for the kiddies yeah every time for them if I can.
     
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