They should've attended a Ride Forever course

[MVnut]

Haha, you're the one full of it. I don't even think you've been there.

We toured Italy for 6 weeks, here's an example of the research we did before going (hint, there's vehicle horns involved under Beep! Beep!): https://voomago.com/do-you-think-you...rive-in-italy/

You're a fuckwit. A 6 week tour and a website or 2 and you know it all eh?

I've ridden in Italy a fair bit in the last 15 or so years, don't think I heard a horn outside of busy city traffic. The driving habit you should have researched is 'cutting corners', that is quite common.

[Zedder]

You're a fuckwit. A 6 week tour and a website or 2 and you know it all eh?

I've ridden in Italy a fair bit in the last 15 or so years, don't think I heard a horn outside of busy city traffic. The driving habit you should have researched is 'cutting corners', that is quite common.

Where did I write that I knew it all? I wrote what we experienced while there.

[MVnut]

Where did I write that I knew it all? I wrote what we experienced while there.

Well you think you know more than someone who has lived there many years and called them a liar outright, you reference some internet links to back up your tiny first hand knowledge. "Italians sit on the horn all day every day" you were advised? ...it is called propaganda (exaggeration for the masses)......think I'll stick with the 'fuckwit' impression I quickly formed of you

[Zedder]

Well you think you know more than someone who has lived there many years and called them a liar outright, you reference some internet links to back up your tiny first hand knowledge. "Italians sit on the horn all day every day" you were advised? ...it is called propaganda (exaggeration for the masses)......think I'll stick with the 'fuckwit' impression I quickly formed of you

How do you know they live there? Where did I call them a liar?

The links were research prior to our going as stated earlier. Also, the car rental company made it clear we should do what the locals do. Were they wrong? Not in our experience.

[ellipsis]

...take that shovel from him...he is just digging a bigger hole...

[Zedder]

...take that shovel from him...he is just digging a bigger hole...

So, you don't think it's questionable that someone writes on here that they've never, "in 45 years and millions of kms", felt the need to use a vehicle horn and they're supposedly from Italy, a country well known for horn usage?

[onearmedbandit]

Oh dear...this is becoming embarrassing...

[ellipsis]

...I dont even know where my horn is these days...something to do with age, I think, or is it that I'm not Italian enough...

[onearmedbandit]

...I dont even know where my horn is these days...something to do with age, I think, or is it that I'm not Italian enough...

I was at a friends business the other day, gave one of his employees a lift to pick up a vehicle. At a set of lights the driver in front hadn't realised the lights had changed, I waited for a few seconds then gave a short beep of the horn. My friends employee, who is Indian, asked me if we only use the horn when someone has made a mistake. Apparently where he comes from in India they use their horn continually. I asked him why, he said to just let other road users know where they are. Must be bedlam.

[T.W.R]

Apparently where he comes from in India they use their horn continually. I asked him why, he said to just let other road users know where they are. Must be bedlam.

The daily grind

[Jeff Sichoe]

ok enough pics of auckland already!

[Night Falcon]

I like to give other motorists a "thank you" bleep on the horn after they've pulled over to let me go past.....but then I was raised to be polite.....unlike a lot motorcyclists on KB it seems

[rastuscat]

https://youtu.be/scFQkauImY4

Indian motorcycle examples.

[swbarnett]

I'm always too busy dealing with not crashing to bother with the horn till after.

My thumb is naturally right by the horn button. There's no extra effort or time involved to use the horn. Why not get both parties to the incident working on a solution if possible? After all, we're not riding gods, it is just slightly possible that one day we'll fuck up the avoidance manoeuvre.

Then there's a minor incident I had recently that could well have been fatal if I hadn't used my horn. A truck tapped me from behind at a stop (I was stationary) when they thought I'd gone. Without my horn they would likely have rolled over the top of me.

[awayatc]

The whole horn debate seems a bit strange to me....

You need one for your wof , so it is obviously concidered to be an essential part to safely operate your vehicle.

You may have different opinions as to when and how that horn should be used .
But I can't understand that you then wouldn't want to have the best/loudest horn available - so that when you really NEED to use it, you at least have a chance of getting heard....

Anything less is just not good enough....