[OHPV-list] Large Horns

[Mike Porter]

Gee, Michael, I didn't know you were such a horny guy. 
 
I'll try to not honk my big brass taxi horn close by you.  
 
Cheers,
MP
 

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Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 12:57 PM
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Subject: [OHPV-list] Large Horns



One more note regarding the ride this weekend: while I was on the scenic
highway along the Sandy River, a car passed me and honked.  The person in
the car was someone I know.  I know this person was just trying to be
friendly, but I would like to say, the next time you're in a car and have
the urge to honk at a cyclist, even if you're just being friendly: don't.
Horns are made to be heard by people inside other cars.  They are
overwhelming on a bike.  It's at least startling, if not life-threatening,
to have one blast at you when you're trying to navigate between obstacles
and cars and the edge of a road.  And, as someone who rides his bike every
day in traffic, a horn that's trying to say "Hi there!" sounds exactly the
same to me as a horn hit by some half-evolved cretin trying to say "Git off
the f***in' road!" 

Only hit that thing if you have a legitimate need to get the cyclist's
attention, like a life-or-death situation.  Thank you. 

-Michael
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