Use Common Sense When it Comes to Train Horns For Cars

An extremely popular automobile aftermarket accessory is the train horn. It's found on just about all types of passenger vehicles including cars, trucks, and SUVs. Train horns for cars produce the same ear-numbing, shell-shocking sound that's heard from locomotives sounding their warning whistles as they approach intersections with streets all along the rail line.

Train horns for cars are available at several price points and in several size configurations. Although they are street-legal, they do require vehicle owner to have and use common sense when using them. They are a blast to use to attract attention, but your fun will come to an abrupt halt if you blow it in the middle of the night near homes where people are trying to sleep. You can be guaranteed some unhappy neighbors, and if it goes too far it could wind up instigating a noise control ordinance that ruins the fun in a lot of other ways, too.

In fact, there are many areas that already have noise ordinances in place that could result in expensive fines just for blowing your horn. Additionally, there are a growing number of quiet zones where the use of train horns for cars is strictly prohibited; and opponents continue to push to ban the use of train horns at all-either as warning devices for locomotives, or fun accessories for automotive enthusiasts.

While this situation is concerning it doesn't mean that train horns for cars have been outlawed and you can't install them any longer. However, it is a warning to use common sense so you can continue to enjoy this awesome accessory. You may want to go for a less powerful unit-you'll still get great volume, but hopefully not so much volume that neighbors will have a problem with you.