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Re: Bells horns, etc: msg#00128

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Subject: Re: Bells horns, etc

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 01:12:41AM +0200, Igor Rali? wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Quan Pham" <QPham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Richard Guy Briggs" <rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Kate Peterson" <sadie984@xxxxxxxxx>; <trikes@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 8:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [trikes] Bells horns, etc
>
> > But seriously folks, how about just yelling "W I D E T R I K E".
>
> Hmm .. what ever You do,they will just get confused, and You will run
> them over,or have to stop .. (that is my experience with a bike,with
> the trike I imagine it would be worse)
>
> I think if You use a loud horn,something more "truck like", they will
> get out of the way without thinking, and give You enough place,as they
> would think it is a truck !
>
> I must get me one of those ! :-)

If you're worried about an air zounds horn being too loud, turn down the
volume and sound it long before you reach people on the path, also
giving them lots of time to react.

> Igor

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