Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-06-10
HORN ABUSED BY
SOME MOTORISTS
Sound OF Warning Is Of
Value When Approach
ing a crossrOad.

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Never before In the history Of IN
automobile has there been 30 mucl
abuse OF the automobile horn. Horn
are better sounding and more re
liable than they ever were. Jet thu
appears to be Of no advantage in re
gard to their use
Unquestionabfy motorists are be
coming a BIT vain over the noise then
horns make. because experience
shows that the horn button is always
oyerworked where cars are fhickea
and where horning Is least neces
sary. That Is because each driver Il
trying to Guido the other Some one
horns and the first thing you know
they are all doing ii. Conversely. be
cause the audience along the highway
Is so scant by comparison the horn
Is silenced. No one on the road would
jump a foot when 1t is sounded.
This. business OF burning the head
lights In daytime during a long tour
as a means of wasting some OF the
electric current so as not to overhead
the battery would be unnecessary.
The horn motor offers a means Of
wasting current, and, at the same
Tine. OF using II to good advantage.
Headlights In the daytime are useless
because their rays cannot be seen I'M
III one Is looking straight into the re-
Electors. A warning then is unneces-
sary.
Horning at all the curves, cross
roads, school houses, upon passing
other cars and before reaching the
rest Of a steep hill where another
ar may be approaching on the wrong
Tide Of the road, furnishes an excel
ent way Of not only forestallIng dam
Ige to the battery but to the whole
ar as well-not forgetting the oc
'upants.
Word Of Caution.
In horning generously, however, "A
vord of caution Is appropriate. The
areful driver never keeps his horn
lowing constantly while rounding a
urve or approaching a crossroad. To
% so would be deafening himself TO
he sound Of another horn which may
e blown as a warning to him. In
UGH cases the effect Is the same as
hough neither driver sounded a warn
lg; and the results are much more
erious, because when a driver has
iven a warning he assumes that he
is paved his way to safety and Inn
lediately puts on more steam.
When the cars suddenly appear face
, face the drivers are caught Off |
sefr guard. Their excessive surprise
Jay occasion them to act less SEN
bly, than If caught In the usual pre-
Icament as a result OF not horning
ell. The solution is to horn inter-
This matter of intermittent horn
& is OF particular value when ap-
a blind alley or a cross
,ad 10 the wake OF another car. Many
-ivers have habit Of assuming that
the driver Of the car ahead horns
a crossing that Is sufficient warn
q for both. But experience proves
at II is not The motorist coming out
the side road hears one horn and
sturally assumes there Is but one
4 coming. He proceeds TO cross the
ain road and precipitates COLI
1n.
Coming From Side Road.
The man coming on from a side
ad seldom horns because he feels
at he should give the right Of way
OF according "a law, but for safety's
ke) to the faster traffic Of the high
~. II two or more highway cars,
erefore, begin relying upon the horn
Z of the machine In the lead there
bound to be trouble sooner or later.
In the city horning Is becoming a
isance. A motorist who recently
( up over night at a downtown
tel suffered insomnia because of the
sessant horning Of cars at the cor
A mOtorist may think the pedestrian
lys no important part In his motor
!. but just the same the length
time he must wait at a crossing {
ponds largely upon how long II '
res for the pedestrian to cross. A
st Of the horn may get the pedes-
an ''traffic dizzy" and 80 proiong 1
agony. There is a time to horn
4 a time to remain silent; and It I
" requires a little headwork to I
between them. n Y