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Botto 82 
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2015,6:40 pm |
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You live by the tracks, you get what you get. What's next? Advising the cops to clamp down on Harleys and jake-braking trucks for noise ordinance violations?
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Posted on: Sep. 08 2015,1:36 am |
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I don't live by tracks but have had a couple friends complain, and I've heard the Union Pacific insane horn blowing and if I lived near a track I'd call my councilman everyday until they change their behavior. We closed roads and put gates in to cut down on the horn blowing and it's gotten worse.
Also what good is blowing a horn if someone is trying to commit suicide, is the horn going to change their mind and get them off the tracks?
If you haven't heard it go sit down by the intersection and listen for yourself, there's really no excuse for the amount they blow them.
And SB, if you blew your horn to get me to move out of a lane I was legally in I'd keep you in that lane for as long as I could, and wouldn't hesitate to call the police for illegal use of a horn.
QUOTE 2015 Minnesota Statutes Resources Search Minnesota Statutes About Minnesota Statutes 2015 Statutes New, Amended or Repealed 2015 Statutes Topics (Index) Chapter 169 Table of Sections Full Chapter Text Section 169.68 Version List Topics Bicycles Emergency Vehicles Horns Law Enforcement Agencies Motor Vehicles Peace Officers Whistles Recent History 2013 169.68 Amended 2013 c 127 s 41 2000 169.68 Amended 2000 c 426 s 26 169.68 HORN, SIREN. (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway must be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet. However, the horn or other warning device must not emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation, give audible warning with the horn, but shall not otherwise use the horn when upon a highway.https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=169.68
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Botto 82
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Posted on: Sep. 08 2015,2:09 am |
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Hey, I'm okay with fixing the problem, if they are indeed being overzealous with the horn, but why is it Harleys get a free pass? I find those things damn annoying, especially at night. That whole "loud pipes save lives" crap is just that. I lost a muffler on Frank Avenue going through some deep snow one night, and the 5-0 was on me in minutes. You never hear of that happening to bikers.
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Posted on: Sep. 08 2015,5:49 am |
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(Botto 82 @ Sep. 08 2015,2:09 am)
QUOTE Hey, I'm okay with fixing the problem, if they are indeed being overzealous with the horn, but why is it Harleys get a free pass? I find those things damn annoying, especially at night. That whole "loud pipes save lives" crap is just that. I lost a muffler on Frank Avenue going through some deep snow one night, and the 5-0 was on me in minutes. You never hear of that happening to bikers.
Where I live the city and the BNSF have gotten together to create "horn free crossings" I don't know the specifics but I haven't heard a train horn in over a year.
Stillwater has cracked down on loud pipes for years, if your bike has straight pipes you better throttle back when you ride in that town, from what I hear the give out tickets like Halloween candy in the summer.
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Botto 82
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Posted on: Sep. 08 2015,8:15 am |
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Good for Stillwater. One more reason to love that town. Around here, there's more hog racket than a Sons of Anarchy episode.
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